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Physics
News & Features
U-M’s Stephen Forrest elected Royal Society Fellow
The world’s oldest scientific society in continuous existence has named University of Michigan engineering and physics professor Stephen Forrest a fellow.
Defining Gravity: 30 Years of Saturday Morning Physics
From spacetime to the science of dance, from quantum mechanics to quarks, from wavelengths to watts—this popular series makes science accessible to viewers near and far.
Events
Featured
Oct
14
2026 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics
John M. Martinis, Distinguished Physics Professor (UC Santa Barbara)
4:00 PM
4th Floor Amphitheatre
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Upcoming
Mar
31
2027 Helmut W. Baer Lecture
Abhay Deshpande, Associate Lab Director for Nuclear and Particle Physics & EIC Science Director (Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University)
4:00 PM
340
West Hall
