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 driving tour (virtual, in-person) |
30 Sept 2023 | University of Chicago: Relativity | Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab | No tour; South Side Science Fest |
7 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: Quantum Mechanics | Patrick Fox, Fermilab | Linac, and Main Control Room (virtual, in-person) |
14 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: The Standard Model of Particle Physics/LHC Physics | Jennet Dickinson and Grace E. Cummings, Fermilab |
CERN virtual tour |
21 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: How We Make and Detect Particles | Cindy D. Joe, Fermilab | “My Life as a Physicist” panel |
28 Oct 2023 | Wilson Hall: Quantum Computing | Gabriel Perdue, Fermilab | Physicist career path panel |
4 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: The Ghostly Neutrino | TBA | Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center live tour; no virtual tour |
11 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: Energy and Climate | Bryan Ramson, Fermilab | National Renewable Energy Laboratory virtual panel |
18 Nov 2023 | Wilson Hall: Cosmology | TBA | Silicon Detector live tour; Main Injector virtual video tour |
2 Dec 2023 | Location TBA: Muon g-2 | TBA | TBA |
9 Dec 2023 | Wilson Hall: Director’s Lecture and Graduation | Lia Merminga, Fermilab | 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.