Public talks

Take part in the Advanced Studies Gateway public talks. The talks are free and open to the general public, and they are designed for a general audience. Watch and listen as groundbreaking researchers and eminent scholars from around the world share stories and describe their work. Bring friends and family. Ask questions and take part in the discussion. Learn something new and be inspired to learn more. 

The public talks take place in 1300 FRIB Laboratory. 

For permit and metered parking information, visit the Parking page. 

Upcoming talks

 

Past talks

14 December (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Georgios Perdikakis - Life Under Blazing Stars: Supernova Mysteries

23 November (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Gregory Severin - So Many Elements, So Little Time

19 October (2:00 p.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Physics Girl, Dianna Cowern - The Collision of Science and Art

15 October (5:30 p.m.): Dr. Charles Limb - Musical Creativity and the Brain

28 September (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Stephanie Lyons - A Microscopic View of the Stars

16 August (5:30 p.m.): Evgenia Sendova - Fostering the Art of Scientific Discovery in Gifted Children

27 April (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Brad Sherrill - Amazing Things About the Periodic Table You Never Learned From Chemistry

30 March (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Witek Nazarewicz - Is There an End to the Periodic Table of Elements?

23 February (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Angela Wilson - The Transforming Power of the Periodic Table and How It Impacts Our Everyday Lives 

26 January (10:30 a.m.): FRIB Saturday Morning Physics featuring Artemis Spyrou - Year of the Periodic Table: The synthesis of the elements in the stars and in the lab

10 December (8:00 p.m.): Noam Elkies (public talk for a general audience)

27 July (8 p.m.): John Preskill (Quantum computing and the entanglement frontier)