Past Events

2021

PSD Staff Summer Coffee Hour

9:00–10:00 am Online

All PSD Staff are invited to a summer coffee hour on Zoom, Wednesday, June 9, 9:00-10:00 AM

Topics

EDISC

Jun 9

Ethan Silva: Materializing Visions

5:30–6:30 pm Online

Physics & Contemporary Architecture Guest Lecture Series Spring ‘21

The University of Chicago Physics Profs. Sid Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger invite the public to the 8 lectures of the course PHSC11800 Physics & Contemporary Architecture, featuring a top flight of architects and structural engineers discussing contemporary structures and their relationship to physics. All lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:30pm CST and they will be presented online as live video conferences.

May 27

Jeanne Gang: Strength in the Fluid, Soft, and Yielding

5:30–6:30 pm Online

Physics & Contemporary Architecture Guest Lecture Series Spring ‘21

The University of Chicago Physics Profs. Sid Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger invite the public to the 8 lectures of the course PHSC11800 Physics & Contemporary Architecture, featuring a top flight of architects and structural engineers discussing contemporary structures and their relationship to physics. All lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:30pm CST and they will be presented online as live video conferences.

May 20
Alexander Beilinson

Shaw Prize Lecture: Alexander Beilinson

6:00–7:00 am Online

A lecture in honor of The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2020, awarded in equal shares to Alexander Beilinson, David and Mary Winton Green University Professor at the University of Chicago, USA, and David Kazhdan, Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, for their huge influence on and profound contributions to representation theory, as well as many other areas of mathematics. Prof. Beilinson prerecorded the lecture, which will be on Zoom and YouTube.

Topics

Mathematics

May 20
On May 17-18, 2021, the University of Chicago will host a mini-symposium with France, image has microscopic images of COVID-19 virus and UChicago logo

Cross-cutting Theories in Biology Symposium

8:00–9:30 am Online

On May 17-18, 2021, the University of Chicago will host a mini-symposium to bring together our faculty and two colleagues from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris for talks and discussions about new ideas and theories in biology. Prof. Aleksandra Walczak and Prof. Thierry Mora will join us from the Ecole Normale Superieure. They will each give talks on the interactions between COVID-19 and the immune system, followed by additional presentations by UChicago faculty about more cross-cutting ideas in biology.

Topics

PME, COVID

May 18
On May 17-18, 2021, the University of Chicago will host a mini-symposium with France, image has microscopic images of COVID-19 virus and UChicago logo

Cross-cutting Theories in Biology Symposium

8:00–9:30 am Online

On May 17-18, 2021, the University of Chicago will host a mini-symposium to bring together our faculty and two colleagues from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris for talks and discussions about new ideas and theories in biology. Prof. Aleksandra Walczak and Prof. Thierry Mora will join us from the Ecole Normale Superieure. They will each give talks on the interactions between COVID-19 and the immune system, followed by additional presentations by UChicago faculty about more cross-cutting ideas in biology.

Topics

PME, COVID

May 17

David Benjamin: Living Materials

5:30–6:30 pm Online

Physics & Contemporary Architecture Guest Lecture Series Spring ‘21

The University of Chicago Physics Profs. Sid Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger invite the public to the 8 lectures of the course PHSC11800 Physics & Contemporary Architecture, featuring a top flight of architects and structural engineers discussing contemporary structures and their relationship to physics. All lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:30pm CST and they will be presented online as live video conferences.

May 13

William Baker: Architecture, Structure and the Geometry of Equilibrium

5:30–6:30 pm Online

Physics & Contemporary Architecture Guest Lecture Series Spring ‘21

The University of Chicago Physics Profs. Sid Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger invite the public to the 8 lectures of the course PHSC11800 Physics & Contemporary Architecture, featuring a top flight of architects and structural engineers discussing contemporary structures and their relationship to physics. All lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:30pm CST and they will be presented online as live video conferences.

May 6

Aleksandar Sasha Zeljic: Climate Driven Design for the Livable City

5:30–6:30 pm Online

Physics & Contemporary Architecture Guest Lecture Series Spring ‘21

The University of Chicago Physics Profs. Sid Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger invite the public to the 8 lectures of the course PHSC11800 Physics & Contemporary Architecture, featuring a top flight of architects and structural engineers discussing contemporary structures and their relationship to physics. All lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:30pm CST and they will be presented online as live video conferences.

Apr 29
Earth Week 2021 logo with a globe against a mint green background

Pursuing a meaningful green career

11:00 am–12:00 pm Online

Finding a career that’s more than a bottom line can ask you to approach your internship and job search in a different way. If you want to pursue a career at an organization that considers a triple bottom line – social, environmental, and financial – this is the event for you. At this session we’ll consider what it means to put your values into action beyond just this week. This workshop will also help you consider some key questions around experience, skills, compensation, direction, and more.

Topics

EarthWeek2021

Apr 23