GE CLAS Core: Natural Sciences
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News and Announcements
Jaynes Awarded Grant to Study Impact of Space Precipitation in Upper Atmospheres
NASA touches down in Iowa to talk TRACERS
Demo Show Makes Science Fun!
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The DEI committee from the Department of Physics and Astronomy produced this video for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated worldwide on Feb. 11. Check out what women in our department are doing!
$ 26 m
In annual research expenditures (averaged over FY18-22)
Top Fifth
of Global Universities in Physics
(U.S. News and World Reports 2022)
Very High
Research 1: Doctoral Universities
Research Activity
(Carnegie Classification)
24
Full-time Faculty
3100
Students taught in introductory courses per year (2017-2022)
124
Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Majors
(2023-24)
72
Graduate Students
(2023-24)