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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
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Events
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Dec
1
2025
HEP Seminar: Alex Wen: " Using Neutrinos and the Weak Force to Measure the Earth with IceCube"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has measured a sample of primarily atmospheric muon neutrino events over 11 years from all directions...
Jan
8
2026
Complex Systems Seminar: Zheng Shi: "Decoding Mechanical Signals at the Subcellular Level"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
The surface of a cell experiences frequent stretching and compression. The resulting membrane tension is converted to intracellular electrochemical signals...
Jan
10
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Life on Earth from it's Origin to Present Day" Today, it's easy to take the sheer diversity of life on Earth...
Jan
16
2026
Colloquium: Wendy Freedman: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Wendy Freedman, Professor, University of Chicago Host: Vicky Kalogera
Jan
17
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"What is Life After All and What Makes It Possible?" Living organisms are built out of cells, which serve to segregate...
Jan
24
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Living Systems Across Scales" Organisms of different sizes face distinct energetic challenges and yet, they are related by common allometric scaling...
Jan
31
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"The Physics of the Brain" The brain is the most energy-efficient computational device yet encountered, requiring only about 20 Watts of...
Feb
7
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Artificial Intelligence and Other Bio-Inspired Technologies" Biologically inspired technologies are ubiquitous, including the airplane, sonar, and even machine learning broadly construed-from...
Feb
14
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Biophysical Fiction or Reality" To what extent are the possibilities of brain-machine interfaces, thought-reading through brain scanning, chimeric organ transplants, and...
Feb
21
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Getting Life Under Control" Life has evolved sophisticated regulatory and control mechanisms, from cells regulating protein production to neuronal circuits generating...