2025
Prof. John Reinitz Memorial
3:00–4:30 pm Bond Chapel followed by a reception at the Quadrangle Club
A memorial for Prof. John Reinitz will be held at the Bond Chapel followed by a reception at the Quadrangle Club.
Einstein and the Quantum Revolutions with Alain Aspect
1:30–3:30 pm KPTC 206; KPTC 106
Nobel laureate Dr. Alain Aspect (CNRS, France) will have a book signing and discussion with students to celebrate his book, Einstein and the Quantum Revolutions, published by the UChicago Press.
Arthur H. Compton Lecture Series | Neutrinos: Detectors and Discoveries
11:00 am Kersten Physics Teaching Center, Room 106
Neutrinos: Detectors and Discoveries
Thomas Wester
Robert McCormick Fellow
This series will explore neutrinos and the incredible machines built to detect them. We will discuss what makes neutrinos unique, neutrino experiments, and current unsolved questions to see how these tiny particles may lead to the next big discoveries in physics.
This event is free and for the public. Attend in person or watch the livestream!
Wasserburg Lecture: Anders Johansen, University of Copenhagen
2:00–3:00 pm Henry Hinds Laboratory, Room 101; (reception to follow in HGS 176)
Title: Formation Of Earth By Pebble Accretion And Impacts
The Wasserburg Lecture is a biennial event supported by the Wasserburg endowment to benefit the departments of the Geophysical Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Chemistry.
Ugo Fano Lecture and Physics/PME Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall (KPTC 106)
Nobel laureate Dr. Alain Aspect: “From Einstein’s doubts to quantum technologies: non-locality in action”
Arthur H. Compton Lecture Series | Neutrinos: Detectors and Discoveries
11:00 am Kersten Physics Teaching Center, Room 106
Neutrinos: Detectors and Discoveries
Thomas Wester
Robert McCormick Fellow
This series will explore neutrinos and the incredible machines built to detect them. We will discuss what makes neutrinos unique, neutrino experiments, and current unsolved questions to see how these tiny particles may lead to the next big discoveries in physics.
This event is free and for the public. Attend in person or watch the livestream!
Northeast Illinois Severe Weather Seminar
8:00 am–12:30 pm Ramsey Auditorium, Fermilab
The National Weather Service is hosting a Severe Weather Seminar at Fermilab, featuring speakers, training, and a panel Q&A. Registration is required, and all are welcome.
Bright Horizons pre-school-focused information session
4:00–5:00 pm Bright Horizons centers: Stony Island at 5824 South Stony Island Avenue and Drexel at 5610 South Drexel Avenue
The University operates two Bright Horizons centers on campus. While Bright Horizons has programs for children from infants to five years old, they are offering a special pre-school-focused information session on Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.
Picture an Astronomer Symposium
Through March 6, 2025 William Eckhardt Research Center
In March 2025, we will host a scientific symposium including female astrophysicists from diverse institutions and backgrounds. We intend this to be an opportunity to engage in a larger discussion about the state of the field for women around the globe and will spend a portion of the symposium in “hack day” mode, looking to discuss solutions to universal and near-universal challenges to the retention of female astrophysicists. An extended goal is to codify these discussions in public white papers. This symposium alone will not fix the leaky pipeline, but we hope that crowd-sourcing best practices for increasing retention will inspire the implementation of even small, but significant changes that lead to inclusion. Simultaneously, we hope that promoting these sorts of discussions will lead to the potential for larger changes with expanded engagement.
We encourage all professional astronomers/astrophysicists to participate, not just women.
Register by January 30.
Picture an Astronomer Public Talk - Anna Frebel
6:00 pm William Eckhardt Research Center - Rm 161
Picture an Astronomer, University of Chicago Women’s Board | Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Throughout February, we are hosting public talks featuring a prominent and inspiring woman in astrophysics. Each talk will be followed by a structured Q&A.
Note that separate registration is required for each talk.