Physics at Hartwick College

The Physics Department at Hartwick College is dedicated to helping students develop the skills required for success in the discipline.

The faculty gets to know each student personally, and helps them create their own unique path to success.

05/22/2024

Our new introductory physics class is called "1-800-PHYSICS" here is the course description:

"At 1-800-PHYSICS we promise to work for you! There is no problem too big or too small for us to handle. Is your town thinking about installing a wind farm? We can make sure that the plans make sense! Is your business trying to go green, by adding a rooftop garden to your building we will check to see if it is feasible or if it will lead to a roof collapse! Is some shady salesperson going door-to-door trying to sell a device to “clean up” your electricity? we will give you the tools to prove them wrong. In this class, we will take on the role of physics consultant and explore how the tools of physics can solve problems that many communities face. We will do this by introducing concepts and math as we need them and not worry where it comes from (that job will be for all your other physics classes). No prior physics knowledge is needed. This class is for incoming physics majors, or for those students who might be interested in majoring or minoring in physics and aren’t sure if physics is right for them."

04/30/2024

Getting ready for our new physics class that our incoming freshmen will take in the fall. In this class, 1-800-PHYSICS, students will be consultants and have to solve problems that communities often face.

04/27/2024

Celebrating Professor Larry Nienart’s 35th anniversary as a physics professor at Hartwick!

Hartwick College Receives $500K To Enhance Inclusive STEM Opportunities For Students

11/30/2022

This will be amazing for the college and our students!

Empowering student-led STEM clubs to promote inclusivity

Creating a student advisory panel to provide input and feedback, and to collaborate on the creation of class and laboratory activities and assignments.

Building a program to develop STEM Peer Mentors to students enrolled in introductory STEM courses.

Professional development for faculty to modify introductory science curricula, evaluation procedures, and/or modes of instruction across multiple STEM courses.

Development of new courses on inclusivity in science

Hartwick College Receives $500K To Enhance Inclusive STEM Opportunities For Students A $500,000 grant from The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) will allow Hartwick College to increase its capacity for providing…

11/17/2022

A wonderful new initiate from Hartwick.

HartLand Promise We transform students into critical thinkers who make a difference in an evolving world. A private liberal arts education means more at Hartwick.