Frontiers of Physics

The University of Washington Department of Physics and College of Arts & Sciences are proud to present the Frontiers of Physics Public Lecture Series. Building on the Department's longtime commitment to public scholarship, the lecture series brings renowned scientists to UW to offer free lectures on exciting advances in physics with the goal of fostering an appreciation of science and technology in our community.

Thanks to support from generous donors, this series is free and open to the public through online registration.

For more information on series sponsorship opportunities and the Department of Physics, please contact Professor David Kaplan, dbkaplan@uw.edu or (206-685-3546). To make a gift in support of this series please visit our giving website.

Past Events

What Really Happened 13.8 Billion Years Ago? : Dr. Paul Steinhardt - May 8, 2019
How to Find an Inhabited Exoplanet: Dr. David Charbonneau, Harvard - October 16, 2018
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: Lisa Randall, Harvard University - May 16, 2018
Optical Atomic Clocks: David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology - December 5, 2017
Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier: John Preskill, Caltech - May 11, 2017
Gravitational Wave Astronomy, A New Way to Explore the Universe: Rainer Weiss, MIT and LIGO Project - October 25, 2016
The Frontier of Fundamental Physics: David Gross, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics - May 25, 2016

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Past Events