Events

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 22nd for free activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage female and non-binary students to explore physics.

Device-independent quantum cryptography

Rahul Jain
Centre for Quantum Technologies

Monday, November 24, 2025
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 0101

New progress in bilayer excitons: bosonic crystals and fractional excitons

Jia Li
University of Texas

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
2:00 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

Measuring dark energy with DESI

Will Percival
Professor and Distinguished Research Chair in Astrophysics
University of Waterloo

Thursday, November 27, 2025
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 145

Mass spectrometry based faster and more accurate analytical platform for biomolecules characterization

David Da Yong Chen
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia

Monday, December 2, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Join us for SoNR, a showcase of UW graduate student neuroscience research through oral presentations, lightning talks, and posters, along with a keynote presentation from a distinguished neuroscientist.

Registration is free! Interested in participating? Submit your abstract, neuroscience artwork and/or apply to volunteer by November 1, 2025.

From Lab to Cosmos: Three Frontiers in the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Professor Sara Seager
MIT

Thursday, December 4, 2025
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 150

Synthesis of metal pnictides and exploration of their thermoelectric and catalytic potential

Kirill Kovnir
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University

Monday, December 8, 2025
10:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Charge-Entropy-Stabilized Superconductor (Ag,Sn)Se

Mohamed Oudah
Research Associate, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Instiute
University of British Columbia

Thursday, January 15, 2026
2 p.m.

In-person: C2-361

Open to all Science undergraduate students. Attend this session to learn what each individual academic standing means, as well as what standings results in program changes and which do not. You will also get the chance to learn about calculating and understanding your term, cumulative and faculty average calculation. 

The event is free. 

Session 1 will be held virtually; Session 2 will be held in-person.