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Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
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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 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Jul
2
2025
Special Complex Systems Seminar: Hiroki Sayama: "Adaptive network...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Adaptive networks are a class of dynamical network models in which both the states of nodes/edges and the structure of the network itse...
Jul
4
2025
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Evanston
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and summer months (Apr-Sept). ...
Jul
11
2025
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Evanston
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and summer months (Apr-Sept). ...