High-school students are all too aware of climate change, but often aren’t taught how their physics lessons can help them understand the problem and its solutions. Melissa Lord shares tips on how to ...

The student-led group is building community, driving professional development, and expanding outreach at CU Boulder. The Society of Physics Students (SPS) at CU Boulder is one of many student groups ...

Experts see peer recognition as important to student success in physics, and a new study gives college-level physics instructors insight into how students perceive the message from their classmates ...

School is back in session, and for many students, that means a major shift from an unstructured schedule to a more regimented school day. It may still be challenging to keep students’ attention on ...

What motivates students from non-traditional backgrounds to choose physics at university? Researchers at Communication and Learning in Science, among others, have investigated this question. The ...

A party’s on at Synergy, but the partygoers aren’t any ordinary attendees. In fact, most of them are physics majors. This “phrave,” or physics rave, was organized by the Stanford University Physics ...

The CU Boulder Society of Physics Students chapter has received a 2022-2023 Distinguished Chapter Award from the National Society of Physics Students organization. The award recognizes chapters for ...