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The Powerful Legacy of Homer A. Neal The new Randall Laboratory was renamed for the scholar on April 14, providing an opportunity for those who knew him to reflect on the boundless impact he had on U-M’s Physics Department.

Get Involved in the Physics Community! Take a look at our organizations. They offer a place for students involved in physics to get to know and support one another.

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Join Us! Department Chair and Professor of Physics Open Position

The U-M Department of Physics is conducting an external search for its next chair. We are looking for a future colleague with an exceptional record of research, teaching, and leadership. This five-year term position is renewable.

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

One of the greatest puzzles in the universe is solving the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe. Read how the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, with 38 institutions, including U-M, searches for dark matter.

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