Events

Nov

6

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Resolving the Proton Spin Puzzle: Insights from RHIC and the Road to the EIC" Presented by Dr. Kenneth Barish- UC Riverside

Location:

LL 316

November 6, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

The proton is a composite object, consisting of quarks and gluons, that possesses an intrinsic angular momentum, or spin. As a fundamental quantum mechanical property, spin profoundly influences the proton’s physical characteristics, including its optical, electrical, and magnetic…

Nov

13

Event

Physics Colloquium: "High rank multipole order: feeling the strain" Presented by Dr. Ian Fisher - Stanford University

Location:

Lewis Lab 316

November 13, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Interactions can lead to a wide variety of ordered states in materials. Phase transitions in which local atomic states develop spontaneous high rank multipole order provides a particularly rich arena for new insights. A key element in the study of such systems is the ability to couple…

Nov

20

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Vacuole membranes of hungry yeast are tiny, living, phase-separating thermostats" Presented by Dr. Sarah Keller - University of Washington

Location:

Lewis Lab 316

November 20, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Liquid-liquid phase separation in living biological membranes is usually described as occurring on sub-micron length scales. A stunning counterexample occurs in S. cerevisiae. When the yeast shift from the log stage of growth to the stationary stage, huge, micron-scale liquid domains…

Dec

4

Event

Physics Colloquium: Presented by Dr. Ryan Pensack - Boise State University

Location:

Lewis Lab 316

December 4, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

More info to follow. 