Past Events
From Variable Stars to Dark Matter – The Expanding Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt
The WashU Departments of Physics & Performing Arts have partnered for a colloquium celebrating the life and contributions of Henrietta Leavitt in honor of the upcoming PAD production of 'Silent Sky' - a play focused on Leavitt's life and discoveries.
Seigle 206
WashU Physics Research Symposium
Join us for the seventh annual WUPRS poster session!
Compton Library
Cosmic Crust Pizza Party
Explore galaxies, meet astrophysicists, grab a slice, and discover your place among the stars!
Compton Library
The Incubator Unbound: Scales of Life
Life thrives across scales, from the microbiome to the world's forests, throughout urban cityscapes, and perhaps even on exoplanets light years away. Bring your openness and curiosity for a conversation that rethinks the big questions of our time.
Lobby of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets with Trevor GrandPre
Trevor GrandPre from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets.
Crow 201
Brown Bag: Stephanie Zhang / Abby Santis
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Physics Family Fun Day
Illuminate your curiosity! Discover what light can do & what physics can explain.
Crow Hall, 2nd Floor
Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence with Zohar Nussinov
Zohar Nussinov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence.
Crow 201
Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos with Keith Hengen
Keith Hengen from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos.
Crow 201
Brown Bag: Bavan Rajan / Lauren Wratchford
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
EEPS Dissertation Defense: Emily Millman
"Selective Absorption of Amino Acids to Smectite and Serpentine Clays under Varying Fluid Conditions"
Rudolph Hall 301
Brown Bag: Zhihua Xiong
Diffusive Isotope Fractionation In Minerals: Implications for the Thermal and Chemical Evolution of Planetary Bodies
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Physics Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series
Virtual | Zoom
WashU Danforth Shared Research Facilities Expo
Whitaker Hall Atrium
International Observe the Moon Night
Join us to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night
Crow Observatory, Crow Hall
Brown Bag: Xuanyu Liu / Megan Broussard
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Brown Bag: Alex Meyer / Skandalaris Center
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Open House
Rudolph Hall
EEPS Dissertation Defense: Patrick Matulka
“Studies of seismicity in the Alaska subduction zone and Antarctica"
Rudolph Hall 301
First Look at the Cosmos with NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Join us to tune in with viewers around the world to watch the unveiling of the first spectacular images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Crow 201
EEPS Dissertation Defense: Thomas Condus
"Spectral Mixture Analyses of Hematite-Rich and Clay-Bearing Terrains in Meridiani and Oxia Planum, Mars"
Rudolph Hall Room 301
Guest Lecture: Dr. Pierre Sikivie
Crow Hall 204
Graduate Hooding & Recognition Ceremony
Graham Chapel
Dissertation Defense: Emily Culley
From Anorthosite to Silicic Volcanics: photometry, composition, and buoyancy of crustal rock types on the Moon
Rudolph Hall Room 301
Inaugural Research Pitch Competition
Tansu Daylan, MCSS Fellow and Assistant Professor of Physics, is among the presenters at the inaugural Research Pitch Competition. He will be presenting, "Witnessing the Next Decade of Cosmology in Your Kitchen Glassware."
Knight Center | Anheuser-Busch Dining Room
The Life of a Mars Rover: WashU's Connections to Past and Present Missions to the Red Planet
Scott VanBommel, Senior Research Scientist, will be presenting this talk as part of the WashU Wellness Star Trak challenge.
Rudolph 301
Star Trak Observatory Event
Welcome to the Star Trak Observatory Event!
Crow Observatory, Crow Hall
Saturday Science: Future Innovators with Sheng Ran on Unveiling material mysteries of the universe
Sheng Ran from the Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, will be hosting this Saturday's Science Lecture, "Unveiling material mysteries of the universe"
Crow 201
Saturday Science: Future Innovators with Tansu Daylan & Bryce Wedig on Seeing the dark with gravitational lensing
Tansu Daylan and Bryce Wedig from the Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, will be hosting this Saturday's Science Lecture, "Seeing the dark with gravitational lensing"
Crow 201
Saturday Science Lecture with Stella Schindler on Harnessing the strong force
Stella Schindler will be hosting this Saturday's Science Lecture, "Harnessing the strong force: Physics at America's future Electron-Ion Collider"
Crow 201
Saturday Science Lecture with Michael Ogilvie on Chaos from order, order from chaos
Michael Ogilvie from the Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, will be hosting this Saturday's Science Lecture, "Chaos from order, order from chaos"
Crow 201
Exploring Stone and Metal: Scott Burton’s Material Choices
Pulitzer Arts Foundation | 3716 Washington Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108