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
Please click here for our department seminars (excluding PAECRS) calendar.
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
12
2026
HEP Seminar: Lua Airoldi: : "Could a Primordial Black Hole Explosion Explain the Extremely High-Energy KM3NeT Neutrino Event?”
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
A black hole is expected to end its lifetime in a cataclysmic runaway burst of Hawking radiation, emitting all Standard...
Jan
12
2026
Undergraduate Research Mixer
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
Are you wondering how you can join a physics or astronomy research lab? Here is your chance to find out!...
Jan
13
2026
CIERA Colloquium: David Hogg: "Precision Measurement, Causal Structure, and Machine Learning"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy Seminars
Astrophysics abounds with precision measurement problems, for example when we search for exoplanets, map the dark matter in our Galaxy,...
Jan
15
2026
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Jigang Wang: "Terahertz Coherent Control of Quantum Condensates: Bridging Cooper Pairs and Excitons"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Efforts to achieve coherent control of complex quantum matter have reshaped multiple disciplines at the foundation of quantum materials discovery...
Jan
16
2026
Colloquium: Wendy Freedman: “Is the Hubble Tension Signaling New Physics Beyond the Standard Model of Cosmology?”
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
One of the central open questions in cosmology is whether the standard ΛCDM model fully describes the evolution of the...
Jan
17
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "Physics of Life: 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
22
2026
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Zhigang Jiang: "Sharp Spectroscopic Fingerprints of Disorder in an Incompressible Magnetic State"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Disorder significantly impacts the electronic properties of conducting quantum materials by inducing electron localization and thus altering the local density...
Jan
23
2026
Colloquium: Andrea Liu: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Andrea Liu, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Host: Michelle
Jan
24
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: ""Physics of Life: 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
26
2026
HEP Seminar: Max Fieg: " Towards Automated Flavor Model Building with Machine Learning"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
In the Standard Model, the flavor sector contains the majority of free parameters corresponding to masses and mixings of the...
Jan
30
2026
Colloquium: Roni Harnik: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Roni Harnik, Senior Scientist, Fermilab Host: JJ Carrasco
Jan
31
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "Physics of Life: 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: "Physics of Life: 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
12
2026
Complex Systems Seminar: Deborah Fygenson: TBA
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: TBA Deborah Fygenson, Professor, University of California - Santa Barbara Host: Petia Vlahovska
Feb
13
2026
Colloquium: Michael Kagan: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Michael Kagen, Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Host: Mayda Velasco
Feb
14
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "Physics of Life: 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: "Physics of Life: 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...
Feb
28
2026
Sievert Prize Lectures: Thomas Wytock: "Physics of Life: From Molecules to Minds"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Fine Wine and Sour Milk: Is Aging Inevitable?" Age comes for us all, from the scale of our whole bodies to...
Mar
5
2026
Complex Systems Seminar: Jairo Diaz Amaya: TBA
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: TBA Jairo Diaz Amaya, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institure of Technology Host: Michelle Driscoll
Mar
12
2026
Complex Systems Seminar: Keng-Hui Lin: TBA
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: TBA Keng-Hui Lin, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taipei Host: John Marko
Mar
13
2026
Colloquium: Max Bi: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Max Bi, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Host: Michelle Driscoll
Apr
9
2026
Complex Systems Seminar: Jeff Tithof: TBA
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: TBA Jeff Tithof, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Host: Michelle Driscoll