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Our 20 faculty, approximately 50 graduate students, and around 100 undergraduates come from all over the globe to participate in and learn about research that is exploring the physical world on a range of scales.

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The Physics & Astronomy Department welcomes Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Adam Smercina and Assistant Professor of High Energy Physics, Kiley Kennedy to Tufts University!

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Experimental Soft Matter or Biophysics, with a target start date of September 1, 2027

Interested Candidates: We are hiring a part-time teaching lab coordinator position for our department.

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BS in Physics BS in Astrophysics BS in Applied Physics BS in Chemical Physics BS in Engineering Physics Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BS/MS in Astrophysics Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BS/MS in Physics Minor in Physics Minor in Astrophysics Minor in Applied Computational Science MS in Physics MS in Physics: Astrophysics MS in Physics: Physics Education PhD in Physics PhD in Physics: Astrophysics PhD in Physics: Physics Education PhD in Physics: Chemical Physics Joint PhD in Physics and Materials Science and Engineering

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Department of Physics and Astronomy News

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Q&A: From Stargazing to Subatomic Particles

How PhD student Will Tripp is exploring the mysteries of neutrinos and finding his place in the universe at Tufts.

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What Are These Meteors That Go Boom?

An astronomer explains where meteors come from, if we can stop them, and how their shockwaves create sonic booms 

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How Learning Assistants Are Capitalizing on Confusion

Undergraduates who assist professors in STEM courses strengthen not only their peers’ learning, but also their own ability to think critically

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Solar Flares’ Domino Effect Isn’t Limited to the Sun

Researchers led by a graduate student find for the first time that sympathetic flares occur on many stars outside our solar system

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Why Does Matter Even Exist? Tufts Physicists Help Uncover Clues

Analysis of international physics experiments finds neutrinos may have tipped the matter/antimatter balance at the beginning of the universe

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