The Oregon State University Physics Department has been host to many amazing events over the years. Learn more about our past events by exploring below.
Events Archive

| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Colloquium | Colloquium Talk Title TBA TBA Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Colloquium Talk Title TBA Muqing Yu, The University of Chicago Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Nobel prize talk, title TBA Ethan Minot Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Colloquium Talk Title TBA Daniel Kaplan, Rutgers University Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Excitons Beyond Creation: Interactions and Dynamics in Emerging Materials Jonah Haber, Stanford University Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Topology and Interaction in Graphene: From Physical Principles to AI-driven Discoveries Jihang Zhu, University of Washington Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Computational Modeling of Materials Engineering with Light: From Recombination to Excitons Fangzhou Zhao, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | The invisible magnets Lin-Ding Yuan, Northwestern University Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Qudits and logical qubits in metastable trapped ions Jameson O'Reilly, University of Oregon Colloquium | |
| Seminar | PhysBits Career Series Dr. Bill Wickes Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Emergent Ferromagnetism in a Lattice Model of Interacting Electrons Professor Ehsan Khatami, San Jose State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | PhysBits Career Series Dominic Deprano Seminar | |
| Colloquium | What does it mean for physics labs to be authentic? Professor Natasha Holmes, Cornell University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | PhysBits Career Series Ross Dewberry Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Gravitational wave detection with apparent star motions Professor Kris Pardo, University of Southern California Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Undergraduate Research, Thesis, & WIC Fred DeAngelis Seminar | |
| Colloquium | On the Physics of Chemical Bonding Professor John F. Wager, School of EECS, Oregon State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | PhysBits Career Series Cameron Clonch Seminar | |
| Colloquium | 30 Years of Lessons from the Paradigms Professor Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | CANCELED: PhysBits Career Series Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Physics Town Hall Graduate Student Council Colloquium | |
| Seminar | PhysBits Career Series Michael Forkner Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Listening to the sound of a million black holes singing Professor Paul Baker, Widener University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Careers PhysBit Rosemary Williams Seminar | |
| Seminar | Careers PhysBit: Overview Liz Gire Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Department Head Welcome Address Professor Ethan Minot, Oregon State University Colloquium | |
| General Event | Department of Physics Fall Picnic -- location updated Open Mic General Event | |
| Senior Thesis | Undergrad Physics Thesis Research Presentations, Part 2 Various Undergraduate Student Speakers Senior Thesis | |
| General Event | Graduate Communications Presentations Aubry Lines, Genaro Lozano, Rabina Thapa Magar, Anthony Winchell General Event | |
| Senior Thesis | Undergrad Physics Thesis Research Presentations, Part 1 Various Undergraduate Student Speakers Senior Thesis | |
| Seminar | Electronic Structure Poster Fair Solid State Physics Scientists from OSU PH 575 Seminar | |
| Open House | 2nd Annual Astronomy and Physics Open House Assorted Open House | |
| Seminar | Workshop on the preliminary oral exam GSC (Graduate Student Council) Seminar | |
| Colloquium | From Confusion to Consensus: Investigating Socio-Metacognition in Collaborative Physics Learning Thanh Le, Western Washington University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | New Tech for Amateur Astrophotographers Tom Carrico Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Ecampus teaching strategies and fluid dynamics modeling in astrophysics Dr. Kathryn Hadley, Oregon State Physics Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Removing barriers in algebra-based introductory physics Dr. Evan Thatcher, Oregon State Physics Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Professor of Teaching Interview: A Conversation Dr. Randall L. Milstein, Oregon State Physics Colloquium | |
| Seminar | The Star Formation and Chemical Enrichment Histories of Galaxies in the Early Universe Charity Woodrum Seminar | |
| Colloquium | The Wonderful World of AGN Variability Matthew Graham, California Institute of Technology Colloquium | |
| Seminar | A Vision for Introductory Physics at OSU Dr. Danielle Skinner, Oregon State Physics Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Designing Curriculum to Engage Students Dr. Paul J. Emigh, Oregon State Physics Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Space Navigation using an X-ray Telescope Andrea Lommen, Haverford College Colloquium | |
| Seminar | APS Career Mentoring Fellow Seminar Dr. Jameson O'Reilly, University of Oregon, Physics Seminar | |
| Seminar | Understanding and Correcting Noise in Pulsar Timing Datasets Bjorn Larsen (Yale University) Seminar | |
| Seminar | Intellectual Property Law for Physicists Shawn Kolitch (main presenter), Jake Peterfeso (available for questions and discussion) Seminar | |
| Colloquium | The Landscape of Multi-Messenger Astronomy in the LISA ERA Shane L. Larson Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Diversity, Inclusion, Climate and Equity (DICE) DICE Listening Session for Students (Students only) Diversity, Inclusion, Climate and Equity (DICE) Committee Seminar | |
| Yunker Lecture | Driving quantum matter out-of-equilibrium Prof. Prineha Narang Yunker Lecture | |
| Seminar | Science and Scientists as Tropes Dr. Randall L. Milstein Seminar |