January 2022
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Giacomo Roati, CNR-INO and LENS. Dr. Roati will present their talk, “A Quantum Vortex Collider”, Thursday, January 13th, at 12:10 p.m. in Webster 11.
The program will include works by Alex Shapiro and John Williams; it will also feature a world premiere by graduate student Joshua Thomson.
Cannupa Hanska Luger is a New Mexico based multidisciplinary artist who uses social collaboration in response to timely and site-specific issues. Raised on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, he is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold and is of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota and European descent.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Chris Vale, Department of Physics at Swinburne University of Technology. Dr. Vale will present their talk, “Switching on a Fermi Superfluid”.
The program will include a concerto, a solo with electronics, a solo with passive piano, and a trio. We hope you can make it!
To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today’s grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe.
This show runs 30 minutes in length and will be preceded by a live sky tour.
Nanette Erickson, viola and Yoon-Wha Roh, piano.
A tour of January night skies, followed by the fulldome planetarium production “From Earth to the Universe.”
This 30-minute voyage through time and space conveys, through an arresting combination of sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. The show was produced for the ESO Supernova Planetarium and Visitor Centre.
This Faculty Artist Series performance will feature collaborations with WSU Music Faculty and students. The first half will feature a newer work for euphonium, piano, and percussion by Welsh composer Tom Davoren followed by a lovely euphonium and marimba duet by British composer Hannah Drage. The second half…
In this presentation, nanocoatings with three distinct microstructures inspired by nature will be discussed. In the first part, organic/inorganic hybrid nanocoatings with a nacre-like microstructure generated via a facile co-assembly process will be presented.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Marty Ytreberg, Department of Physics at University of Idaho. Dr. Ytreberg will present their talk, “Using Molecular Modeling to Study Protein Structure, Function, and Evolution”.
Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain.
Triple Xtra Wide is a trio that plays what they call “expanded jazz.” You will hear virtuosic and at times mind-bending arrangements of jazz, funk, rock, and more! César Haas, Dave Snider, and Darryl “Doc D” Singleton have a century of combined playing experience. Don’t miss it!
Friday, January 28th at 7:30pm, Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center (405 SE Spokane St., Pullman, WA, 99164) will present an immersive performance of Franz Schubert’s landmark song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey).
Made possible through collaboration between WSU’s Division of Student Affairs, School of Music, the…
A tour of January night skies, followed by the fulldome planetarium production “Seeing!”
Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous grant from ZEISS, the show is narrated by astronomer and science communicator, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Title: Electrocatalysis and Drug Delivery Using Layered Zirconium Phosphate Nanomaterials