Weekly Colloquium
Most weeks during the semester, we host a scholar for a one-day visit. The visit culminates with a public talk on a topic of contemporary physics or astronomy. Students are welcome to these talks, and seniors are required to attend at least nine over the course of a year. Near the end of each semester, honors thesis students give public lectures on their work.
Our Astronomy program is part of the Five College Astronomy Department, which hosts its own colloquium series Thursdays at 3:45 pm at UMass.
- Contact our Academic Department Coordinator Jessica Monahan with any questions about colloquia, or being added to our mailing list.
Andrea Pocar (UMass Amherst)
Tue, Mar 5, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
Title: The Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment from start to finish
A personal account
Abstract: Borexino is a solar ...
Yasmeen Asali (Yale)
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
Title: Environmental influence on the evolution of low mass galaxies
Abstract: Enviro...
Cedric Wilson (Yale)
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
"A 10-fold Symmetric Quasicrystal Quantum Simulator"
Quasicrystals are aperiodic but still have long-range order; th...