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Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
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News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 9:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Sep
28
2026
HEP Seminar: Ting Cheng: "Dark Matter Induced Neutrino-Antineutri...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
To explain the smallness of neutrino mass, new fields are commonly introduced, and some of these fields can constitute dark matter that...
Sep
29
2026
CIERA Colloquium: Ke Fang: "The Hunt for the Highest-energy Parti...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Recent observations of the Galactic plane with wide-field air shower gamma-ray observatories have revealed emitters producing gamma ray...
Sep
29
2026
CFP Colloquium: Mark Saffman: Atomic qubits for computing and sen...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: Rapid progress with quantum state control and entanglement on demand in arrays of individual atomic qubits is shortening the ...