Students selected by the IIP Young Talents School

Published Fri, Nov 24, 2023
The second edition of the IIF-UFRN Young Talent School will welcome next December the five students who performed the best in completing the exercises proposed by the organizers. In total, more than 500 students from all over Brazil signed up to participate in the event. The selected students will...

Gold Medalists from TFM selected for the Brazilian Physics Tournament

Published Mon, Nov 13, 2023
The Physics Tournament for Girls (TFM, in the Portuguese acronym) concluded on October 28th, not only celebrating the passion of young female students for physics but also recognizing their excellence in the field. Several students received well-deserved awards at this event, and some of them...

IIP Colloquium with Philippe Courteille

Published Wed, Nov 08, 2023
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIF-UFRN) will hold this Friday, November 10, a colloquium with researcher Philippe Courteille, Associate Professor of the Department of Physics and Materials Science of the Institute of Physics of São...

Students from UFRN receive training for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Published Fri, Nov 03, 2023
A collaboration between the Physics and Astroparticles groups of the International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) and the Astrophysics and Astroparticles Group at the University of São Paulo - São Carlos Campus (USP) has opened doors...

With the support of IIP/UFRN the physics tournament for girls had 440 students qualify for the final phase of the competition.

Published Fri, Oct 27, 2023
On September 14, the final exam for the first Physics Tournament for Girls (TFM) was held. The tournament challenged the notion that physics is a field dominated by men and opened the doors to a more inclusive and equal future in the world of science. With the completion of the final exam, the...

The International Institute of Physics hosts the J-PAS meeting this week

Published Wed, Oct 11, 2023
With a diverse program that includes hybrid-format lectures, allowing participants to join either in person or virtually, the 19th J-PAS Collaboration Meeting (Javalambre Physics of the Accelerating) is taking place at the International Institute of Physics at UFRN from October 9 to 14. In Brazil,...