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Oct
08
2025 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Other Matters
Gabriela González, Boyd Professor of Physics (Louisiana State University)
4:00 PM
Fourth Floor Ampitheatre
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Join us in person for this lecture, or tune in via livestream at:
https://myumi.ch/MkzmE
More than a hundred years ago, Einstein predicted that there were ripples in the fabric of space-time traveling...
Jul
22
Simulating Quantum Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases: Methodological Developments and Applications
Qiang Shi (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
4:00 PM
1640
Chemistry Dow Lab
Jul
24
David Fuller - Dissertation Defense
Dynamic Chromosome Organization in Bacteria Under Stress
1:00 PM
1706
Chemistry Dow Lab
Jul
25
Andrew Holen - Dissertation Defense
Chemical Characterization and Quantification of Individual Atmospheric Aerosols in Urban and Remote Environments Using Single-Particle Mass Spectrometry
10:00 AM
Earl Lewis Room
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)