Values

The department of Physics and Astronomy is committed to supporting the diverse needs of our students and colleagues to support their success. We strive to provide an equitable, inclusive, professional environment where we respectfully engage each other with empathy and compassion. We believe we are strongest as a community when we support each other’s personal and professional successes. We value giving and receiving productive feedback. The work we do opens up valuable professional opportunities and is exceptional because it is accessible to a broad range of students.

We value teaching and research focused on important, relevant problems about the natural world and our impact on it. We strive to use effective, evidence-based practices in our teaching, and take pride in the integrity of our work, holding ourselves accountable to our broader professional community for the choices we make developing our curriculum and our research.