Past Events | Department of Physics | The University of Chicago

2025

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

Bulk and Boundary Disorder Far from Thermal Equilibrium
Yariv Kafri, Technion

May 15

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

Searching for Anyon in Quantum Materials
Philip Kim, Harvard University

May 8

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

The Quantum Twisting Microscope: Visualizing Waves in Quantum Matter
Shahal Ilani, Weizmann Institute of Science

May 1

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

Does it stick? Long-term outcomes for biology majors from introductory physics optimized for the life sciences
Catherine Crouch, Swarthmore College

Apr 24

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

The strange physics of self-driven particles
Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science

Apr 17

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

Cancelled

Apr 10

6:00–8:00 pm Maria Geoppert-Mayer Lecture Hall

From London, UK, an urgent new play about the first atomic bomb. Free event Followed by a talkback – Q and A session

Apr 9

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

From Einstein's doubts to quantum technologies: non-locality in action
Alain Aspect, Institut d"Optique- Université Paris-Saclay

Apr 3

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

Geometry and Genetics
Eric Siggia, Rockefeller University

Mar 27

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Geoppert-Meyer

Particle Physics at the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino Program
David Schmitz, University of Chicago

Mar 6