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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
Apr
17
2026
Colloquium: Taylor Hughes: “Defeating the Chiral Doubling Theorem...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Over forty years ago, Nielsen and Ninomiya proved that chiral modes cannot exist in discrete systems without a matching anti-chiral par...
Apr
17
2026
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). ...
Apr
20
2026
HEP Seminar: Sarunus Verner: "Spectator Scalar Fields in the Earl...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Inflation may have involved more than a single scalar degree of freedom. Spectator scalar fields, while subdominant in the background e...