Interested in a career in academia, especially physics? Join CWRU Physics Professor Johanna Nagy and Professors Mathur and Wirth for insights into grad school, postdocs, and academic careers! Oct. 27, 5–6 PM | Sears think[box], 1st-floor auditorium

Congratulations to Dr. Cesiley King on successfully defending her dissertation! A former graduate student of Prof. Johanna Nagy, she is now heading to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a postdoc, where she’ll work with collaborators of Profs. Nagy and Ruhl!

The time is approaching for our annual Halloween Pumpkin Drop! Come join us next Friday, October 30th, to test Newton's law of gravitation! Be sure to be in front of Strosacker right at 12:25PM so you don't miss the drop! Free cider and pumpkin pie will be provided. #CWRU

CWRU alumnus Nathan Kundtz went from testing “invisibility cloaks” to developing AI optical chips at Neurophos. He spoke with the Veale Institute about his career and advice: case.edu/news/cwru-entrepren… #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

Join us this Wednesday after fall break for our Biophysics Colloquium, featuring Virginia Tech’s Professor Nadir Kaplan! His talk is titled "Beyond Biomimicry: Autonomous Soft Matter via Biophysical Feedback Cycles.” 10/21 | 4:30–5:45 PM | Rockefeller 301 #CWRU

This Thursday, hear from Professor Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University's Department of Physics and Astronomy! He will give a talk titled “Fun with Spherical Self-Gravitating Systems.” Free and open to all in Rockefeller 301, October 15th from 4:15pm-5:15pm. #CWRU

This Monday, join us for our Center for Quantum Science Seminar! We will hear from Prof. Ganpathy Murthy of the University of Kentucky, presenting: "Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in a Cavity". Join us in Rockefeller 221 from 12:45–1:45 PM, Zoom option available. #CWRU #UofKentucky

Bob and Janet Brown recently traveled to Akron to cheer on members of PEARL, the Sri Lankan Graduate Student Association, at a cricket match! Many PEARL members are CWRU Physics students and researchers. Thanks for the warm welcome and cricket crash course! #CWRU

This week’s Physics Colloquium features Natalie Briggs from CWRU Chemistry presenting “Reimagining the Atomic-Scale Materials Landscape.” Thursday, October 8th, from 4:15–5:15 p.m. in Rockefeller 301 Free and open to all! community.case.edu/physics/r… #CWRUPhysics #CWRUChemistry

Join us this Tuesday, October 6, for our next Particle Astrophysics Seminar feature graduate student Samantha Saha. She will be presenting: “The Many Faces of Nonlinearly Realized Spacetime Symmetries in EFTs” Tuesday, October 6 | 11:30 –12:30 p.m. | Rockefeller 221 #CWRU

CWRU Prof. Idit Zehavi, together with graduate student Yikun Wang and collaborators Prof. Sergio Contreras, and Dr. Giovanni Arico, have published a new study investigating the effect of baryons on the density profile of dark matter halos. iopscience.iop.org/article/1… #CWRU

A new study may offer a new way to learn about potentially habitable exoplanets! CWRU Physics alumna Yvette Cendes coauthored research detecting radio emission linked to an exoplanet’s powerful magnetic field. Read more: ow.ly/YHr450ZTC5M ow.ly/bqRB50ZTC5N #CWRU

This Monday we will hold a Quantum Science Seminar hearing from Dr. Vasili Perebeinos from the University of Buffalo, presenting: "Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Quantum Two Dimensional Materials" 12:45-1:45pm in the Foldy room (Rock 221) #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

CWRU Physics Professor Jesse Berezovsky was a guest on The Michael Peres Podcast earlier this summer! The conversation explores quantum mechanics, music, the foundations of reality, and even LLMs. Listen here: podcast.michaelperes.com/a-c… #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

CWRU Physics Professor Walter Lambrecht and PhD student Sarker Md. Sadman have a new paper in Journal of Applied Physics, studying the vibrational, piezoelectric & elastic properties of Mg–IV–N₂ semiconductors. Find it here: pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article… #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

Join us tomorrow, September 29th, for our Particle Astrophysics Seminar with Dr. Lukas Lindwasser on “Holomorphicity Versus Conformal Symmetry in (A)dS_2.” 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, in the Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221. Free and open to all! #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

Welcome Jonathan Harper, a new Assistant Professor in CWRU Physics! A CWRU Physics alum, Harper is a theoretical physicist studying high-energy theory, quantum information, holography, multipartite entanglement, and 3D gravity. physics.case.edu/faculty/jon… #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

CWRU Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez, CWRU grad student Hridoy Debnath, Jonathan Butterworth, and Mark Brettell explore Higgs signatures of low-scale quark–lepton unification, opening new ways to test the theory at current and future colliders. Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2609.23708 #CWRU

Welcome Claire Zukowski, a new Assistant Professor in CWRU Physics! A theoretical physicist studying quantum gravity, her work explores black holes, cosmology, and holography. We’re excited to have her join our faculty! Faculty page: physics.case.edu/faculty/cla… #CWRU #CWRUPhysics

We’re hearing from Visiting Professor Veronica Dexheimer again this Tuesday for our Particle Astrophysics Seminar! She’ll discuss connections between dense and hot QCD matter, neutron stars and their mergers, and the early Universe. 9/22| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Rockefeller 221