Events and Lectures
SELECT A DATE RANGE

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

2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures logo of a light bulb made up of smaller icons and symbols.
2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 4
Simplify Team, Students in the Penn State College of Medicine
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/05 11:00 am - Sat, 2/05 12:30 pm
Public Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
John Mather
Witnessing the Assembly of Planetary Systems
Richard Teague (Center for Astrophysics-Harvard & Smithsonian)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 2/07 11:15 am - Mon, 2/07 12:30 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Mather
New frontiers in quantum simulation and computation with neutral atom arrays
Giulia Semeghini, Harvard University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 2/07 3:45 pm - Mon, 2/07 4:45 pm
101 Osmond
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Career Lunch Talk: Joanna Bridge (Humana)
Joanna Bridge (Humana)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 2/08 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/08 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Mather
Multi-messengers from core-collapse supernovae: neutrinos and gravitational waves
Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Arizona State University
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 2/08 1:30 pm - Tue, 2/08 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
Science Seminars Physics
Evan William
“Exploring Fast Chemistry in Aqueous Nanodrops with Mass Spectrometry”
Evan William – University of California, Berkeley
Priestly Lecture
Tue, 2/08 2:30 pm - Tue, 2/08 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Robert Gilliard
NOBCChE Chemistry Seminar Series - Robert Gilliard Jr.
Robert J. Gilliard Jr., PhD, University of Virginia
NOBCChE Chemistry Seminar Series
Tue, 2/08 3:00 pm - Tue, 2/08 4:00 pm
Lecture Series ChemistryOffice of Diversity and Inclusion
John Mather
What's the universe made of? A strong gravitational lensing perspective
Tommaso Treu (University of California, Los Angeles)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 2/09 3:45 pm - Wed, 2/09 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Swierk
“The Obvious Facts and Deceptions of Photoredox Reactions"
John Swierk – Binghamton University
Chemistry Department Area Seminar Series Spring 2022
Thu, 2/10 2:30 pm - Thu, 2/10 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building, University Park PA 16802
Lecture Series Chemistry
Joshua Robinson
Semiconductors and Metals at the Atomic Limit
Joshua Robinson, Penn State, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 2/10 3:45 pm - Thu, 2/10 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Verification of Probabilistic Climate Forecasts using Point-biserial Correlation
Nachiketa Acharya
SMAC Talks
Fri, 2/11 10:10 am - Fri, 2/11 11:00 am
327 Thomas Building, University Park, PA
Science Seminars Statistics
John Mather
Numerical Relativity and Cosmology
Anna Ijjas, NYU
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 2/11 10:30 am - Fri, 2/11 11:45 am
339 Davey Lab
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Planets in a Bottle – From Titan to Exoplanets
Xinting Yu (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Fri, 2/11 1:15 pm - Fri, 2/11 2:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures logo of a light bulb made up of smaller icons and symbols.
2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 5
Jinchao Xu
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/12 11:00 am - Sat, 2/12 12:30 pm
Public Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
John Mather
Observing the Evaporating Atmospheres of Exoplanets in Metastable Helium
Shreyas Vissapragada (California Institute of Technology)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 2/14 11:15 am - Mon, 2/14 12:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Mather
Electrical transport and tunneling measurements on two-dimensional electron systems at SrTiO3 interface
Ziqiao Wang
Final Defense
Mon, 2/14 11:45 am - Mon, 2/14 1:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/9821727361
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
From One to Two to Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Atoms and Molecules
Carsten Robens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 2/14 3:45 pm - Mon, 2/14 4:45 pm
101 Osmond Building, University Park PA, 16802
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Building a habitable planet: an emerging view of volatile chemistry in planet-forming disks
Jennifer Bergner (University of Chicago)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Tue, 2/15 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/15 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics