Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series

Upcoming Colloquia

Colloquia are Fridays at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Hall 145.

Friday, September 25 4:10 PM — 5:00 PM Walter Hall

Friday, October 16 4:10 PM — 5:00 PM Walter Hall

Aug. 28, Welcome Event
Sept. 4, "" | Oscar Avalos-Ovando from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact: Alexander Govorov)
Sept. 11, "" | Sami Mitra of the Physics Review Letter Senior Editor (Contact: Nancy Sandler)
Sept. 18, "" | Harsh Mathur of Case Western Reserve University (Contact: Alexander Govorov)
Sept. 25, "" | Hendrik Schatz of Michigan State University (Contact: Andrea Richard)
Oct. 2, No Colloquium - Fall Break - no classes
Oct. 9, "Undergraduate Poster Session" | (Contact: Julie Roche)
Oct. 16, "" | Thomas Papenbrock of University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(Contact: Christian Drischler)
Oct. 23, "Mapping the Dark Universe at Ultra-High Resolution with the James Webb" | Diana Scognamiglio of Duke University (Contact: Sujeong Lee)
Oct. 30, "TBA" | Mohit Randeria of The ��Ƶ State University (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
Nov. 6, "TBA" | Justin Frantz of ��Ƶ (Contact: Paul King)
Nov. 13, "TBA" | Kevin Singh of The ��Ƶ State University (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
Nov. 20, "Constraining the Dense Matter Equation of State with Next-Generation Pulsar Timing Arrays" | Thankful Cromartie of Vanderbilt University (Contact: Christian Drischler)
Nov. 26, No Colloquium - Holiday
Dec. 4, "Unifying Single-neuron Tuning, Manifold Geometry, and Population Dynamics" | Tatiana Engel of Princeton University (Contact: Alexander Neiman)
Dec. 11, Final Exam Week

Jan. 16, Cancelled - to be rescheduled!"" | Tatiana Engel of Princeton University co-sponsored by Quantitative Biology Institute and Department of Physics & Astronomy (Contact: Alexander Neiman)
Jan. 23, Cancelled - to be rescheduled!"" | Sami Mitra of Physics Review Letters Senior Editor (Contact: Nancy Sandler)
Jan. 30, "" | Raquel Queiroz of Columbia University (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
Feb. 6, "" | Mia Kumamoto of University of California, Berkeley (Contact: Paul King)
Feb. 13, "" | Nandini Trivedi of The ��Ƶ State University (Contact: Nancy Sandler)
Feb. 20, "" | Jed Pixley of Rutgers University (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
Feb. 27, "" | Matt Ando of ��Ƶ (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
March 6, "" | Ricardo Alarcon of Arizona State University (Contact: Andrea Richard)
March 13, Spring Break
March 20, 2026 APS Global Physics Summit
March 27, "" | Saskia Mordijck of William & Mary University (Contact: Julie Roche)
April 3, "" | Shelly Lesher of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Contact: Andrea Richard)
April 10, "" | Live-Palm Kubushishi of ��Ƶ (Contact: Paul King)
April 17, "" | Garnett Bryant of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
April 24, End-of-Year Activities, The Chair's Address, and the Awards Ceremony. To be followed by Refreshments and Hors d'oeuvre.