Events and Lectures
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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

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Signal Synchronization Strategies and Time Domain SETI
Andy Nilipour (Yale University)
PSETI Seminar
Thu, 4/18 12:00 pm - Thu, 4/18 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sidney Wilkerson-Hill
Orphaned Cyclopropanes
Sidney Malik Wilkerson-Hill - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chemistry Department Area Seminar Series Spring 2024
Thu, 4/18 2:30 pm - Thu, 4/18 3:30 pm
301A Benkovic Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
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Fast Algorithms for Estimating Covariance Matrices of Stochastic Gradient Descent Solutions
Dr. Wei-Biao Wu
Statistics Colloquia
Thu, 4/18 3:30 pm - Thu, 4/18 4:30 pm
201 Thomas Building
Science Seminars Statistics
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Physics Colloquium 2024 Peter Clay Eklund Awards for Scientific Communication
Eklund Award Winners: Becca Ewing and Yuan Le
Eklund Lecture
Thu, 4/18 3:45 pm - Thu, 4/18 4:45 pm
101 Osmond Laboratory
Science Seminars Physics
Daniel Godzieba
Final Defense: Numerical Studies in Lattice QCD
Daniel Godzieba
Final Defense
Fri, 4/19 1:00 pm - Fri, 4/19 3:00 pm
202 Osmond
Public Events Physics
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A Merging of Worlds: Combining the Planetary and Exoplanetary Sciences
Stephen Kane (UC Riverside)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 4/22 11:15 am - Mon, 4/22 12:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rincon Ramirez_Monica
Final Defense: TBA
Monica Tatiana Rincon Ramirez
Final Defense
Tue, 4/23 5:00 am - Tue, 4/23 8:00 pm
320 Whitmore Laboratory
Public Events Physics
Prakash_Aviral
Final Defense: QCD Phase Transitions in Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Simulations and Detectability
Aviral Prakash, The Pennsylvania State University
Final Defense
Tue, 4/23 10:30 am - Tue, 4/23 1:30 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Public Events Physics
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"Vacuoles, changing shape under pressure."
Ivan Radin
Tue, 4/23 12:00 pm - Tue, 4/23 1:00 pm
08 Mueller Laboratory
Science Seminars Biology
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Tuesday Lunch Talk: Jimmy DeLaunay
Tuesday Lunch Talk: Jimmy DeLaunay
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 4/23 12:00 pm - Tue, 4/23 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Physics GAPP: Reflections on the Dark Matter/Matter Coincidence
Manuel Buen Abad Najar, University of Maryland
GAPP Seminar
Tue, 4/23 2:00 pm - Tue, 4/23 3:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Science Seminars Physics
James Davies
Probing the Physicochemical Properties of Organic-Inorganic Aerosol using Single Particle Levitation
James Davies - University of California, Riverside
Chemistry Department Physical Seminar Series Spring 2024
Wed, 4/24 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/24 3:30 pm
301A Benkovic Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Yao Wang
Physics CAMP: Cooperation of Phonons and Strong Correlations in Unconventional Superconductors
Yao Wang, Emory University
CAMP Seminar
Wed, 4/24 3:00 pm - Wed, 4/24 4:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Science Seminars Physics
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How to Form a Habitable Planet
Meredith MacGregor (Johns Hopkins University)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 4/24 3:45 pm - Wed, 4/24 5:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Melissa Marshall
Tell a Clear Technical Story
Melissa Marshall
Thu, 4/25 9:30 am - Thu, 4/25 12:00 pm
Foster Auditorium, Penn State Libraries
Faculty Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
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Final Defense: TBA
Julian Arman Mintz
Final Defense
Thu, 4/25 11:00 am - Thu, 4/25 1:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Public Events Physics
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Extragalactic SETI: Broadening the Search Beyond Our Galaxy
Yuri Uno (National Chung Hsing Unviersity)
PSETI Seminar
Thu, 4/25 12:00 pm - Thu, 4/25 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jeanne Stachowiak
Intrinsic disorder as an organizing principle for biological membranes
Jeanne Stachowiak - University of Texas at Austin
Chemistry Department Analytical Seminar Series Spring 2024
Thu, 4/25 2:30 pm - Thu, 4/25 3:30 pm
301A Benkovic Building
Lecture Series Chemistry