Physics Department Colloquia |
Events During the Week of April 27th through May 4th, 2025
Monday, April 28th, 2025
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
- Wisconsin Union Directorate / Donald Kerst Distinguished Lecture Series
- Adam Riess: The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Place: Memorial Union, Shannon Hall
- Speaker: Adam Riess, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Abstract: Adam Riess is a distinguished astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2011, he was named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and was awarded the Albert Einstein Medal for his leadership in the High-z Supernova Search Team’s discovery that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, a phenomenon widely attributed to a mysterious, unexplained "dark energy" filling the universe. The discovery was named by Science magazine in 1998 as "the Breakthrough Discovery of the Year." Free tickets are required, visit the website below to learn more. They will be available beginning April 23.
- Host: WUD, L&S
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
- No events scheduled
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
- Unearthing the history of our disciplines to better science
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: Chamberlin 2241 -
- Speaker: Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Host: Kevin Black