SMP Fall 2024 Schedule

The Center is closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Saturday, November 30th.

The Lederman Science Center’s hours will be changing for the winter. Please view them on our Plan a Visit page.

All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. We recommend that you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45–8:50 a.m.

The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break. Virtual tours and Q&A sessions start at about 11:00 a.m., with everything wrapping up at around noon.

*Lectures are given off-site. Student will need to make travel arrangements or plan to attend through the Zoom meeting.

Preliminary schedule of Fall 2024 lectures and tours; please note that schedule is subject to change. 

DateLecture topic Speaker Tour or panel topic
September 28th Introduction to Fermilab ScienceDon Lincoln, FermilabWilson Hall tour / Fermilab driving tour / SQMS tour
* October 5th Off-site at University of Chicago: Quantum MechanicsPatrick Fox, FermilabSouth Side Science Festival
October 12th RelativityJosh Foster, FermilabWilson Hall tour / Fermilab driving tour / SiDet tour
October 19thQuantum ComputingGabriel Perdue, FermilabWilson Hall tour / Fermilab driving tour / SiDet tour
* October 26th Off-site at MSI Chicago: Cosmology and Dark MatterAlex Drlica-Wagner and Nate Saffold, FermilabDark Matter Day
November 2nd How We Make and Detect ParticlesJason St. John, Dylan Temples, and Ryan Linehan, FermilabPath to becoming a scientist
November 9thThe Standard Model of Particle Physics / LHC PhysicsGrace E. Cummings, FermilabCMS Virtual Tour
November 16th Muon g-2 & Mu2eDavid Kessler and Kevin Lynch, FermilabMuon panel
* November 23rd Off-site at Garfield Park Conservatory: Energy Flows on Planet Earth Bryan Ramson, FermilabGarfield Park Conservatory: Climate scientist panel
November 30th No session: Thanksgiving weekend
December 7th The Ghostly NeutrinoMaria Martinez Casales, FermilabEveryday life panel
December 14th Physics and Society Lia Merminga, FermilabGraduation