April 4, 2024
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Welcome to CalDay at Berkeley Physics! We invite you to browse through the resources below to find out what Berkeley Physics has to offer.
Visit our Undergraduate Degree page
Basic information about the Physics undergraduate program can be found on this page.
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Find out more about being a Berkeley Physics major
Below is a video from a previous Information and Advising Session and Panel Discussion.
Wonder what life is like as a physics major at Berkeley?
Check out a video of the Physics 5 Study Hall below
What do people do with a Physics major?
Watch this video featuring Professor R. Ramesh on Career Paths in Physics.
Watch a lecture
Professor and Dean Bob Jacobsen on Doing Science at Berkeley.
What's it like to be a Ph.D. student at Berkeley Physics?
Graduate student Ashrita Mangu talks about her experience working in Professor Adrian Lee's lab. Ashrita is a collaborator at the Simons Observatory.
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Take a peek inside the Student Machine Shop
The Student Machine Shop provides hands-on opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to learn how to safely operate the high-precision machinery and equipment needed to manufacture the complex components of their projects, apparatuses, and instrumentation. Check out the video below.
Data Science at Berkeley
Lighting the Way to the Future of Data Science features Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter and Dalila Robledo ’19 star in this video about the ways in which Berkeley and data science are illuminating solutions.
Learn More about Berkeley Physics
Download a copy of the 2023-2024 Berkeley Physics magazine
This issue features:
- Research Highlights
- Leading the Search for Dark Matter
- Exploring the Mysteries of Exotic 2D Materials
- Thinking Like a Physicist
- And more
Get to know a few of our scientists!
American Physical Society Documentary highlights to work of Assistant Professor Geoff Penington, who has won the 2024 George E. Valley, Jr. Prize
Amidst misinformation, critical thinking needs a 21st century upgrade features a discussion with Professor Saul Perlmutter and fellow authors of the new book: Third Millennium Thinking: Creating sense in a world of nonsense.
Improving Detection of Gravitational Waves using Condensed Matter Physics: Understanding Entropy and Defects in Amorphous Materials features Professor Frances Hellman.
Measuring the Effect of Gravity on Antimatter features Professor Joel Fajans
The Dawn of the Quantum Computing Era features Professor Irfan Siddiqi.
Celebrating diversity in physics:
These free, downloadable posters honoring influential Black physicists were created by recent Physics grad Ana Lyons