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Events Archive

People gathered in a field for the 2017 eclipse.

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.

DateTypeEvent
Ph.D. DefenseBaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) p-type transparent conductors
Andiry Zakutayev
Ph.D. Defense
General EventSmall is All: Nano, Bio, and the Future of Technology
General Event
Yunker LectureSmall is All: Nano, Bio, and the Future of Technology
Paul L. McEuen, Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, Cornell University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureMysteries of the Dark Universe
Edward W. Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureVisualizing Single Molecules with Lasers
W.E. Moerner, Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureCan Cosmological Concordance Occur With Superstring/M-theory in the Heavens?
Sylvester James Gates Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and Center for String and Particle Theory Director, University of Maryland
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureThe Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter
Helen Quinn, Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureSound, Music, and Physics
Thomas Rossing, Professor of Physics & Distinguished Research Professor, Northern Illinois University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureA New Age of Computational Materials Science: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
Arthur J. Freeman, Morrison Professor of Physics, Northwestern University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureMagnetic and Superconducting Materials: The Old and the New
Ted Geballe, Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics and of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureCreating a New Form of Matter at the Coldest Temperature in the Universe
Carl Wieman, Professor of Physics, University of Colorado
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureSuperfluidity in Helium Three: Discovery and Understanding
Douglas Osheroff, J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, Stanford University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureMunicipal Waste, Recycling, and Nuclear Garbage
Peter Franken, Professor of Physics, University of Arizona
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureHigh Temperature Superconductivity, SQUIDs and Brains
John Clarke, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureDoes the Everyday World Really Obey Quantum Mechanics?
Anthony Leggett, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics, University of Illinois
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureScience, Science Bashing, and the Descent into Wooliness
Daniel Kleppner, Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureThe Vision of Einstein, the Caution of Bohr
David Mermin, Horace White Professor of Physics, Cornell University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureWhat Newton Didn’t Know about the Universe
Vera Rubin, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureWhat is the Dark Matter Around our Galaxy?
Blas Cabrera, Professor of Physics, Stanford University
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureTime and Time Travel Through Hyperspace: A Physicist Looks at Two Topics from Science Fiction
Kip Thorne, The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, California Institute of Technology
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureSpace Defense and the Future of Nuclear Weapons
Richard Garwin, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureThe Supercollider: What, Why, and How?
Leon Lederman, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureDinosaurs, Comet Storms, and Nemesis
Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
Yunker Lecture
Yunker LectureCosmic Connections
Gary Steigman, Professor of Physics, Ohio State University
Yunker Lecture