Welcome from the Chair The Department of Physics offers studies in a wide range of fields leading to Baccalaureate and Doctoral degrees. The Department has a diverse faculty pool with the majority of professors having their primary appointment in the Physics Department. Many faculty members have joint appointments in other departments at Yale. These include Applied Physics; Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Chemistry; Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; Mathematics; Philosophy; Computer Sciences & Mathematics; and Geology & Geophysics. The specific interests of the Department's faculty members fall into several areas of research which are detailed on the Department's Research Web-page.		Weekly Physics Club Colloquium Usually held Fridays at 4:00 pm in 57 Sloane Physics Laboratory Tea at 3:30 in SPL 3rd Floor Lounge PHYSICS CLUB FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008 SPL 57, 4:00 PM Walter Henning Argonne National Laboratory The ups and downs, and the strange charm of roadmaps: about the future of nuclear physics [Abstract] For complete semester calendar please click here. Current News Jack Harris (Assistant Professor) has been named among Discover's "20 Under 40", Yale Bulletin, November 21, 2008. (November 2008) The Yale University Physics Department announces two new initiatives: the creation of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences, and the launch of a new Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, which is accepting applications now and will welcome the first students Fall 2009. Click here for more details. (November 2008) Notice: Physics Club will be moving to Mondays at 4:00 pm starting in the Spring semester. (September 2008) Click here for previous news items.
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