• 12 September: Colloquium by DU Physics & Astronomy faculty
  "A research overview"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 13 September:  New school year kickoff party!
  4-6 PM, Physics building lobby; appetizers served
  
  
• 26 September: Colloquium by Anne Hofmeister, Washington University in St. Louis
  "Application of measurements and principles of 'heat' transfer on the microscopic scale to problems involving grand scales"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 10 October:  Colloquium by Emily Levesque, CU Boulder
  "Stellar rotation and its impact on ionizing spectra"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 17 October:  Colloquium by Alaa Bahamran and Aaron Worley, DU Physics & Astronomy
  "Determining the mechanical properties of a thin film by transient grating spectroscopy" (Bahamran)
  "Detection of high energy cosmic ray electrons in space-based instruments" (Worley)
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 24 October: Colloquium by Masa'aki Otsuka, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  "Dust production in planetary nebulae"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 31 October: Colloquium by John Wisniewski, University of Oklahoma
  "Diagnosing the SEEDS of planet formation"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 7 November: Colloquium by Paul Romatschke, CU Boulder
  "In search of the perfect fluid"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  
• 14 November: Special Astronomy Journal Club by Keith Ulmer, CU Boulder and Paul Hemenway, DU Physics & Astronomy
  "A review of the Higgs discovery papers"
  2-3 PM, Boettcher Auditorium 103; note unusual time and location
  
  
• 14 November: Colloquium by Keith Ulmer, CU Boulder
  "The search for the Higgs boson and the origin of mass"
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  

• 18 January: Colloquium by Meg Urry, Yale University
  11 AM-12 PM, Olin 105; note unusual day and time
  
  
• 13 February: Colloquium by Carlos Lenz Cesar, University of Campinas
  4-5 PM, Olin 105; refreshments to follow in PHYS 116
  
  

In 2010, we were privileged to host Dr. Eric Mazur from Harvard University as a Marsico Visiting Scholar. Click below to watch Dr. Mazur's Marsico presentation, "Confessions of a Converted Lecturer," which he gave at DU on October 15, 2010.