https://physicstoday.aip.org/faculty Faculty en-US Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/demands-on-early-career-faculty Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/demands-on-early-career-faculty https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/demands-on-early-career-faculty-1759939171929 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/demands-on-early-career-faculty-1759939171929 https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/helping-physics-departments-thrive Capturing the wisdom of hundreds of individuals and departments, the Effective Practices for Physics Programs guide is a handbook for creating significant and sustainable change. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/helping-physics-departments-thrive https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/fixing-the-phd-qualifying-exam For the past five years, the faculty in the department of atmospheric, oceanic, and Earth sciences at George Mason University has used a qualifying process that overcomes many of the shortcomings of traditional exams. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/fixing-the-phd-qualifying-exam https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/a-proposed-solution-to-arbitrary-evaluations Tue, 01 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/a-proposed-solution-to-arbitrary-evaluations https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/early-career-faculty-face-many-challenges Navigating a host of clear—and sometimes not-so-clear—responsibilities is critical to succeeding in academia. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/early-career-faculty-face-many-challenges https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/physicist-shatters-record-for-running-across-the-us After making a seven-week journey from San Francisco to New York City, Jenny Hoffman is back researching quantum materials at Harvard. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/physicist-shatters-record-for-running-across-the-us https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/q-a-nergis-mavalvala-mit-sciences-dean-and-longtime-ligo-physicist The MacArthur fellow's efforts to minimize noise in gravitational-wave detection is yielding insights into the quantum behavior of macroscopic objects. Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/q-a-nergis-mavalvala-mit-sciences-dean-and-longtime-ligo-physicist https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/universities-seek-to-ease-the-technology-licensing-process A controversial new patent pool is designed to streamline the process by which big tech acquires the rights to use academic inventions. Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/universities-seek-to-ease-the-technology-licensing-process https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/developing-the-first-two-years-of-an-undergraduate-physics-program Oxford College physicist Effrosyni Seitaridou explains how establishing a clear mission and offering research experiences and support systems helped grow and strengthen her department. Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/developing-the-first-two-years-of-an-undergraduate-physics-program