Recent results from the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

The PHENIX experiment has been designed to measure a wide variety of observables in both heavy ion and polarized proton collisions at RHIC. The use of penetrating probes of the earliest stages of the collision, combined with a program of hadron measurements, gives the experiment the capability to address observables sensitive to all stages of a heavy ion collision. This contribution will review recent results from the PHENIX collaboration for heavy-ion collisions, including hadronic spectra, collective motion of the interacting matter, the suppression of high transverse momentum hadrons, and charm production.