Stephen Sekula

I am very excited to be participating in my first-ever TAUP conference this week. Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP) is a biennial conference whose roots stretch back to the late 1980s. This year it is being held at the University of Vienna in Austria. I am presenting two […]

I write this post with a heavy heart: after July 31, 2022, I will no longer be on the faculty at SMU. My spouse and colleague, Professor Jodi Cooley, has been selected as the next Executive Director of SNOLAB in Canada. We are both departing SMU to ensure that she […]

I am very pleased to announce that the first in new a series of books – “The Friendly Physics Guide(s) to … “ – is now available! The books will, at first, be based on special topics lectures that I have delivered over several years as part of my introductory […]

I am thrilled to congratulate the seven Biophysical Science and Physics degree recipients, who graduated in May 2022! This year our department saw the second class in the new Biophysical Science program graduate, with two students completing this challenging program. In addition, five Physics majors (including multiple students earning degrees […]

April was a wonderful month for celebrating outstanding students. First, there was the Hyer Society dinner. Since last year’s event was virtual only, inductees from 2021 and 2022 were invited to participate in this in-person event. I was pleased to be able to dine with excellent former students and/or teaching […]

Planetarian, the journal of the International Planetarium Society (IPS), published this month a new review of “Reality in the Shadows (or) What the Heck’s the Higgs?” The journal is available to members of the society, and it looks like past issues may become available in their archives after the current […]

How much does a physicist make? What made the early universe clumpy? Are you an atheist? I was delighted by these, and many other, questions asked by students over three periods during and after my presentation, “Big Cosmos, Little Universes,” at the Highland Park High School Science and Technology Festival […]

I am extremely grateful to the Yale Club of Dallas for hosting me for a lecture at St. Mark’s School. The event attracted about 30-40 participants and offered a chance to tour the cosmos from its grandest scales to its smallest. I was very pleased to be able to share […]

I am honored to have been nominated a fifth time for the Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence (HOPE) award. This award is managed through SMU’s Residence Life & Student Housing (RLSH), motivated by the belief that it is important to highlight those professors who have gone above and beyond their traditional […]