Lecture topics and tours are subject to change. The schedule will be updated accordingly.
Schedule of fall 2023 online lectures and virtual tours
Date | Lecture Topic | Speaker, Affiliation | Tour |
23 Sept 2023 | Wilson Hall: Introduction To Fermilab | Cristina Mantilla Suarez, Fermilab | Fermilab live driving tour; virtual tour |
30 Sept 2023 | University of Chicago: Quantum Mechanics | Patrick Fox, Fermilab | No tours; South Side Science Fest |
7 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: Relativity | Gordon Krnjaic, Fermilab | Wilson Hall and Main Control Room live tour; virtual tour |
14 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: The Standard Model of Particle Physics/LHC Physics | Jennet Dickinson and Grace E. Cummings, Fermilab |
Remote tour: Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the CERN laboratory (France-Switzerland) |
21 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: How We Make and Detect Particles | Cindy D. Joe and Evan Niner, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: “My Life as a Physicist” panel |
28 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: Quantum Computing | Gabriel Perdue, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: Physicist career path panel |
4 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: The Ghostly Neutrino | Maria Martinez-Casales, Fermilab | Fermilab Silicon Detector live tour; no virtual tour |
11 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: Energy and Climate | Bryan Ramson, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: Extended Q&A |
18 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: Astrophysics and Cosmology in the AI Era | Aleksandra Ciprijanovic, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center live tour; Main Injector virtual video tour |
2 Dec 2023 | Wilson Hall: Muon g-2 | Mete Yucel, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: Wrap-Up Q&A |
9 Dec 2023 | Wilson Hall: Director’s Lecture and Graduation | Lia Merminga, Fermilab | Wilson Hall: Graduation |
All lectures begin promptly at 9 a.m. We recommend that you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45–8:50 a.m.
The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break. Virtual tours and Q&A sessions start at about 11 a.m., with everything wrapping up at around noon.