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 |
|---|---|---|
| Outreach | Family Science Night - Franklin Physics faculty and students Outreach | |
| Seminar | Explore a Career in Industry with a Graduate Degree in Physics Chris Larson, Oregon State University Seminar | |
| Colloquium | Of Bases and States: Challenges in Spins First Quantum Learning Prof. Chuck De Leone, California State Colloquium | |
| General Event | Women in Physics Meeting General Event | |
| Colloquium | A Research Validated Approach to Transforming Upper-Division Courses Prof. Steve Pollock, University of Colorado, Boulder Colloquium | |
| Conference | Faculty Retreat Conference | |
| M.S. Defense | Masters Defense-Garrett Potter Garrett Potter M.S. Defense | |
| Outreach | Meet a Scientist - OMSI Ethan Minot Outreach | |
| General Event | Corvallis Nutcracker Randy Milstein and cast of 100s General Event | |
| General Event | Winter Gathering General Event | |
| General Event | PH 212 Final Review General Event | |
| General Event | Astronomy Club Meeting General Event | |
| Seminar | Linking Oxides’ Structures to Their Properties Prof. Zhenxing Feng Seminar | |
| M.S. Defense | MS Defense-Rebecca Grollman Rebecca Grollman M.S. Defense | |
| Special Lecture | Taking a Scientific Approach to Learning and Teaching Science Carl Wieman Special Lecture | |
| Open House | Mini Open House for Carl Wieman Open House | |
| General Event | SPS Applications Workshop Various General Event | |
| Colloquium | Special Colloquium: Lessons from Two Decades of Hybrid and Online Physics Courses at Michigan State University Gerd Kortemeyer, Michigan State University Colloquium | |
| Seminar | Kortemeyer Workshop Gerd Kortemeyer Seminar | |
| General Event | Nicole Quist-Oral Exam Nicole Quist General Event | |
| Colloquium | Highly Magnetic Neutron Stars: Bewildering Astrophysical Laboratories and Cosmological Tools Rosalba Perna Colloquium | |
| General Event | PH 212 MT Review Session General Event | |
| Conference | 2016 NASA Space Grant Student Symposium Various Conference | |
| Seminar | Sediment Instability during Tsunamis Prof. Ben Mason Seminar | |
| Colloquium | The “Music” of Light: Optical Resonances for Fun and Profit Ray Beausoleil, HP Enterprise Colloquium | |
| General Event | Student Luncheon with Ray Beausoleil Ray Beausoleil General Event | |
| Seminar | The Mechanics of Scientific Communications Prof. David Cann Seminar | |
| Outreach | Discovery Days Faculty and Student Volunteers Outreach | |
| General Event | Jihan Kim-Oral Exam Jihan Kim General Event | |
| Outreach | Discovery Days Faculty and Student Volunteers Outreach | |
| Colloquium | Vibration Propagation in Spider Webs Ross Hatton Colloquium | |
| Colloquium | Observations of Introductory Physics with Calculus Henri Jansen Colloquium | |
| General Event | College of Science Awards Ceremony General Event | |
| Colloquium | Propofol Inhibition of Processive Kinesins Susan Gilbert (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Colloquium | |
| General Event | Oral Exam-Mike Vignal Mike Vignal General Event | |
| Outreach | Physics Outreach Team Meeting Outreach | |
| General Event | PH 212 MT Study Session General Event | |
| Open House | Astronomy Open House Open House | |
| Colloquium | Special Wednesday Colloquium: Experimental Detection of Branching at a Conical Intersection Daniel Turner Colloquium | |
| Outreach | The Cultural and Technological Impact of Star Trek Randall Milstein Outreach | |
| General Event | Allison Gicking Oral Exam Allison Gicking General Event | |
| General Event | Oral Exam-James Haggerty James Haggerty General Event | |
| Outreach | Technology and Society Panel with David Brin David Brin Outreach | |
| Colloquium | The State of the Department Address and Reports on Graduate Research Heidi Schellman, Chris Jones, Lee Aspitarte, Andrew Popchock Colloquium | |
| M.S. Defense | Jay Howard-MS Defense Jay Howard M.S. Defense | |
| General Event | New Graduate Student Orientation Week various General Event | |
| Special Lecture | Nanometer-scale Patterns Formed by Nitrogen Adsorption on Cu(001) Dr. Masamichi Yamada, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo Special Lecture | |
| M.S. Defense | Billy Geerhart-MS Defense Billy Geerhart M.S. Defense | |
| M.S. Defense | Ryan Scheirer-MS Defense Ryan Scheirer M.S. Defense | |
| Outreach | Astronomy Open House Outreach |