Cornell physicist Brad Ramshaw has been named a 2025 Experimental Physics Investigator – a prestigious national recognition awarded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to a select group of mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics. The award provides $1.3 million over five years to support bold, high-impact experiments that advance our fundamental understanding of the universe.

Jane Wang, Professor of Physics and LASSP faculty member, was honored for "original and innovative work on insect flight that provided fundamental insights into unsteady aerodynamics, flight efficiency, flight stability, and neural control, and for opening new dimensions of research in biological fluid dynamics."

Introductory physics labs are a little different at Cornell. Instead of doing labs that demonstrate physics concepts they already know to be true, first-year physics students conduct experiments to discover answers for themselves. This approach, developed through eight years of active learning work at Cornell, emphasizes how experimental physics works and builds skills and understanding, said Natasha Holmes, the Ann S. Bowers Associate Professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.