Department of Physics and Astronomy

What We Do 

The Department of Physics and Astronomy equips students from all backgrounds with foundational physics and astronomy knowledge and hands-on training in experimental, observational, theoretical, computational and data analysis techniques for fundamental research and industrial and real-world applications. We mentor students to embrace an empirical scientific framework to expand the boundaries of knowledge through novel research and ultimately create diverse STEM leaders, teachers and policy-makers ready to tackle the most challenging problems facing society locally and globally.

The pursuit of science is a human endeavor, and our department welcomes the full spectrum of humanity to contribute their perspectives, passions and skills to scientific exploration.