On Friday, 18 October 2025 we hosted approximately 500 high school students at
Physics Museum Expanded
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Fall 2025 Student Research Presentation and Reception
On the evening of Thursday, 16 October 2025, we celebrated the research activities of our undergraduate and graduate
The Department of Physics continues to expand the Physics museum in Broussard Hall. The museum was founded by Dr. John Meriwether to preserve the history of the department, and to document the progress of scientific instruments. Today the former NASA electron accelerating tube joined the collection. The tube also served as a part of the Louisiana Accelerator Center's Van De Graaff accelerator.
Photo: Dr. John Meriwether, Professor Emeritus of Physics and a Founder of the Physics Museum, stands next to the newly installed Van De Graaff device.