Dressed in the traditional gowns and  hosted in the incomparable venue that is Durham's Cathedral, four of IPPPs latest students attended the Physics graduation ceremony. Prior to this event they had successfully defended their respective thesis in oral examinations:  Sofie Nordahl Erner (supervised by Martin Bauer) with examiners Danny Van Dyk and Sophie Renner; Guillaume Rostagni (supervised by Martin Bauer) with examiners Danny Van Dyk and Joerg Jaeckel; Tommy Smith (supervised by Benjamin Pecjak) with examiners Danny Van Dyk and Ken Mimasu; and Mia R. West (supervised by  Rodrigo Alonso) with examiners Michael Spannowsky and Timothy Cohen. While, in comparison to the viva, the ceremony lacks the nerve-racking, exciting, exhausting and eventually (and hopefully) exhilarating experience that is successfully standing behind your work of three years during several hours,  this events offers PhDs the chance to reflect on their achievement and we take this opportunity...

On March 22, Durham University's Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) hosted the International Masterclass on Particle Physics—a hands-on event where high school students analysed real data from the Minerva neutrino detector. Over one hundred students from six local high schools—Durham Johnston, Durham Sixth Form, Newcastle High School for Girls, Thirsk School and Sixth Form, Wellfield Academy, and Sunderland Sixth Form—participated in the event. Following a hiatus over COVID, Jessica Turner, a particle physicist in the IPPP, revived the Masterclass, with this edition focusing on neutrino physics. This masterclass offered the students the chance to delve into the Minerva experiment, a neutrino scattering project based at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the USA. The event was designed to immerse students in the role of neutrino physicists for a day. The morning session kicked off with introductory activities, including a lively particle...

We congratulate Khadeejah Bepari on completing her PhD. The topic of her PhD thesis was Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics.

The Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology is delighted to host the annual International Masterclass of Particle Physics on March 22. This is an exciting opportunity for A-level students to take part in an International Masterclass in Particle Physics. More information is available here.