Past Events
Commencement: Class of 2026
The 165th Commencement ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
Francis Field
Graduate Hooding & Recognition Ceremony 2026
Graham Chapel
EEPS Brown Bag: Earth Data Challenge
Final Presentations and Awards
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
EEPS Brown Bag: Earth Data Challenge
Mid-Semester Check-in
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
mosAIcs & brAIns: engaging mosaics emerging from art, aesthetics, and AI with Ralf Wessel
Ralf Wessel from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on mosAIcs & brAIns: engaging mosaics emerging from art, aesthetics, and AI.
Crow 201
EEPS Brown Bag: Earth Data Challenge
Team Formation and Project Kickoff
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Surprises in the Math of Bouncing and Rolling: Finding Stability Where Randomness and Chaos are Expected with Renato Feres
Renato Feres from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Surprises in the Math of Bouncing and Rolling: Finding Stability Where Randomness and Chaos are Expected.
Crow 201
Probability in Quantum Mechanics: From Stern-Gerlach, to Antenna Polarizations, to Quantum Qubits with Joe Zehnle
Joe Zehnle will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Probability in Quantum Mechanics: From Stern-Gerlach, to Antenna Polarizations, to Quantum Qubits.
Crow 201
EEPS Brown Bag: Earth Data Challenge
Intro to Jupyter, GIT, and Google Earth Engine
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Worm Regeneration and Reproduction: A Story in Several Segments with Duygu Özpolat
Duygu Özpolat from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Worm Regeneration and Reproduction: A Story in Several Segments.
Crow 201
EEPS Brown Bag: Earth Data Challenge
Earth Data Challenge Overview
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Brown Bag: Kun Wang
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
From Variable Stars to Dark Matter – The Expanding Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt
The WashU Departments of Physics & Performing Arts have partnered for a colloquium celebrating the life and contributions of Henrietta Leavitt in honor of the upcoming PAD production of 'Silent Sky' - a play focused on Leavitt's life and discoveries.
Seigle 206
WashU Physics Research Symposium
Join us for the seventh annual WUPRS poster session!
Compton Library
Cosmic Crust Pizza Party
Explore galaxies, meet astrophysicists, grab a slice, and discover your place among the stars!
Compton Library
The Incubator Unbound: Scales of Life
Life thrives across scales, from the microbiome to the world's forests, throughout urban cityscapes, and perhaps even on exoplanets light years away. Bring your openness and curiosity for a conversation that rethinks the big questions of our time.
Lobby of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets with Trevor GrandPre
Trevor GrandPre from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets.
Crow 201
Brown Bag: Stephanie Zhang / Abby Santis
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Physics Family Fun Day
Illuminate your curiosity! Discover what light can do & what physics can explain.
Crow Hall, 2nd Floor
Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence with Zohar Nussinov
Zohar Nussinov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence.
Crow 201
Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos with Keith Hengen
Keith Hengen from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos.
Crow 201
Brown Bag: Bavan Rajan / Lauren Wratchford
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
EEPS Dissertation Defense: Emily Millman
"Selective Absorption of Amino Acids to Smectite and Serpentine Clays under Varying Fluid Conditions"
Rudolph Hall 301
Brown Bag: Zhihua Xiong
Diffusive Isotope Fractionation In Minerals: Implications for the Thermal and Chemical Evolution of Planetary Bodies
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Physics Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall 2025 Series
Virtual | Zoom
WashU Danforth Shared Research Facilities Expo
Whitaker Hall Atrium
International Observe the Moon Night
Join us to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night
Crow Observatory, Crow Hall
Brown Bag: Xuanyu Liu / Megan Broussard
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Brown Bag: Alex Meyer / Skandalaris Center
Rudolph Hall | Room 301
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Open House
Rudolph Hall
EEPS Dissertation Defense: Patrick Matulka
“Studies of seismicity in the Alaska subduction zone and Antarctica"
Rudolph Hall 301