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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
Please click here for our department seminars (excluding PAECRS) calendar.
Nov
20
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Xiang Cheng: "Extraordinary Life of Microswimmers: how does a Microorganism Swim and Navigate in complex Environments
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Microorganisms inhabit and swim in fluids at low Reynolds numbers, a world, though foreign to us, is of utmost importance...
Nov
20
2025
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Alexey Bezryadin: "Meissner-Current-Controlled Transmon Qubits and Memory Elements"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
We present a transmon split-junction qubit which can be controlled by Meissner screening currents, which generate required phase bias. The...
Nov
21
2025
Colloquium: Venkat Chandrasekhar: "Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Quantum Electronic CIrcuits -- The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, John Martinis and Michel Devoret “for the discovery of...
Dec
1
2025
HEP Seminar: Alex Wen: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA Alex Wen, PhD Student, Harvard Host: Adrian Thompson
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
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