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UNC Physics Colloquium – Wei Zhang

Phillips 265 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Physics Colloquium Wei Zhang, Oakland University Quantum transduction and spin-orbitronics using hybrid magnonic systems Abstract Hybrid magnonic systems have gained increased interest due to their potential impact in quantum transduction and coherent information processing. Magnons, as the fundamental excitation … Read more

UNC Physics Colloquium – Carl Rodriguez

Phillips 265 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Physics Colloquium Carl Rodriguez, Carnegie Mellon University How do you Merge two Black Holes? The Present and Future of Gravitational-wave Astrophysics Abstract Since 2015, The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has detected ~100 gravitational waves from merging black holes … Read more

UNC Physics colloquium – Andrew Vanderburg

Phillips 265 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Physics Colloquium Andrew Vanderburg, MIT "A Song of Ice and Fire: the Fate of Planetary Systems After Stellar Death" Abstract: In the past 30 years, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. Most of … Read more

Career Workshop for Students

Phillips 277

WORKSHOP #4 Getting the job: Interviewing This workshop will cover how you should prepare for and participate in a job interview, both to present yourself in the best light and to gather information that will help you to decide whether … Read more

UNC Physics Colloquium – Andy Rundquist

Phillips 265 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Physics Colloquium Andy Rundquist, Hamline University Changes in the physics higher ed landscape Abstract As the provost for a small, private, liberal arts school in the midwest, where I've been on the physics faculty for 20 years, I am … Read more

UNC PHYSICS VIP UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Phillips 200 120 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC PHYSICS VIP UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Visibility in Physics is pleased to be hosting our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, a poster-presentation style showcase for undergraduates to share about their research with peers and faculty. We encourage everyone to come support … Read more

Physics Colloquium – Charles Henderson

Phillips 265 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Physics Colloquium Charles Henderson Departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: How did they get there? Abstract Abstract: There is now a convincing body of research showing that a wide variety of active learning instructional strategies … Read more

UNC PHYSICS SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM – The Missing Physicists

Chapman 125 120 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC Physics Special Colloquium This special colloquium, “The Missing Physicists,” will feature a panel discussion of the March 2022 “Missing Physicists” series in Science about the barriers Black physicists face and potential models for change. Panelists include: Mohammad Ahmed , NC Central … Read more

UNC Physics Colloquium – Wendy Freedman

UNC Physics Colloquium Wendy Freedman, University of Chicago Increasing Accuracy in Measurements of the Hubble Constant: Is There Evidence for New Physics? Abstract An important and unresolved question in cosmology today is whether there is new physics that is missing … Read more

UNC Physics Colloquium – Ulf Danielson

UNC Physics Colloquium Ulf Danielson, Uppsala University Sweden The dark side of string theory Abstract Cosmological horizons, as well as black hole horizons, pose great challenges to fundamental physics. This is true also in string theory, where the black hole … Read more