As satellite constellations multiply and commercial space activity accelerates, astronomers face new challenges to their ability to observe the universe. Join Dr. Laura Newburgh, a leading experimental cosmologist at Yale, for a conversation on the evolving relationship between space innovation and observational astronomy.
Wenliang Chen ‘92 PhD (applied physics), Chief Technology Officer at AP Memory, will join us as the next Dean’s Invited Speaker hosted by Dean Jeffrey Brock ‘92.
Challenges and Opportunities in AI High Performance Computing (HPC)
Annual picnic hosted by the Yale Society of Physics Students as a celebration of the end of the academic year and as a thank you to faculty and staff.
Women have been active in science since the earliest formal scientific inquiry, often acting as assistants to their fathers, brothers, or husbands, but how we talk about women in science — and their work — started to change after the Renaissance. Join us for a pop-up exhibit celebrating groundbreaking scientists from a variety of fields, including astronomy, physics, geology, and life sciences, both in the wider scientific community and at Yale.
Featured scientists include:
Join STEM Hill Day and the Kimball Smith Series for a discussion on the role of science advocacy in shaping public policy, featuring Tara Drozdenko, Director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. This one-hour event will explore how scientists, researchers, and science-based policymakers can effectively communicate their expertise to lawmakers, navigate the complexities of science advocacy, and contribute to evidence-based policymaking.
The CCAM Symposium is an annual, interdisciplinary event that investigates the cultural landscape of our time. Acting as a bridge between the discoveries at CCAM and those on campus and beyond, it features discussions, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and more. In 2025, the symposium explores the theme of “illuminations.”
Date: Friday, December 6th
Time: 3-4:30 pm
Location: GM Room, Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave
Speaker: Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist at X-energy, Dr. Eben Mulder
Register here: https://forms.gle/hh9tUf5F3V67qJQeA
In addition to being the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne and the only person ever to have won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry, Marie Curie welcomed other women into her lab. It was her lab from the untimely death of her husband, Pierre, in 1906, till her own death in 1934. She ran it, enlarged it, moved it into the imposing new Radium Institute, and peopled it with an international assembly of scientists, more than forty of whom were women, including her daughter Irène, the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Now in science operations, NASA’s Webb Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever built. Science results are now pouring in from Webb like a waterfall. In this talk, Dr. Riby will summarize what this Webb is, how it works, and the breadth and the depth of its science program, from planets in our own solar system to galaxies seen when the Universe was young. She will touch on the power of using Webb in combination with cosmic telescopes, also known as gravitational lenses.
*Registration for this event is full.*
On behalf of the Department of Physics, we are excited to invite Yale community members to an exclusive viewing of rare physics books, including works by Newton and Gauss.
