Department of Physics & Astronomy

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Upcoming Events

Don't FORCES It - Toward an occurrence rate of transiting TESS CBPs
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
Nov. 7, 2:00 PM
PAIS 3205

Probing Fundamental Theories & Reheating Cosmology with Cosmic Millicharge Background
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
Nov. 12, 2:00 PM - Nov. 12, 3:00 PM

Possible Velocity Probes at the Crossroads of the Galactic Bar and Disk with Red Supergiant SiO Masers
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
Nov. 14, 2:00 PM
PAIS 3205

Motivations, Technologies, and Challenges of Future Accelerators for Particle Physics
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Nov. 15, 3:30 PM
PAIS 1100

NUPAC TBA
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
Nov. 19, 2:00 PM - Nov. 19, 3:00 PM