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11.12.25

Physics students present at Fall 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium

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11.6.25

Graduate student Ruotian Gong recognized as finalist for the 2025 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence

The Ampersand
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10.17.25

Physics Graduate Student, Writasree Maitra, awarded QUP Internship at KEK in Japan

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10.16.25

Undergraduate Physics major Camille Johnson wins McLeod Writing Prize

The Record
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7.24.25

WashU Satellite has big plans for its spaceflight technologies

Engineering Momentum Magazine
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6.12.25

Cosmic ‘lenses’ will better define dark matter

The Source
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6.6.25

Cracking the dark matter code: WashU Physics hosts ADMX Collaboration

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6.3.25

Physics undergraduate student named Astronaut Scholar

The Source
Takuya Okawa
5.29.25

Takuya Okawa named semifinalist for Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence

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5.21.25

Undergraduate research: Where physics meets a little wonder and a lot of discovery

Graham Chambers-Wall
5.20.25

From WashU to Los Alamos: Physics graduate student selected for DOE research program

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5.16.25

Touching the Moon and Mars, right here in St. Louis!

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