[2025/06] The U.S. News & World Report released the 2025-2026 Best Global Universities rankings, which focus on academic research and reputation. Our programs have ranked 299 (67^th in the U.S.) in physics and 155 (48^th in the U.S.) in Space Science (Astronomy/Astrophysics), respectively. Congratulations, everyone! | Learn More |

[2025/06] The CMS experiment employs a new machine-learning algorithm to improve the reconstruction of invisible particles. Dr. Feng co-led the development of this novel algorithm and has made important contributions to the W mass measurements. | Learn More |

[2025/06] Texas Tech University System and the NSF's National Radio Astronomy Observatory are partnering to bring the next generation of radio astronomy to TTUS-3 Rivers Ranch. Thanks to Dr. Maccarone for playing an important role in setting up this excellent initiative. | Learn More [TTUS], [NRAO] |

[2025.06] Dr. Michael Fausnaugh was featured in Texas Tech Now, for his outstanding contribution toward one of NASA’s three Core Community Survey (CCS) Definition Committees for the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Congrats, Dr. Fausnaugh! | Learn More |

[2025/05] Texas Tech Now featured our very own graduate student, Valdis Slokenbergs. Valdis came to Texas Tech for hands-on experience and to help lead the next wave of creative collider innovation. Congrats, Valdis! | Learn More |

[2025/05] Congratulations to our newest Physics & Astronomy graduates! We are so proud of each one of you for everything you have accomplished. We believe that your commitment, perseverance and efforts made this journey possible. And we know all of you will have a bright future as a Red Raider! Learn More [Video 1, 2], [Commencement Program]

[2025/05] Congratulations to Aiden Buchanan and Michael O'Donnell for winning 1^st and 2^nd place in the Technology Impact category at the 2025 TTU Undergraduate Research Conference! Additionally, congratulations to Dr. Madrid for being selected as a 2024-2025 Outstanding Faculty Mentor for his efforts supporting TTU undergraduate researchers.

[2025/04] Scientists from Texas Tech University are among the thousands of researchers worldwide honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to four experimental collaborations at CERN's Large Hadron Collider – ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb. A big congratulations to TTU CMS team on being co-awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize!

[2025/03] TTU graduate student, Keiwun Turner, has won the 2025 Department of Navy HBCU/MI Internship Program Award. Congrats, Keiwun!

[2025/02] Please help us congratulate Odin Schneider, for receiving the 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award for Natural Sciences. Odin's remarkable record of achievement has earned him this well-deserved recognition. Congratulations, Odin! | Learn More | 

[2025/02] Doctoral student, Victor Bradley, and his PhD advisor, Dr. Wade DeGottardi were featured in Texas Tech Now, for their outstanding achievement in having a paper published in PRX Quantum.  Congratulations! | Learn More |

[2025/02] Please join us in congratulating Dr. Yun Suk Eo on being awarded a “Global Exchange Research Seed Grant”. This is a competitive internal grant offered by the Office of International Affairs for faculty interested in developing international research collaborations. Congratulations Dr. Eo!

[2025/02] Distinguished alumnus and E. Roland Menzel Scholarship donor, Jeff Wilde, was featured in an Texas Tech Now article recently. Jeff has built a successful career as an engineer, physicist, entrepreneur, and teacher thanks to a mentorship that began when he was a Texas Tech student. | Learn More |

[2025/02] The APS Global Physics Summit, to be held in Anaheim, CA, March 16-21, will feature our very own Center for Emerging Energy Science, led by Dr. Duncan. Congratulations CEES team! Check out the documentary that will be presented to the APS attendees: short and long version

[2025/01] The Society of Physics Students (SPS), an organization of the American Institute of Physics, has named the Texas Tech University SPS Chapter as a 2023-2024 Distinguished Chapterfor the second consecutive year. The selection is based on an assessment of the depth and breadth of the activities conducted by our chapter. Congrats, SPS!

[2025/01] Texas Tech Now featured an interesting article highlighting the life of our very own Professor, Dr. Arfin Lodhi. Congratulations on this amazing milestone, Dr. Lodhi! | Learn More |

[2025/01] Dr. Elias Aydi has recently published a children's science book, “All About Space!”. Thank you so much and congratulations, Elias, for writing such a wonderful book for children! | FaceBook [1], [2] | Daily Toreador | Texas Tech Now |

[2025/01] Dr. Fausnaugh received an NASA grant for the project “Monitoring of Gamma-Ray Bursts by Fermi and TESS” for three years. The total funding of the award is $370K. Congratulations, Dr. Fausnaugh! | Learn More |

[2024/12] Congratulations to our December 2024 graduates! We are so proud of your accomplishments and are excited to see what you do next! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating our academic advisor Dr. Melanie Ungar for being named this month's Advisor of Excellence by Texas Tech's Office of Advising Excellence! | Learn More |

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating doctoral student Umer Farooq for winning second place in the Graduate Cross-Disciplinary Paper Award at Texas Tech's 2024 United in Research Conference. Congrats, Umer!

[2024/11] For the 2^nd consecutive year, our department ranked 201-300^th (56^th-76^th range nationally) in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024 | Learn More |

[2024/11] Jessica Lawrence (Graduate Part-Time Instructor) received the Apple Polishing Award from the TTU Mortar Board Forum Chapter. This award recognizes faculty and staff who have made a significant impact on students’ academic journeys. Congrats, Jessica!

[2024/10] Please join us in congratulating three of our doctoral students on their recent publications! Muhammad Adnan, Sandeep Puri, and Victor Bradley were first author on the paper published in Indian Journal of Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, and PRX Quantum respectively. Also, doctoral student Bilal Siddique won the outstanding graduate student oral presentation award at the TSAPS meeting. Congrats, Bilal!

[2024/10] Dr. Duncan and Dr. Lin were each awarded special plaques given to inventors named in U.S. patents at the 7^th Annual Inventor Celebration hosted by the Office of Research Commercialization. Congratulations to Drs. Duncan and Lin, and their collaborator Dr. Sobel. | Learn More |

[2024/09] The CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass. Texas Tech faculty member Dr. Yongbin Feng is one of the team members who carried out these challenging and delicate measurements! Congratulations to Dr. Feng for his contributions to this outstanding scientific achievement! | Learn More | 

[2024/09] On 9/10, Dr. Arfin Lodhi celebrated 60 YEARS OF SERVICE at Texas Tech with a colloquium talk and cake! Congratulations on this amazing milestone, Dr. Lodhi! | Learn More |

[2024/09] Dr. Chatzakis received a Department of Defense grant for the project “Two-dimensional topological materials for tunable quantum states and topological antiferromagnetic systems for applications in quantum technology". Congrats Yannis!

[2024/08] Welcome to new faculty members Drs. Elias Aydi (ASTRO), Yongbin Feng (HEP), Emilia Järvelä (ASTRO), Christopher Madrid (HEP), Nihan Pol (ASTRO), and Hira Farooq (Lecturer)!

[2024/08] Doctoral student John Morales has been selected as a NASA SciAct Affiliate for the National Diversity in STEM (SACNAS) Conference at Arizona State University. Congratulations John!

[2024/08] Please join us in congratulating Drs. Gillespie & Lin for receiving a 2025 Research Assistance Program Award from TTU Office of Research & Innovation for their project "Exploring a Novel Fission-Fusion Nuclear Energy Cycle via Triton Induced Reaction"

[2024/08] We are so excited to start teaching our introductory physics and astronomy labs in the new Academic Sciences Building this fall! | Learn More | Video | 

[2024/08] Congratulations to all our Summer 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]