Department of Physics
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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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
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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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
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
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
Stephon Alexander
Physics Colloquium: TBA
Stephon Alexander, Brown University
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 4/25 3:45 pm - Thu, 4/25 4:45 pm
101 Osmond
Science Seminars Physics
Melissa Marshall
Johnson Lecture in Science Communication to be held April 25
Melissa Marshall
Johnson Lecture
Thu, 4/25 6:30 pm - Thu, 4/25 7:30 pm
100 Thomas Building
Lecture Series Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
Melissa Marshall
Transforming Slide Design
Melissa Marshall
Fri, 4/26 9:30 am - Fri, 4/26 12:00 pm
Foster Auditorium, Penn State Libraries
Faculty Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
Rachael Huxford
Final Defense: TBA
Rachael Huxford
Final Defense
Fri, 4/26 1:00 pm - Fri, 4/26 4:00 pm
306 Boucke
Public Events Physics
Kaijie Yang
Final Defense: TBA
Kaijie Yang
Final Defense
Mon, 4/29 9:00 am - Mon, 4/29 11:00 am
339 Davey Laboratory
Public Events Physics
Gonzalo Herrera
Physics GAPP: Light dark matter detection: from the laboratory to the vicinity of supermassive black holes
Gonzalo Herrera Moreno, Virginia Tech
GAPP Seminar
Tue, 4/30 2:00 pm - Tue, 4/30 3:00 pm
339 Davey Lab
Science Seminars Physics
Divya Singh
Final Defense: TBA
Divya Singh
Final Defense
Mon, 5/06 1:00 pm - Mon, 5/06 3:00 pm
320 Whitmore
Science Seminars Physics
Ruobing Mei
Final Defense: TBA
Ruobing Mei
Final Defense
Wed, 5/08 1:00 pm - Wed, 5/08 3:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory and Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/99837505654
Public Events Physics
Yingdong Guan
Final Defense: TBA
Yingdong Guan
Final Defense
Thu, 5/16 3:00 pm - Thu, 5/16 5:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Science Seminars Physics
Cequn Li
Final Defense - TBA
Cequn Li
Final Defense
Mon, 5/20 1:00 pm - Mon, 5/20 3:00 pm
339 Davey Laboratory
Science Seminars Physics