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Aug 18, 2023
How to Succeed in Grad School – From People Who Have Been Here
Our alumni and faculty share their best advice for success in graduate school.
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May 18, 2023
Physics Ph.D. Program Is a Family Affair for This Alumna
Nishani Jayakody launches her physics career at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
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May 1, 2023
The First Student to Receive a Quantum Physics Fellowship
The new Myriam Sarachik Flatiron Fellowship brings Jaylyn C. Umana to the Graduate Center.
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Mar 22, 2023
A New Experiment Recreates Soupy Leftovers of the Big Bang
Professor Stefan Bathe leads a team that will study subatomic particles from plasma that existed at the start of the universe.
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Physics Books

30-Second Universe: 50 most significant ideas, theories, principles and events that sum up the field
Charles Liu (co-author), Karen Masters (co-author), and Sevil Salur (co-author)
The universe literally encompasses everything we were, are and will be, everything we knew, know, and can know. When we decide to understand the universe as a whole, new truths come to light, and unexpected perspectives illuminate our take on life. 30-Second Universe explains all the tantalizing concepts, principles, and theories that make up our knowledge — the Higgs particle, gluons, quarks, the multiverse, how certainty itself can be uncertain, and of course, where our world came from, and where we’re going and what will happen in the end — and it explains these astrophysical answers succinctly, each entry taking only 30 seconds to read, with further exploration flagged, and key scientists noted. This one small book sheds light on the biggest ideas, concepts, and discoveries in life, in the universe, in everything.
Published January 2020
Ivy Press, 2019

Navigating the Maze: How Science and Technology Policies Shape America and the World
Navigating the Maze: How Science and Technology Policies Shape America and the World offers a captivating deep dive into the inner workings of the world of public policy. Written by prominent science advocate and renowned physics researcher and educator, Michael S. Lubell, this valuable book provides insights and real-world examples for anyone looking to understand how policy works in reality: for students, scientists, and the public. Well-organized and featuring a compelling historical narrative, this unique resource will enable researchers, educators, elected officials, industrialists, financial managers, science lobbyists, and readers in general to easily navigate the complex world of science and technology (S&T) policy. As science communication and STEM policy occupy rapidly growing areas of interest and provide important career paths, this book provides invaluable insights into the public policy arena, as well as lessons for effective science advocacy.
Published April 2019
Academic Press, 2019

Properties of Interacting Low-Dimensional Systems
Filling the gap in comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and approaches needed to perform cutting-edge research on mesoscopic systems, this textbook allows advanced students to acquire and use skills at a highly technical, research level. Starting with a brief refresher to get all readers on an equal footing, the text moves on to a broad selection of advanced topics, which are complemented by a presentation of problems and solutions that can be used in classrooms. Based on a well-tested lecture, this is a must-have for researchers, research students, and instructors involved with semiconductor junctions, nanostructures, and thin film systems.
Published July 2011
Wiley-VCH, 2011