multi-day
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 8 to 10 pm during the fall and...
Events
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multi-day
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and...
Jan
23
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Mahsa Bagherikalhor: "The Complexity of Social Networks: The Role of Triadic Interactions"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Have you ever noticed how your attitude can be influenced by your relationships? Traditional models of social interaction often focus...
Jan
24
2025
Colloquium: Neelesh Patankar: "Phase Change of Water near Surfaces'
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Water-hating (superhydrophobic) and water-loving (superhydrophilic) surfaces have been extensively studied for the past two decades. The early focus in the...
Jan
25
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Ripples from a Maelstrom" General relativity predicts that black holes are some of the simplest objects in the universe, while their...
Jan
27
2025
HEP Seminar: Gray Putnam: "Search for Long-Lived Particles with Di-Muon Decays at the ICARUS Detector in the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
The ICARUS detector in the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program at Fermilab is sensitive to “long-lived” particles (LLPs) that would be...
Jan
27
2025
HEP Seminar: Vishvas Pandey: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA Vishvas Pandey, Wilson Fellow Associate, Fermilab Host: Adrian Thompson
Jan
31
2025
Colloquium: Lina Necib: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
TBA Lina Necib, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Host: Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere
Feb
1
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Looking at Ever Smaller Scales" For more than a hundred years, particle physicists have been smashing things together to figure out...
Feb
4
2025
CFP Colloquium: Christopher G. Tully: TBA
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Speaker: Christopher G. Tully, Princeton University Host: Gerald Gabrielse Keywords: Physics, CFP
Feb
6
2025
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Joseph Sklenar: "Controlling Magnetization Dynamics at GHz and THz Frequencies within Antiferromagnetic Metamaterials"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Within antiferromagnetic materials and metamaterials, magnons, with frequencies spanning tens of GHz to THz frequencies exist at all wavenumbers. The...
Feb
8
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"The Standard Model is Almost Perfect" The Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most precisely tested theories of...
Feb
10
2025
HEP Seminar: Ira Rothstein: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA Ira Rothstein, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Host: Adrian Thompson
Feb
11
2025
CFP Colloquium: Daniel Carney: Terrestrial quantum gravity experiments
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: I will give an overview of recent activity based on the idea that we can test quantum properties of...
Feb
15
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Baby Pictures of the Universe" The earliest moments of the universe were incredibly chaotic, a time when matter and energy were...
Feb
22
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Galaxies: Glitter in a Snow Globe" We find many answers about the early universe in a surprising place: the arrangement of...
Feb
24
2025
HEP Seminar: James Unwin: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA James Unwin, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago Host: Adrian Thompson
Mar
1
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"A Bright Future Ahead" We close this lecture series with a look towards the future: exciting experiments on the horizon and...
Apr
10
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Gregory Korniss: TBA [copy]
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: TBA Gregory Korniss, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Host: Adilson Motter