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The Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics was established in 2000 to provide education for advanced graduate students and postdocs working in condensed matter physics, materials science and related fields. Students working at the frontiers of science and technology receive expert training not easily available within the traditional system of graduate education and postdoctoral apprenticeship.

BSS is directed by Leo Radzihovsky, Professor of Distinction in Physics at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������. He is one of the school’s original co-founders, along with Steve Girvin (Yale), Matthew Fisher (UCSB) and Cristina Marchetti (UCSB). Each year, Radzihovsky and colleagues, along with an Advisory Board of distinguished scientists select a topical area for the July school. ��

This year’s BSS was titled “Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Electrons,” with scientific organizers Debanjan Chowdhury (Cornell), Sean Hartnoll (Cambridge), Minhyea Lee (���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������), Andrew Lucas (���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������) and Leo Radzihovsky (���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������). Participants (65 graduate and postdoctoral students) and international lecturers explored the profound and long-standing challenges in the field of correlated quantum materials through theoretical, experimental and computational frameworks.

Public lecture presented by Prof. Margaret Murnane.

Margaret Murnane, Distinguished Professor, gave the school’s annual public lecture, “Building the Quantum Microscopes of the Future: From Star Wars to Quantum Sculpting.” Her lecture focused on how advances in quantum physics have led to the development of next-generation microscopes and what this means for the future of imaging, materials, and related areas.

“It has been 25 rewarding years of hosting the Boulder Summer School every July – meeting, interacting and getting to know some of the most brilliant young physicists from around the world, the future of our condensed matter physics community,” said Radzihovsky. “It’s also a pleasure to host and reconnect with��many of my dear friends and colleagues lecturing at BSS and to discuss the diverse frontiers of condensed��matter physics."

When not attending lectures or poster sessions, participants explored Boulder and the surrounding area, taking organized hikes, exploring Pearl Street, and joining other social activities.

Next year’s will focus on “Geometry and Topology in Soft Matter Physics.” Applications for the 2026 school will open in mid-fall and interested students should apply by January 1, 2026.