How strong is Penn State in physics & astronomy?

A2A. Penn State's Astronomy program is pretty strong. The 2010 National Research Council ranked PSU astro as the 3rd strong school. The top 5 members are Princeton, Caltech, Penn State, UC Berkeley and U Chicago. read more

Penn State's Astronomy program is pretty strong. The 2010 National Research Council ranked PSU astro as the 3rd strong school. The top 5 members are Princeton, Caltech, Penn State, UC Berkeley and U Chicago. read more

Our department has welcomed several new colleagues to our faculty in the past 2 years, including senior faculty members (Dr. B. S. Sathyaprakash, Elsbach Professor of Physics, Dr. Randall Mcentaffer, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Professor of Physics) and junior faculty members (Dr. Carmen Carmona, Dr. Luiz de Viveiros, and Dr. Cui-zu Chang, all Assistant Professors of Physics). read more

The gravitational physics effort at Penn State focuses on cosmology, general relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, loop quantum gravity, and string theory. This research effort is centered in the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. Our gravitational physics group was ranked 10th in the most recent US News & World rankings (2014). read more