Colloquium 2025-2026
All colloquium lectures will be offered online via Zoom. Links to these sessions are provided below. Students are encouraged, but not required, to attend in person in Physical Science Room 108 for presentations by ISU faculty.
Fall 2025 Schedule
| Aug. 25 | Dr. Brian Skinner, Ohio State University, Phase Transitions in the Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement |
| Link to Zoom Meeting | |
| Sept. 1 | Labor Day, No Colloquium |
| Sept. 8 | Dr. James Dull, College of Idaho, Burning Bright: Exploring Be Stars and their Mysteries from our Campus Observatory |
| Sept. 15 | Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, topic TBD |
| Link to Zoom Meeting | |
| Sept. 22 |
Dr. Masha Baryakhtar, University of Washington, Ultralight Particles from the Lab to the Cosmos |
| Sept. 29 | Dr. Joshua Knobloch, Utah State University, Measuring Highly-Nonequilibrium Phonon Transport using Ultrafast Ultraviolet Transient Gratings, Special in-person lecture in PS 108 |
| Oct. 6 | |
| Oct. 13 |
Dr. Dennis Soldin, Department of Physics, University of Utah, Particle Physics with Extensive Air Showers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
| Oct. 20 | Dr. Kihta Murase, Pennsylvania State University, Multimessenger View of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrino Sources |
| Oct. 27 |
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| Nov. 3 |
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| Nov. 10 | |
| Nov. 17 |
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| Nov. 24 |
Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium |
| Dec. 1 | |
| Dec. 8 |
Spring 2026 Schedule
| Jan. 12 |
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| Jan. 19 |
Martin Luther King Day. No Colloquium |
| Jan 26 |
Dr. Sebastian Fischetti, Weber State University, topic TBD |
| Feb. 2 |
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| Feb. 9 |
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| Feb. 16 |
President's Day. No Colloquium |
| Feb. 23 |
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| Mar. 2 | |
| Mar. 9 |
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| Mar. 16 |
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| Mar. 23 |
Spring Break. No Colloquium |
| Mar. 30 |
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| Apr. 6 |
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| Apr. 13 |
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| Apr. 20 |
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| Apr. 27 |
All talks will be offered via Zoom using the links above, with presentations starting promptly at 4:00 PM on Mondays. Presentations by ISU faculty will occur in PS 108 in addition to Zoom offering.
contact: shrostev@isu.edu
Last modified 08/15/2025
Colloquiums in Past Years
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