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2025

Departmental Fellows, Awards & Honors, Students

Honors Day 2025

A long-standing tradition in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Honors Day celebrates the hard work and dedication of its students.

Date: July 1, 2025

2024

Departmental Fellows, Awards & Honors, Students

Honors Day 2024

A long-standing tradition in the Physics & Astronomy Department, Honors Day is our opportunity to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our students.

Date: May 8, 2024

Spotlights

Photo of a plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240

Denison Magazine

Professor sheds new light on black holes

New research indicates that black holes may be the elusive source of notoriously difficult-to-trace neutrinos.

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An auditorium-style lecture hall filled with students leaning in and actively listening to a lesson.

Lectures & Discussions

Alumni present a wide variety of perspectives in Spring 2026

Denison’s physics seminar guest speakers offer fascinating insights into careers and research opportunities.

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Department of Physics and Astronomy announces this year’s department fellows

Selected students will host drop-in hours throughout the academic year.

Image of the plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240, seen head-on. The jet is threaded by a nearly perfect toroidal magnetic field (visualized in orange), nicknamed "The Eye of Sauron"

University News

Denison astronomer part of a team solving a long-standing mystery

A stunning new image reveals the secret behind unexpectedly bright high-energy gamma-ray and neutrino emissions from a peculiar blazar.

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Vice President Mike Pence visits Denison, urges students to get involved

Teaching students how to learn: a professor’s award-winning approach to statistics

Within a few hours, Denison claims two national championships

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2025

2024

Spotlights

Professor sheds new light on black holes

What's Happening

Alumni present a wide variety of perspectives in Spring 2026

Department of Physics and Astronomy announces this year’s department fellows

Denison astronomer part of a team solving a long-standing mystery