April 7, 2025 – Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics

April 7, 2025April 8, 2025 By lbakken

SCIPP physicists among winners of prestigious 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Scientists from the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics at UC Santa Cruz are among the thousands of researchers honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) alongside its sister experiments ALICE, CMS and LHCb. This is one of the major awards sponsored […]

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 By lbakken

SCIPP Particle Physics Masterclass 2025 was a great event!

Approximately 30 high school students joined scientists from the Santa Cruz Institute from Particle Physics for the annual Particle Physics Masterclass at UCSC on March 15. The educational event introduced students to special relativity concepts, data analysis techniques, and experimental detector technology. Jason Nielsen, SCIPP Director and Professor of Physics, highlighted the international nature of […]