The Weekly Physics Chat is a forum for our graduate students and faculty to get together to discuss our common passion, physics. Faculty members and students will make presentations to the group during the academic year. The presentations will cover a broad range of topics from personal research, to a "deep dive" on a topic you’ve just begun to explore, and anything in between. The only real requirements are that you introduce a physics (or related) topic and make it accessible to the whole group.

  • Graduate students are expected to attend and participate in the chat on a regular basis.
  • Students enrolled in Research (PHYS 809 or PHYS 909) should plan to present a research update during at the Weekly Chat.

Meeting time

Fridays at 3 p.m. in Physics Room 021.

Fall 2025 

Date Topic
August 29 Announcements and Chat Planning - M. Muether
September 5 Library Tour and Services - Nathan Filbert (Physics Library Liason)
September 12 Tour of the Physics Shop - J. Ferguson
September 26 Brian Doty - Student Research Presentation
October 3 Palash Roy - Student Research Presentation
October 10 Discussion of Physics Nobel Prize - M. Muether
October 17
Graduate Student Council - Aishah Alhomsi, GSC president
October 24  
October 31  
November 7  
November 14  
November 21   
December 5