Columbia Physics Department

"...The Columbia ATLAS group has played a number of roles in the experiment, including leading the development (from design through installation and commissioning) of the readout electronics of the liquid argon calorimeters, participating in the commissioning of the pixel tracking detector, a variety of software and data acquisition developments, and studies of the ATLAS detector performance and physics potential..."
https://www.nevis.columbia.edu/particle/atlas.html
CERN

Physics Graduate Council
"...The Physics Graduate Council is a group of roughly 6-8 graduate students who work with the physics department faculty to make changes within the department and organize various events...."
https://www.physics.columbia.edu/content/physics-graduate-council
Columbia Physics Graduate Council

"Science-Driven Plays Put Reason and Emotion on Display"
"Last week, Caltech's Feynman Lecture Hall was transformed into a modern-day Greek theatre. Actors moved all around the space with fervor, portraying the life story of Chien-Shiung Wu, an American experimental physicist who, in the 1950s, famously proved that parity, a type of symmetry in particle physics, is not conserved—a finding that opened the door to a better understanding of why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe."
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/science-driven-plays-put-reason-and-emotion-on-display

"Columbia Engineering Graduates Receive Naval Commissions"
"...Officer Candidate Randall earned his BS in applied physics with a minor in philosophy...."
https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/columbia-engineering-graduates-receive-naval-commissions

Congrats Mark!

Mark Ross‑Lonergan elected co-spokesperson for MicroBooNE collaboration MicroBooNE, with its large neutrino detector at Fermilab, has wrapped up the data-collecting phase and will continue to conduct analysis under fresh leadership.

The University of Notre Dame recently conferred an honorary doctor of engineering degree on Mary Boyce — professor of mechanical engineering and dean emerita of Columbia Engineering— at its 2026 Commencement. She also delivered the Graduate School Commencement keynote on May 16.

During her tenure as dean, she transformed Columbia Engineering, attracting exceptional talent and elevating the school to be among the top engineering programs in the nation.

Congratulations! Read the announcement: https://bit.ly/4dnxmU9

Credit: Michael Caterina/University of Notre Dame

"Black Hole Discoveries Abound in Newly Released Catalog"
https://news.columbia.edu/news/black-hole-discoveries-abound-newly-released-catalog

Congratulations Professor Ross‑Lonergan! Keep up the momentum!
"Mark Ross‑Lonergan elected co-spokesperson for MicroBooNE collaboration"
https://news.fnal.gov/2026/05/mark-ross-lonergan-elected-co-spokesperson-for-microboone-collaboration/

"AAAS Elections, Breakthrough Prize, Guggenheim Fellowships, Truman Scholars, and More Awards"
https://news.columbia.edu/news/aaas-elections-breakthrough-prize-guggenheim-fellowships-truman-scholars-and-more-awards