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Graduate School and Fellowships 101 (August 30, 2022)

Speaker(s): Various HMC Physics Faculty This colloquium will be an informational meeting about graduate school and fellowship, so bring your […]

Engineering clean quantum matter in thin films (April 19, 2022)

Speaker(s): Joseph Falson Searching for exotic electronic properties beyond those of semiconductors is a research frontier where novel crystal growth […]

High Magnetic Fields: a “magnifying glass” to spy on what electrons do! (April 5, 2022)

Speaker(s): Paula Liliana Giraldo Gallo High magnetic fields are a powerful tool for revealing the secrets of quantum materials. These […]

Active Matter: The Cell From a Physics Perspective (March 29, 2022)

Speaker(s): Janet Y. Sheung The cells inside our bodies are inherently non-equilibrium materials, able to dynamically change their mechanical properties […]

Crossover appeal of quantum mechanics on curved surfaces (March 1, 2022)

Speaker(s): Rudro Biswas What physics does one hope to learn by closing looking at exotic quantum states of matter, esoteric […]

Dismantling the Nuclear Doomsday Machine: Scientists, the Bomb, and the Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament (February 15, 2022)

Speaker(s): Zia Mian Eighty years ago physicists first worked out what it would take to build a simple nuclear weapon […]

Senior Theses Talks #7 (November 30, 2021)

Speaker(s): Mariesa Teo, Jackson Castro, and Emma Cooper Please join us on Tuesday (11/30/21 at 4:30pm) for our last round […]

Senior Theses Talks #6 (November 16, 2021)

Speaker(s): Yilin Li, Lingyuan Lyu, and Cathy Chang Please join us on Tuesday (11/16/21 at 4:30pm) for our sixth round […]

Senior Theses Talks #5 (November 9, 2021)

Speaker(s): Luis Hidalgo, Benjamin Khoury, and Kate Lord Please join us on Tuesday (11/9/21 at 4:30pm) for our fifth round […]

Senior Theses Talks #4 (November 2, 2021)

Speaker(s): Natalia Hernandez, Andrew Chen, and Avalon Feiler Please join us on Tuesday (11/2/21 at 4:30pm) for our fourth round […]

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.