SMP Fall 2024 Schedule

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 & ClimateBryan 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