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 from Emily Griffith Emily Griffith, Univerisity of Colorado Boulder Colloquium | |
| Seminar | CV/Resume Workshop Rachel Palmer, Oregon State University Seminar | |
| Seminar | TBD Artiom Skripka, OSU Chemistry Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Colloquium from Alicia Patterson Alicia Patterson, Oregon State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | TBD Daniel Seara, University of Illinois - Chicago Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Department Town Hall Graduate Student Council Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | In Totality: The story of how mankind learned to predict eclipses Daniel Kennefick, University of Arkansas Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Oral Preliminary Exam Workshop Graduate Student Committee Seminar | |
| Colloquium | From Differentiation to Disease: Inferring Timing and Locality of DNA-Protein Binding Dynamics in Single Cells Christopher Eddy, Oregon Health and Science University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | A principled approach to the selection and organization of curriculum Andy Dong, OSU Mechanical Engineering Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Unveiling the powerful transient jets launched by black holes Lauren Rhodes, McGill University Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Reframing physics student preparation: supporting conversation about ethics, science, and society in the classroom Brianne Gutmann, San José State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | How to Count Black Holes in a Cafe William Lamb, Vanderbilt Seminar | |
| Seminar | Generative AI Literacy Workshop Demian Hommel, Oregon State University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Celebrating the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Ethan Minot Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Vision for the Department Ethan Minot Colloquium | |
| General Event | Immigration Town Hall Kameron Kadooka and Molly Goulet General Event | |
| Colloquium | Best of the Best: constructing the 2d ideal glass Prof. Eric Corwin, University of Oregon Colloquium | |
| General Event | Physics Undergraduate Research Fair General Event | |
| Colloquium | Probing and engineering quantum materials with light 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 |