Our series of public physics talks are free and open to the community. The Center opens to the public at 5:00 pm prior to each lecture and will serve tea and cookies. The lectures start promptly at 5:30 pm. Parking is free at the Center, but limited, so we suggest carpooling, taking the RFTA Cross Town shuttle, or the Downtowner. Our winter series is made possible by the Nick and Maggie DeWolf Foundation, which has sponsored our winter public lecture series since its inception in 1985. Our summer series is in honor of the late Heinz R. Pagels. Tea is generously provided by Two Leaves and a Bud.
2024 Summer Season:
Wednesday, June 26, 5:30pm
“Searching for the Heaviest and Lightest Particles in the Universe” with Nicholas Rodd, LBNL
Wednesday, July 3, 5:30pm
“The Geometry of Matter” with Raquel Querioz, Columbia University
Wednesday, July 10, 5:30pm
“Why Electrostatics Rules the Life of a Cell” with Robijn Bruinsma, UCLA
Wednesday, July 17, 5:30pm
“How Did We Get Here? The Origins of Planets and Stars” with Joan Najita, NOIRLab
Wednesday, July 24, 5:30pm
“Peering into the Secret Life of Electrons” with Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Wednesday, July 31, 5:30pm
“Octopuses, Brains, and the Magic of Emergence” with Leenoy Meshulam, University of Washington
Wednesday, August 7, 5:30pm
“The Universe in Us” with Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, University of California Santa Cruz
Wednesday, August 14, 5:30pm
“Exploring the Fourth Dimension: TIME” with Raffaella Margutti, University of California Berkeley
Wednesday, August 21, 5:30pm
“The Edge of Atom Land: News from the Energy Frontier” with Jon Butterworth, University College London
Wednesday, August 28, 5:30pm
“10,000 Einsteins: AI and the Future of Theoretical Physics” with Matthew Schwartz, Harvard University