2024-11-18 Colloquium Driving Electronics with Micro Defects and Femto Spins Prof. Matt W. Graham, Oregon State PhysicsColloquium
2024-11-04 Colloquium Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs): Progress, Open Questions, and Prospects Yvette Cendes, University of OregonColloquium
2024-10-28 Colloquium DNA-Assembled Dye Aggregates as Possible Materials for Quantum Information Science Ryan Pensack, Boise State UniversityColloquium
2024-10-21 Colloquium New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, PhysicsColloquium
2024-10-14 Colloquium Uncovering extreme matter when gravity waves Prof. Nico Yunes, UIUCColloquium
2024-10-07 Colloquium The self-force on static and dynamic charges in Schwarzschild spacetime using the method of images Prof. Alan Wiseman, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeColloquium
2024-09-30 Colloquium Welcome back! A short Department prospectus for the upcoming year. Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department HeadColloquium
2024-05-20 Colloquium Yunker Lecture: Facilitating thinking and learning in and beyond the physics classrooms using research-based approaches Prof. Chandralekha Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of PittsburghColloquium
2024-05-13 Colloquium Sharing Our Science: Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating STEM Prof. Brandon R. Brown, University of San Francisco, Physics and AstronomyColloquium
2024-05-06 Colloquium Binary evolution: a multi-messenger, multi-band puzzle Prof. Katelyn Breivik, Carnegie Mellon University, PhysicsColloquium
2024-04-29 Colloquium EVENT POSTPONED: New Direct Electron Imaging Techniques for Quantum Materials Prof. Kayla Nguyen, University of Oregon, PhysicsColloquium
2024-04-22 Colloquium STEP UP: Supporting Teachers to Encourage the Pursuit of Undergraduate Physics for Women Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International UniversityColloquium
2024-04-15 Colloquium Chemical Bonding? Playing catch with electrons! Prof. John F. Wager, Oregon State University, School of EECSColloquium
2024-04-08 Colloquium Real-Space Superconductivity Dr. Pavel Kornilovich, HP Corvallis and OSU PhysicsColloquium
2024-03-20 Colloquium Probing Cosmic Structure Evolution with Galaxy Clusters Prof. Heidi Wu, Boise State UniversityColloquium
2024-03-18 Colloquium Nucleosynthesis and Transients from Cataclysmic Astrophysical Events Dr. Sanjana Curtis, Dept of Astronomy, UC BerkeleyColloquium
2024-03-13 Colloquium Investigating the gravitational-wave background from nHz to kHz Dr. Patrick Meyers, CaltechColloquium
2024-03-11 Colloquium Cosmic Song and Dance: Probing Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Electromagnetic and Gravitational-wave Observations Dr. Tingting Liu, West Virginia UniversityColloquium
2024-03-08 Colloquium Numerical Relativity in the Era of High-Sensitivity Gravitational-Wave Observation Dr. Deborah Ferguson, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignColloquium
2024-03-06 Colloquium Exploring the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes and their Cosmic Significance through Cosmological Simulations Dr. Aklant Bhomwick, University of FloridaColloquium
2024-03-04 Colloquium Looking for Secrets in the Nonlinear Universe Prof. Tom Giblin, Kenyon CollegeColloquium
2024-02-05 Colloquium Attosecond Science: Understanding the Physics behind the 2023 Nobel Prize Prof. Yun-Shik Lee, Oregon State PhysicsColloquium
2024-01-29 Colloquium Planning for learner variation in physics: leveraging education research and curriculum design Prof. Daryl McPadden, Michigan State UniversityColloquium
2024-01-22 Colloquium What Kind of a Beast Is It? The exceptional Lie Algebra e8 and the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University, PhysicsColloquium
2023-11-27 Colloquium Neutron stars: a window into dense nuclear matter Dr. Justin Ripley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhysicsColloquium
2023-11-13 Colloquium Improving Student Learning: The Dual Roles of Conceptual Understanding and Reasoning Ability Prof. Paula Heron, Physics, University of WashingtonColloquium
2023-11-06 Colloquium Making sense of quantum mechanics with the languages of physics Prof. Liz Gire, Oregon State PhysicsColloquium
2023-10-30 Colloquium The 3D (Discovering, Decoding, and Directing) State Space of Cells Prof. Bo Sun, Oregon State PhysicsColloquium
2023-10-23 Colloquium How quantum mechanics can help cosmologists solve their problems Prof. Craig Hogan, University of ChicagoColloquium
2023-10-16 Colloquium Using Photons to Understand and Change Defects in Semiconductors Prof. Matthew McCluskey, Washington State, PhysicsColloquium
2023-10-02 Colloquium Welcome to the Department of Physics Prof. Davide Lazzati, Department HeadColloquium
2023-05-22 Colloquium Mesoscale scanning probes for studying interacting electrons in two-dimensional materials Prof. Arthur Barnard (U of Washington)Colloquium
2023-05-15 Colloquium Combining modeling and experiment to understand cell migration Dr. Wouter-Jan Rappel from Department of Physics, University of California, San DiegoColloquium
2023-05-08 Colloquium “Quantum alchemy” with two-dimensional materials Prof. Matthew Yankowitz (Department of Physics, University of Washington)Colloquium
2023-05-01 Colloquium Simulating excited-state processes in mesoscale molecular aggregates Prof. Doran RaccahColloquium
2023-04-10 Colloquium Hans Geiger and the Birth of Modern Physics Prof. Kenneth KraneColloquium
2023-04-03 Colloquium "Disruptive" vs. state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic technologies? Dr. Dirk Weiss, Head of Technology Assessment, First Solar, Inc.Colloquium
2023-03-22 Colloquium Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: Entangled States – From Theory to Technology Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State UniversityColloquium
2023-03-06 Colloquium Physics Colloquium Prof. Kenneth KraneColloquium
2023-02-27 Colloquium Metastable qubits and motional state interferometers in trapped-ion systems Prof. David Allcock (University of Oregon)Colloquium
2023-02-20 Colloquium Imaginary Mechanics from Spring Networks to Polymers Prof. Jayson Paulose from University of OregonColloquium
2023-01-23 Colloquium Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 Prof. David McIntyre, Oregon State UniversityColloquium
2022-11-28 Colloquium How Random Are Quantum Random Numbers? Prof. Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of PortlandColloquium
2022-11-21 Colloquium From a Grain of Sand to a (Quantum) Bit of Information Jim Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware Intel LabsColloquium
2022-11-14 Colloquium Presentation: Developing and Utilizing Computational Physics Approaches to Study Biology Problems Colloquium
2022-11-14 Colloquium Developing and utilizing computational physics approaches to study biology problems Prof. Lin Li, University of Texas at El PasoColloquium
2022-11-02 Colloquium TBA (event to be confirmed) Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke UniversityColloquium
2022-11-02 Colloquium The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke UniversityColloquium
2022-10-24 Colloquium Pursuing quantum spin liquids in the van der Waals material a-RuCl3 Prof. Erik Henriksen, Washington University in St LouisColloquium
2022-10-17 Colloquium What Is a Single Molecule, and What Can You Do With It? Prof. W.E. Moerner, Stanford UniversityColloquium