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Einstein! The acclaimed solo play celebrating 100 years of General Relativity

In conjunction with the UC Davis Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Theatre and Dance, the University of California Observatories presents “EINSTEIN!,” an acclaimed one-man play about the greatest scientific mind of all time.

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Pratik Gandhi Selected for Frontera Computational Science Fellowship by the Texas Advanced Computing Center

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has selected Pratik Gandhi for a Frontera Computational Science Fellowship.

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Inna Vishik Selected as 2022 Dean's Faculty Fellow

Congratulations to Inna Vishik for her selection as a 2022 Dean's Faculty Fellow!

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UC Davis Scientists Star in New Movie Examining Origins of The Universe

Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez is featured in the movie “Secrets of the Universe”, which is getting its Sacramento premiere at the Museum of Science and Curiosity.

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Mukund Rangamani elected Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation

Congratulations to Professor Mukund Rangamani who has been elected a Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation for his "groundbreaking contributions to the gauge-gravity duality and the fluid-gravity correspondence." This is only the fifth class of Fellows, so it's a very select group. http://www.isgrg.org/fellows.php.

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A more complex dark sector?

UC Davis Physics and Astronomy graduate student Fei Ge just published his first paper and it's in *Physical Review Letters* as an "Editor's Suggestion."

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Picnic Day 2022, Physics Show

A physics club parody production of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" incorporating fun physics demos and explanations for all ages! "Raiders of the Lost Quark"

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Heavier Than Expected Particle Raises Questions About Standard Model

An international team of physicists, including several from the high energy experiment group at the UC Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy, has come up with the best measure yet of the mass of the W-boson – putting it in conflict with existing elements of the Standard Model of particle physics.