Past Talks

2016

Carlos Wagner

Professor, University of Chicago

Open Questions in Particle Physics (PDF)

Sean Colin-Ellerin

Undergraduate, University of Chicago

Moonshine with a Twist of Geometry (PDF)

Cagan Sengul

Undergraduate, University of Chicago

A Crash Course in Cosmology (PPTX)

Robert Wald

Professor, University of Chicago

Black Holes and Thermodynamics

Vikram Dwarkadas

Senior Researcher, University of Chicago

Cosmic Explosions and Their Aftermath (PDF)

Wendy Freedman

Professor, University of Chicago

Giant Magellan Telescope

Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

Professor, University of Chicago

Colloidal Quantum Dots

Pavel Motloch

Graduate Student, University of Chicago

Cosmic Rays (PDF)

Patrick La Riviere

Professor, University of Chicago

Medical Physics (PPT)

Bob Rosner

University of Chicago, Argonne

From Physics to Astrophysics (and Back Again) (PDF)

Brandon Rayhaun

Graduate Student, University of Chicago

Black Holes, Information, and the Holographic Principle

William Wester

Scientist, Fermilab

Searching Inner Space with Dark Energy Survey (PDF)

Bradford Benson

Senior Researcher, University of Chicago

Measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background from the South Pole (PDF)
2015

Rufus Boyack

University of Chicago

Classical Physics as Geometry - Geometrodynamics (Video)

Patrick J. La Riviere

University of Chicago

Medical Physics (Video)
2014

Stephan Meyer

University of Chicago

The Holometer: A Measurement of Planck-Scale Quantum Geometry (PDF)

Tom Witten

University of Chicago

Shapes in the Microscopic World (PDF)

David Biron

University of Chicago

A Close(r) Look at Worm Sleep (PDF)

Carlos Wagner

University of Chicago

Elementary Particle Physics: From Theory to Experiment (PDF)

Sidney Nagel

University of Chicago

The Life and Death of a Drop (MP3)

Mark Oreglia

University of Chicago

Accelerators (MP3)

David Schmitz

University of Chicago

Neutrinos (Video)

Stephen Berry

University of Chicago

The Scientific History of UChicago (PDF)
2013

Alan Robinson

University of Chicago

Dark Matter (PDF)