Spring 2026 Colloquiums
(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)
February 11 – Upcoming Opportunities in Physics: Research, Professional Development, and Beyond, Physics Faculty and Staff. Watch Video
February 25 – Analyzing Flavor Deconstruction within the Privately Governed Higgs Sector, Dr. Suneth Jayawardana, St. Olaf College. Watch Video
March 4 – Tectonic Forcing of Earth’s Climate Evolution over the Past Billion Years, Dr. Nick Swanson-Hysell, University of MN. Watch Video
March 26 – Info Session for 4+1 Engineering Masters program. Watch Video
May 6 – Universality and tunability in shear thickening suspensions, Dr. Meera Ramaswamy from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Watch Video
Fall 2025 Colloquiums
(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)
September 10 – Physics Phaculty Demo – Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall! Watch Video. (Passcode: #7fEHW6=)
September 24 – X-rays and RNA: using scattering techniques to characterize highly flexible biomolecules, Sarah Uttormark ’22.
October 8 – Calculating the impossible: using symmetries and the lattice to understand quantum field theory, Maria Neuzil. Watch Video (Passcode: 2^N7BCsc)
October 15 – Fun with the fluid-fluid interface: from snails to Cheerios, Sungyon Lee. Watch Video (Passcode: 9DXQ1F$+)
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Spring 2025 Colloquiums
(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)
February 12 – Upcoming Opportunities in Physics: Research, Professional Development, and Beyond, Physics Faculty and Staff. Watch Video
February 19 – Big and Small, Near and Far: An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics, Dr. Brian Nevins ’19. Watch Video.
March 5 – Breaking the pattern: creating tough materials through architecture, Dr. Sage Fulco.
March 12 – Basic Science Applied to Addressing Big Challenges in Energy and the Environment, Dr. Jimmy Randolph.
March 26 – Grad School Panel. Watch Video.
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Fall 2024 Colloquiums
(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)
September 11 – Physics Phaculty Demo – Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall! Watch Video.
September 24 – Career Panel, Janet Barth (NASA) and Dennis Thompson (Kodak systems engineer) Watch Video.
September 25 – Colloquium, Janet Barth (NASA) and Dennis Thompson (Kodak systems engineer) Watch Video.
Colloquium: Integrating computation into undergraduate science education at the University of Olso, with Prof. Tor Odden. Watch video.
Colloquium: ChatGPT as improv artist, blurry JPEG, or conceptual blender: Models of LLM “cognition”, with Prof. Tor Odden, University of Olso. Watch Video.
Washington University Dual Degree Programs in Engineering (Not for colloquium credit). Watch Video.