Fall 2026 Physics Seminars
Supported by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund. Talks are open to all for free.
All talks are Wednesdays 2:00 to 3:00 PM in JB 128 unless a different day or time is given below. Zoom Link available upon request.
Join us for cookies, coffee, and conversation before each seminar at 1:30 PM in JB
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| Date | Speaker | Title | Recording |
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| Aug. 19 | |||
| Aug. 26 | --- | Department Welcome Back | --- |
| Sep. 2 | Valeriy Tenishev, NASA MSFC | tbd | |
| Sep. 9 | |||
| Sep. 16 | NASA workshop participant | tbd | |
| Sep. 22 | Dr. Katherine Fresse, Director, Texas Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (TCCAP) and Watkins Visiiting Professor |
The Mystery of Dark Matter in the Universe
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| Sep. 23 | Dr. Katherine Fresse, Director, Texas Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (TCCAP) and Watkins Visiiting Professor |
Dark Stars: the first stars in the Universe, made of hydrogen but powered by Dark Matter Scientific lecture in JB 128 at 2 p.m. |
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| Sep. 30 | |||
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| Nov. 18 | Momin Khan, Baylor University | Evolutionary Models and Planetary Accretion of Binary White Dwarfs | |
| Nov. 25 | --- | Week of Thanksgiving | --- |
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