Past Events | Department of Physics | The University of Chicago

2026

3:30–4:30 pm MCP 201

Obsessed by a Dream: Rolf Widerøe - History and Future of Accelerator Technology in the Context of a Giant
Norbert Holtkamp, Director of Fermilab

Feb 16

11:00 am–4:00 pm Kersten Physics Teaching Center

Dec 13

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer lecture hall

Melting & tipping: From the lab to the ocean
Detlef Lohse, University of Twente

Nov 20

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert Mayer Lecture Hall

A Muon Collider in the Future of Particle Physics
Simone Pagan Griso, Lawerence Berkely National Lab

Nov 13

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall

Is the Hubble Tension Signaling New Physics Beyond the Standard Cosmological Model?
Wendy Freedman, University of Chicago

Nov 6

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture

TBA

Oct 16

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture

Probing new fundamental symmetry
Keisuke Harigaya, UChicago

Oct 9

11:00 am–6:00 pm Crerar Quad

Oct 4

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture

What to throw away? How brains make efficient codes
Stephanie Palmer, UChicago

Oct 2

Through September 26, 2025 Kersten Physics Teaching Center

Sep 15