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Spring 2026 Colloquiums<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 11 – Upcoming Opportunities in Physics: Research, Professional Development, and Beyond, Physics Faculty and Staff. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 25 – Analyzing Flavor Deconstruction within the Privately Governed Higgs Sector, Dr. Suneth Jayawardana, St. Olaf College. Watch Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 4 – Tectonic Forcing of Earth\u2019s Climate Evolution over the Past Billion Years, Dr. Nick Swanson-Hysell, University of MN. Watch Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 26 – Info Session for 4+1 Engineering Masters program. Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2025 Colloquiums<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 10 – Physics Phaculty Demo \u2013 Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall! Watch Video<\/a>.<\/a> (Passcode: #7fEHW6=)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 24 – X-rays and RNA: using scattering techniques to characterize highly flexible biomolecules, Sarah Uttormark ’22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 8 – Calculating the impossible: using symmetries and the lattice to understand quantum field theory, Maria Neuzil. Watch Video<\/a> (Passcode: 2^N7BCsc) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 15 – Fun with the fluid-fluid interface: from snails to Cheerios, Sungyon Lee. Watch Video <\/a>(Passcode: 9DXQ1F$+)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring 2025 Colloquiums <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12 – Upcoming Opportunities in Physics: Research, Professional Development, and Beyond, Physics Faculty and Staff. Watch Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 19 – Big and Small, Near and Far: An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics, Dr. Brian Nevins ’19. Watch Video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 5 – Breaking the pattern: creating tough materials through architecture, Dr. Sage Fulco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 12 – Basic Science Applied to Addressing Big Challenges in Energy and the Environment, Dr. Jimmy Randolph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 26 – Grad School Panel. Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall 2024 Colloquiums <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(All seminars take place in RNS 210 unless otherwise indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 11 – Physics Phaculty Demo \u2013 Your phavorite physics phaculty opher some of their best demonstrations and hear about the upcoming colloquium schedule phor the phall! Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 24 – Career Panel, Janet Barth (NASA) and Dennis Thompson (Kodak systems engineer) Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 25 – Colloquium, Janet Barth (NASA) and Dennis Thompson (Kodak systems engineer) Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colloquium: Integrating computation into undergraduate science education at the University of Olso, with Prof. Tor Odden. Watch video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colloquium: ChatGPT as improv artist, blurry JPEG, or conceptual blender: Models of LLM “cognition”, with Prof. Tor Odden, University of Olso. Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington University Dual Degree Programs in Engineering (Not for colloquium credit). Watch Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Colloquium Archives, 2005-202<\/a>4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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