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DTSTAMP:20260928T132640
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261005T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Engineering quantum materials compatible with semiconductors
DESCRIPTION:Research in the Goldman Group emphasizes engineering quantum materials for emerging optoelectronics\, high power electronics\, and the building blocks for quantum computation. We are primarily experimentalists using ultra-high vacuum techniques including molecular-beam epitaxy (“million buck evaporator”)\, scanning tunneling microscopy\, and both blanket and focused ion implantation. We have also developed “experimentalist” computational efforts aimed at enhancing understanding of solute incorporation in alloys (Monte Carlo-Molecular Dynamics simulations of ion-solid interactions) and plasmon-enhanced light-emission from semiconductor nanocomposites (electromagnetic simulations of light-matter interactions).  Our primary focus is on processing-structure-property relationships in epitaxial semiconductor films\, nanostructures\, and heterostructures. Recently\, our efforts have expanded to include topologically non-trivial materials based upon covalently-bonded and layered semiconductors and semimetals. In this talk\, I will present highlights of on-going projects and opportunities for new graduate students.\n\nBio\nRachel S. Goldman is the Maria Goeppert Mayer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering\, Physics\, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan (UM). She is the Director of the Center for Materials Innovation\, the NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UM\, and leads a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. In addition\, she serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Physics and as elected Councilor for the Division of Materials Physics of the American Physical Society (APS). \n\nGoldman received degrees from UM (B.S. Physics)\, Cornell University (M.S. Applied Physics)\, and the University of California\, San Diego (PhD Materials Science).  Following her PhD\, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University prior to returning to UM as the Dow Corning Assistant Professor. She spent a sabbatical year as the Augustus Anson Whitney Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. At UM\, she  has served as the Graduate Chair of Materials Science and Engineering (2008-2012) and as Associate Director of the Applied Physics Program (2010-2025). Goldman is a Fellow of the APS\, the AVS\, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
UID:152989-21914871@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152989
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Eecs,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260922T140247
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261005T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261005T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Low-Energy Physics in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Neutrino Detectors
DESCRIPTION:Liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detectors have become the global technology of choice for performing neutrino flavor oscillation measurements with accelerator neutrino beams.  The millimeter-precision 3D images these detectors produce contain meters-long tracks and showers generated by neutrino interaction products\, as well as mm-scale blips generated by isolated MeV-scale energy depositions.  While GeV track and shower features have been extensively leveraged for oscillation and neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements\, MeV-scale blip features are comparatively under-studied\, despite their ability to uniquely access a range of physics and astrophysics signatures.  In this talk\, I will overview the physics benefits of MeV-scale reconstruction in neutrino LArTPCs\, including solar and supernova neutrino burst detection\, improved particle identification and hadronic calorimetry for beam neutrino measurements\, and more.  I will also present work performed by the LArTPC-focused Littlejohn Neutrino research Group experiment at IIT that has created new low-energy LArTPC reconstruction tools\, demonstrated new MeV-scale LArTPC physics capabilities\, and performed new particle physics measurements relying on these new techniques.
UID:150585-21909678@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150585
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T100859
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261006T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Witnessing Quantum Entanglement in Solid-State Materials
DESCRIPTION:The rapidly developing field of quantum materials calls for increasingly precise methods to characterize and control entanglement. While foundational progress was first achieved in quantum optics and few-body quantum simulators\, extending these ideas to complex many-body states in correlated materials remains a major challenge. In this talk\, I will introduce the entanglement-witness framework as a practical route for characterizing entanglement through experimentally accessible solid-state measurements. I will begin with the Bell test and discuss how its underlying logic can be generalized to entanglement witnesses in material systems. Recent examples include the detection of spin entanglement in quantum magnets using neutron scattering and spin-orbital entanglement using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. These approaches can also be extended to nonequilibrium settings\, opening opportunities to manipulate entanglement with light. In the second half of the talk\, I will move beyond distinguishable local degrees of freedom and consider entanglement among indistinguishable fermions. This motivates a generalized framework for multipartite electronic entanglement based on the cumulant reduced density matrix and nonlinear spectroscopic responses. With this strategy\, we can further connect transport-noise measurements in cryogenic materials to an electronic entanglement metric\, enabling the certification of entanglement in the fractional Chern insulating state of twisted MoTe2.\n\nBio: Yao Wang is an associate professor in Emory University. He received bachelor's degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2011 and Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 2017. After that\, he worked at Harvard University as an MPHQ postdoctoral fellow. In 2020\, he started his independent career as an assistant professor at Clemson University and then the College of Science Dean's assistant professor. He moved his group to Emory University in August 2023 and obtained tenure in 2026. His research interests lie in the theoretical and computational study of quantum many-body problems and their experimental correspondence in solid-state materials and quantum science. He was the recipient of the DOE early career award\, AFOSR young investigator award\, and the Scialog fellow.
UID:149267-21906078@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149267
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261005T095502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261007T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Soft theorems: from higher symmetry to effective field theory
DESCRIPTION:I will discuss recently derived soft theorems obeyed by scattering amplitudes. For scattering amplitudes involving a class of Goldstone bosons\, such as pions\, a generalized double-soft theorem is obeyed when the associated quantum field theory possesses a spontaneously broken higher-group symmetry. This theorem can be derived from the algebra of symmetry currents in the quantum field theory. The contribution sensitive to the higher-group structure appears at sub-leading order in the double-soft expansion. Treated within the context of the chiral effective field theory\, there are further\, non-universal contributions to the sub-leading soft theorem which depend on Wilson coefficients of higher-derivative operators. I will describe how these terms within the soft factors are renormalized at 1-loop\, with structure dictated by symmetry and the principles of effective field theory.
UID:152993-21914874@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152993
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260917T085434
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261007T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261007T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Quantum optics applications with subwavelength arrays
DESCRIPTION:What is the potential of dense - cooperative - emitter arrays? These arrays are known for their use in metrology and quantum information as efficient waveguides and mirrors and are now being studied in alternative geometries. Inspired by nature\, we investigate chiral and helical structures\, as well as ring-shaped arrays in 2D and 3D setups.
UID:152341-21913566@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152341
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260924T135013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Unleashing Analog Quantum Computing
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\nIn-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project\, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\, Room 2000\n\nAbstract: Recent advances are expanding the power and flexibility of analog quantum platforms\, opening new routes for both quantum simulation and quantum information science. In this talk\, I will discuss how modest levels of control can be used to access key observables and dynamical regimes in strongly correlated fermionic systems\, including settings with pairing\, long-range interactions\, and cooling. I will also describe how globally controlled analog platforms can nevertheless achieve universal quantum computation\, and how optimal-control techniques can be used to engineer complex effective interactions and topological dynamics. Finally\, I will outline recent progress toward approximate error correction tailored to analog quantum systems. Together\, these developments point toward a broader view of analog quantum computing\, in which large-scale quantum devices are not only simulators of specific models\, but flexible computational resources whose capabilities can be systematically unlocked.\n\nBio\nSusanne Yelin's research interests are in theoretical quantum optics and quantum information science. Current research directions include quantum control of ultracold polar molecules\, investigation of novel coherence-based optical elements\, single-photon nonlinear optics using dipolar systems\, coherent metamaterials and negative refractivity\, coherent control in condensed matter systems\, and superradiance.
UID:148610-21904524@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148610
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - PML2000
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260831T153641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Black Holes Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan will be organizing a 4-day workshop in Ann Arbor on the recent developments in quantum aspects of black holes. The workshop will bring together researchers from all the Leinweber Institutes and select external guests in a meeting with invited talks\, open discussions\, and collaborative sessions.\n\nWebsite: https://indico.global/event/18651/
UID:151249-21911153@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Physics Workshop,Science,Workshop
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260831T153641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Black Holes Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan will be organizing a 4-day workshop in Ann Arbor on the recent developments in quantum aspects of black holes. The workshop will bring together researchers from all the Leinweber Institutes and select external guests in a meeting with invited talks\, open discussions\, and collaborative sessions.\n\nWebsite: https://indico.global/event/18651/
UID:151249-21911215@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Physics Workshop,Science,Workshop
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260831T153641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Black Holes Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan will be organizing a 4-day workshop in Ann Arbor on the recent developments in quantum aspects of black holes. The workshop will bring together researchers from all the Leinweber Institutes and select external guests in a meeting with invited talks\, open discussions\, and collaborative sessions.\n\nWebsite: https://indico.global/event/18651/
UID:151249-21911216@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Physics Workshop,Science,Workshop
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261005T091958
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Applied Physics | Inflationary embryology: Growth and size in living matter
DESCRIPTION:One of the enduring mysteries of biology is how cells and organs know to stop growing at the correct size (and how those sizes are coordinated so that animals can retain their correct proportions).  Here\, I will discuss several studies that\, in different ways\, address the physics of how size is set and how precisely it can be controlled.  First\, I will introduce a simple phenomenological framework that allows one to consider tradeoffs between noise in the actual growth process and in a system's internal measurement of its own size.  I will show how this framework places a bound on the size precision of individual bacterial cells and analyze data from recent experiments to show that\, at least in some circumstances\, the measured precision is very near this bound.  Then\, I will extend the framework to consider how sizes can be coordinated by chemical signals\, for example between organs like the left and right wings of a fruit fly\, and show that theory severely limits how well this can be done.  Finally\, I will study the noisy dynamics of growth of multi-cellular tissues in the presence of various feedback laws\, finding that only certain forms of mechanical feedback can specify a unique organ size.  Along the way\, I will introduce a formalism to describe the elasticity of growing objects with strong connections to differential geometry and observe that growing tissues tend to show power law density correlations\, reminiscent of those also observed in models of the early universe.
UID:153254-21915536@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153254
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260923T131538
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Does the Higgs boson talk to itself? The latest ATLAS search for di-Higgs production in the HH→bbττ decay channel
DESCRIPTION:The Higgs boson\, the most recently discovered particle in the Standard Model\, is predicted to be an elementary scalar boson which can interact with itself -- an interaction which has yet to be experimentally observed. Measuring the strength of the Higgs self-interaction could tell us if the Higgs is a composite particle\, about the shape of the Higgs potential\, and further illuminate the details of Electroweak Symmetry-Breaking. By searching for proton--proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider which produce two Higgs bosons at the same time\, we can directly probe the Higgs trilinear self-coupling. In this talk\, I will motivate and present results from the latest ATLAS search for di-Higgs production in the HH→bbττ (two b-quarks and two tau leptons) decay channel\, the most sensitive search of its kind to date\, and the prospects for ATLAS di-Higgs measurements.
UID:152747-21914457@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152747
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260831T153641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261013T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261013T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Black Holes Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan will be organizing a 4-day workshop in Ann Arbor on the recent developments in quantum aspects of black holes. The workshop will bring together researchers from all the Leinweber Institutes and select external guests in a meeting with invited talks\, open discussions\, and collaborative sessions.\n\nWebsite: https://indico.global/event/18651/
UID:151249-21911217@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Physics Workshop,Science,Workshop
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260930T131325
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261013T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261013T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Magnetic and Electric Field Control of Nonlinear Photocurrents From Strongly Bound Excitons
DESCRIPTION:I will introduce the concept of the photogalvanic effect\, a nonlinear photocurrent generation mechanism allowed in noncentrosymmetric systems that is distinct from the ordinary photovoltaic effect observed at semiconductor interfaces. I will then discuss our recent experiments observing photogalvanic effects from strongly bound exciton states in a 2D magnetic system whereby inversion symmetry is dictated solely by the spin degree of freedom. Here\, both magnetic and electric fields can be used to control the photogalvanic effect and isolate it from linear photocurrents. The devices act as tunable helicity- and polarization-sensitive detectors with the capability to transduce deep sub-gap signals.
UID:149309-21906212@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149309
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T095458
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261014T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/)
UID:151090-21912208@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261001T103150
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261014T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | From Prehistoric Qubits to Building a Useful Quantum Computer
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid lecture. Join us in person at Rackham Amphitheatre (4th Floor) or via livestream: https://myumi.ch/d8Q7X\n\nIn the span of four decades\, quantum computation has evolved from an intellectual curiosity to a potentially realizable technology. I will describe my thesis work on macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy-level quantization that led to the Nobel Prize\, as well as several other important experiments that advanced superconducting qubits.  Nevertheless\, the path toward a full-stack scalable technology is a work in progress. There are significant outstanding quantum hardware\, fabrication\, architecture\, and algorithmic challenges that must be solved. Here\, we show how the road to scaling could be paved by adopting existing semiconductor technology to build much higher-quality qubits and employing system engineering approaches.
UID:148343-21903967@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148343
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Physics,Smoke-free,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th Floor Amphitheatre
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260807T095615
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Cosmological Seed Magnetic Field from Inflation
DESCRIPTION:A cosmological magnetic field of nG strength on Mpc length scales could be the seed magnetic field needed to explain observed few microG large-scale galactic magnetic fields. I first briefly review the observational and theoretical motivations for such a seed field\, two galactic magnetic field amplification models\, and some non-inflationary seed field generation scenarios. I then discuss an inflation magnetic field generation model. I conclude by mentioning possible extensions of this model as well as potentially observable consequences.
UID:149986-21907766@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149986
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,lecture,Natural Sciences,Physics,Science,Seminar
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260911T120120
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261017T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261017T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, and Einstein’s Cosmological Constant
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live: https://myumi.ch/G7qzp\n\nDark energy is the leading candidate for the mechanism driving the acceleration of the universe's expansion. Bharat Ratra will describe the astronomical data that persuades cosmologists that dark matter and the as-yet-undetected dark energy are by far the main components of the universe at present. He will review how observations have led to the development of a quantitative \"standard\" model of cosmology that describes the evolution of the universe from the structureless epoch of inflation to the complex structure seen today. In this non-technical talk\, he will also discuss the basic physics and the history of the ideas underlying this model.
UID:150452-21909468@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150452
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Staff,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260930T163217
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Thinking Inside the Box: Quantum Many-Body Frontiers with Ultracold Fermions
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\nIn-Person: West Hall 411\n\nAbstract:\nRecent progress in the control of complex quantum systems has made it possible to revisit\nlong-standing questions\, realize thought experiments once deemed inaccessible\, and explore\nnew terrain. Our contribution to this progress has been the development of an experimental\nplatform that creates ultracold quantum fluids in spatiotemporally programmable optical\npotentials\, engineered with advanced electro-optic devices.\nIn this talk\, I will share our explorations into the physics of fermions confined in ‘boxes of\nlight’\, a deceptively simple stage that gives rise to remarkably rich behavior [1]. Highlights\ninclude few-body recombination in multicomponent fermions [2\,3]\, the first observation of\nthe quantum Joule–Thomson effect for fermions [4]\, strong-drive spectroscopy of Fermi-\npolaron quasiparticles [5]\, the first direct observation of the Lindhard response [6]\, the\nobservation of the emergence and breakdown of Fermi’s Golden Rule in a strongly\ninteracting system [7]\, and the unveiling of a new correspondence between short-time and\nlong-time behavior in quantum dynamics [8]. Together\, these studies span a wide range of\ntopics—thermodynamics\, few-body physics\, quantum impurity problems\, and\nhydrodynamics—showcasing both long-predicted effects finally brought into view and\nsurprising new phenomena.\n[1] N. Navon\, R.P. Smith\, Z. Hadzibabic\, Nature Phys. 17\, 1334 (2021)\n[2] Y. Ji et al.\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129\, 203402 (2022)\n[3] G.L. Schumacher et al.\, Nature Commun. 17\, 174 (2026)\n[4] Y. Ji et al.\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132\, 153402 (2024)\n[5] F.J. Vivanco\, S. Huang\, A. Schuckert et al.\, Nature Phys. 21\, 564 (2025)\n[6] S. Huang\, Y. Ji et al.\, Phys. Rev. X 15\, 011074 (2025)\n[7] J. Chen et al.\, Nature Phys. 22\, 1453 (2026)\n[8] S. Huang\, X. Li et al.\, arXiv:2605.06666 (2026)\n\nBio\nNir Navon is an Associate Professor of Physics at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in 2011 from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (France)\, where he worked with Christophe Salomon and Frédéric Chevy on the thermodynamics of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases. Afterwards\, he worked on trapped-ion quantum information in the group of Roee Ozeri at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel). From 2013 to 2018\, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College\, Cambridge (UK)\, working with Zoran Hadzibabic on homogeneous Bose gases in optical box traps. He joined the Yale faculty in 2017.\n\nHis group has built an apparatus that produces strongly interacting Fermi gases in programmable potentials. This apparatus has made it possible to experimentally address quantum many-body problems where theory offers few\, if any\, reliable answers. The group's recent work includes the observation of the as-yet unexplained recombination dynamics of three-component fermions\, the emergence of sound in a Fermi fluid with tunable interactions\, the strongly driven Fermi polaron\, the first observation of the quantum Joule-Thomson effect for fermions\, and the emergence and breakdown of Fermi's Golden Rule in a many-body system. His awards and honors include a Packard Fellowship (2017)\, a Sloan Research Fellowship (2019)\, an NSF CAREER Award (2020)\, the New Horizons Lectureship in Physics at the Solvay Institutes (2023)\, Outstanding Referee of the APS (2023)\, and a Scialog Fellowship of the RCSA (2025).
UID:148611-21904525@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148611
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261002T120446
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GCC South Africa: Energy Landscape Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join Professor August Evrard and CGIS Advisor\, Joy Richardson\, to learn more about the CGIS: Global Course Connections (GCC) in Cape Town\, South Africa - Energy Landscape program. This GCC program offers the unique opportunity to pair your on-campus winter studies with an exciting hands-on 3-week global experience taught by August Evrard in the summer.Across the world\, a large-scale energy transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy sources is underway. In South Africa\, students will experience this transition up close by examining how social\, political\, financial\, and environmental factors interact to drive hopeful progress (e.g.\, in solar\, wind\, grid transmission and carbon credits) within the country's massively coal-driven economy.  \nYou can view the GCC South Africa application here.
UID:153045-21914978@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153045
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Abroad,Africa,Environment,International Education,Physics,Sessions,South Africa,Study Abroad
LOCATION:Virtual
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260928T134811
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151803-21912195@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151803
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T095458
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/)
UID:151090-21912209@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260828T113550
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151080-21910843@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151080
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260929T141905
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T163000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Toward a Computational Understanding of Socio-Cultural Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:This symposium brings social scientists and computational scientists together for an afternoon to promote interdisciplinary work on sociocultural dynamics. \n\nThe event features a keynote lecture by Rachael Jack of Vanderbilt University\, along with a series of flash talks by U-M experts to introduce non-computational scientists to methods relevant to the study of complex social and cultural processes. The lineup includes David Jurgens\, Mark Newman\, and Alexander Rodríguez. A closing reception offers space for informal conversation and building new collaborations. \n\nDoors/refreshments at 12:30\, with the program starting at 1.\n\nShinobu Kitayama and Amie Gordon\, Director and Associate Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) are the organizers of this symposium. This event will launch a new initiative of RCGD to explore how computational methods can advance our understanding of culture\, cognition\, and social behavior. RCGD will present a winter seminar series on this topic\, beginning in January.\n\nFor questions related to the event\, or to request accommodations\, please contact Matthew Redding\, mredding@umich.edu.\n\nOct. 30\, 1-4:30\nDoors/refreshments at 12:30\n\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/QvzNcPwjuazwtMaQ8\n\nSpeakers and Talks:\nDavid Jurgens\, U-M Professor\, School of Information and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering\nMark Newman\, U-M Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics\nAlexander Rodriguez\, Assistant Professor\, Computer Science and Engineering\nRachael Jack\, Professor\, Area Lead of Computational Social Science\, Vanderbilt University
UID:152402-21913685@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152402
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ai,Ai Literacy,Anthropology,Artificial Intelligence,Center For Political Studies,Communication And Media,Communication Studies,Computational Social Science,Computer Science,Culture,Data Analysis,In Person,Institute For Social Research,Isr,Lecture,Machine Learning,Natural Language Processing,Psychology,Social Science,Social Science Research,Social Sciences,Sociology
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260908T200121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151804-21912196@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151804
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260911T120619
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | Spooky\, Spectacular Halloween Demo Show (Family-Friendly)
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live: https://myumi.ch/gkMjG\n\nA family-friendly extravaganza of physics demonstrations and explanations that are a little bit scary and a lot of fun!
UID:150457-21909473@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150457
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Science,Staff,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260829T094517
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151159-21910990@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151159
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260827T081620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261104T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:TBA
UID:150999-21910702@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150999
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261002T074523
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | TBD
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\n\nIn-Person: West Hall\, Room 411\n\nAbstract: TBD
UID:148612-21904526@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148612
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260825T093241
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:150864-21910328@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150864
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260829T095319
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151162-21910993@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151162
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T095458
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/)
UID:151090-21912210@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260829T094746
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151160-21910991@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151160
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260911T121013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261114T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Art and the Art of Physics
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live:https://myumi.ch/Z87k9\n\nAt the same moment Monet was painting the shimmering atmosphere\, Rayleigh was explaining its physics. Moving from light and color through Helmholtz’s science of perception\, this talk traces the remarkable journey from physical reality to what the eye sees\, what the artist creates\, and what the audience imagines—while discussing the physics principles behind it. It then turns the lens around to ask how beauty\, elegance\, and symmetry guide physicists in their search for the laws of nature.
UID:150460-21909475@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150460
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Science,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T095458
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/)
UID:151090-21912211@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T084933
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151289-21911322@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151289
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261002T074600
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | TBD
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\n\nIn-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project\, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\, PML 2000\n\nAbstract: TBD
UID:148613-21904527@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148613
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - PML2000
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260908T152059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151751-21912130@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151751
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T095458
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/)
UID:151090-21911642@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260829T095001
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar |
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151161-21910992@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151161
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20261002T074641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | TBD
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\n\nIn-Person: West Hall\, Room 411\n\nAbstract: TBD
UID:148614-21904528@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148614
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260902T123913
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar
DESCRIPTION:tbd
UID:151403-21911505@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151403
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260911T121232
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | So\, You've Taken an Image with a Telescope — Now\, How Do You Measure the Expansion of the Universe?
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live: https://myumi.ch/QMmrw\n\nAstronomers use light to study everything from individual stars and planets to the history and evolution of the Universe. By observing the sky across all forms of light – from radio waves to visible light to gamma rays – we can turn images from telescopes into measurements of the cosmos. In this talk\, I describe how we go from taking images with telescopes all the way to making grand statements about the expansion of the Universe\, focusing on exploding stars called supernovae and examples from my research projects DEHVILS and SAINTS.
UID:150462-21909477@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150462
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Science,Staff,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260512T112510
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270331T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:2027 Helmut W. Baer Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Abhay Deshpande works in experimental nuclear and high-energy physics. His current research includes various exploratory and precision studies in QCD using polarized proton-proton\, proton-nucleus\, and nucleus-nucleus beams of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island\, and high-intensity polarized electron beams of the recently upgraded Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory\, in Newport News\, Virginia. He has been deeply involved in the development of the science and promotion of the future Electron Ion Collider.
UID:148234-21903426@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148234
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Faculty,Free,Graduate And Professional Students,Natural Sciences,Nuclear,Smoke-free,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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END:VCALENDAR