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Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
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News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 9:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Nov
16
2026
Quantum Information Seminar: Jerry Gabrielse: “One-Positron Quant...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
A one-positron quantum cyclotron is realized with a single positron suspended indefinitely in the magnetic field of a Penning trap. Thi...
Nov
16
2026
HEP Seminar: Justin Mueller: "Searching for Muon-Neutrino Disappe...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
The ICARUS collaboration, as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program at Fermilab, has completed its first oscillation analysi...
Nov
17
2026
CIERA Colloquium: Kailash Sahu "Isolated Stellar Mass Black Holes...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Our Galaxy is expected to contain about 100 million black holes, the vast majority of which should be isolated, with no companion star....