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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 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Nov
11
2025
CIERA Colloquium: Rebecca Bernstein: "The Giant Magellan Telescop...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
The Giant Magellan Telescope is one of the two, next generation, “extremely large” telescopes (ELTs) now under construction. Both GMT ...
Nov
12
2025
Physics Horizons with Professor Ian Low
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
Professor Ian Low will present his research “The Origin of Symmetry -- A Perspective from Quantum Information” in a talk aimed at under...
Nov
13
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Filippo Radicchi: "Modeling Resource Con...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
In this talk, I introduce a dynamic percolation model designed to describe resource consumption and depletion in networks: the minimum-...