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  • Major Grant Announcement

    Professor Betty Young has received a 4 year subaward from the University of California Berkeley to support her SCU group's work on the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment.

  • New Faces in the Department

    Meet the new faces in the department: Dr. Kristin Kulas, Dr. Omid ahmadi-Gorgi, Dr. Sucheta Jawalkar, and Dr. Nathan Williams

  • Faculty Spotlight: Professor Rich Barber

    Solar Cells Made from Goo

    Read about the collaboration between Rich Barber (Physics) and Brian McNelis (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and solar cells made from goo.

  • Father Carl Hayn, S.J. (1916—2014)

    Our beloved colleague, Fr. Carl Hayn, S.J., died October 21, 2014 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos at the age of 98. He had been the oldest living member of the California Province of the Society of Jesus.

  • Physics Colloquium

    Magnetic conducting two-dimensional electrons on the surface of a three-dimensional insulator

    Monday, February 29, 2016 4:00 – 5:00 PM Daly Science 317 Dr. Alex Contryman Stanford University Physics Department

  • Qubits as Nanoscale Sensors

    Guy Ramon and collaborators just published an in-depth modern review paper on exciting developments in solid-state quantum qubits.

  • Two Santa Clara Students Win Goldwater Awards

    Two Santa Clara University students have won Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to outstanding undergraduate students majoring in the natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics who intend to pursue research careers in these fields.

  • Going Beyond the Science

    Senior Skyler Weight is a Physics wizz who has also loved taking humanities courses at Santa Clara University.