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Department of Physics

Quark-gluon plasma visualization

Â鶹´«Ã½ Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Total eclipse with flares

Â鶹´«Ã½ hosts the total eclipse events.

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The Eclipse at Kent State 2024

The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!

Planetarium projector

Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of Physics hosts eclipse planetarium shows and more.

Timelapse of Solar Eclipse


Join Beth A. Cunningham, Ph.D., a distinguished physicist and Â鶹´«Ã½ alumna, as she unravels the mysteries of the cosmos and shares her insights on the latest in space exploration and the scientific wonders of solar eclipses. Ahead of her highly anticipated presentation on the day of the eclipse, this is your chance to explore the universe through the eyes of an expert who stands at the forefront of astronomical discovery and education.

Dr. Lavrentovich, professor of Physics at Â鶹´«Ã½, and collaborators publish an article in Science.

Chiral ground states of ferroelectric liquid crystals

Dr. Lavrentovich, professor of Physics at Â鶹´«Ã½, and collaborators publish an article in Science.

Particle detector

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of Physics is proud to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Zhangbu Xu.

quark gluon plasma

Supported by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Kent State physics professor Michael Strickland, Ph.D., and his team have developed the world’s leading approach to describe non-equilibrium evolution of highly relativistic systems.