UofL Physics & Astronomy

03/19/2026

The next PALS lecture will be on April 1st at 7pm at Monnik Beer Co. Alan Goldstein will talk about the link between Astronomy and Paleontology.

02/02/2026

UofL students presented original research at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix, sharing their work on galaxies, black holes and next-generation space telescopes alongside scientists from around the globe. 🌌

With support from NASA and the National Science Foundation, these Cardinals aren’t just learning about the universe — they’re helping to discover how it works.

Undergraduate research at UofL = real experience, real impact. 🚀

🔗 Read more at the link:
https://artsandsciences.louisville.edu/news/uofl-students-share-astronomy-research-national-stage

01/21/2026

The next PALS presentation is scheduled for February 4th at 7pm as usual at Monnik Beer Co. The speaker will be Matthew Nichols.

12/05/2025

The first PALS lecture of 2026 is scheduled for January 7th at 7pm at Monnik Beer Co. Prof. Lauroesch will present about the Multiverse idea.

11/26/2025

The next PALS lecture is scheduled for Dec. 3rd at 7pm. Prof. Holwerda will talk about how “Webb is seeing Red Spots”. If you are interested come out to Monnik Beer Co. at 1036 E. Burnett Ave.

11/26/2025

The next PALS lecture is scheduled for Dec 3rd at 7pm by Prof. Holwerda. He will talk about how "Webb is seeing Red Spots". The lecture will be at Monnik Beer Co., 1036 E. Burnett Ave.

11/03/2025

Clayton Robertson is the winner of the 2025 Guy Stevenson Award of the Graduate School. He will be the student commencement speaker at the December Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and carry the Graduate School’s banner at the main commencement ceremony. It indeed is a proud moment for the department.

10/23/2025

Swagato Banerjee, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts & Sciences, is among the researchers in the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The award recognizes their detailed measurements of Higgs boson properties confirming the symmetry-breaking mechanism of mass generation, discovery of new strongly interacting particles, studies of rare processes and matter-antimatter asymmetry, as well as exploration of nature at the shortest distances and most extreme conditions.

https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L3993

For detailed measurements of Higgs boson properties confirming the symmetry-breaking mechanism of mass generation, the discovery of new strongly interacting particles, the study of rare processes and matter-antimatter asymmetry, and the exploration of nature at the shortest distances and most extrem...

10/17/2025

With deep sadness that we share the passing of Professor John J. Sinai, former Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UofL. Professor Sinai served the university in several leadership roles including as Associate Dean and Chair of the Faculty Senate. Following his retirement, he continued his service as the President of University of Louisville Association of Retired Personnel (ULARP). He made lasting contributions to academic leadership and will be remembered with great respect and affection by his colleagues, students, and the broader university community.

09/19/2025