Past Events

2026

Luca Grandi

Compton Lectures: Luca Grandi “The 85% We Cannot See: The Long, Tireless Quest for Dark Matter”

11:00 am In-Person and Virtual

Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.

Nov 7

Leinweber Semianr: On Domain Walls Between String Theories. - Ethan Torres, CERN

1:30 pm MCP 201

On Domain Walls Between String Theories.

Nov 4

EFI Colloquium - Gradients and representations: New paradigms for HEP analysis, Cesar Jesus Valls, CERN

3:30–4:45 pm MCP 201

Gradients and representations: New paradigms for HEP analysis
Cesar Jesus Valls, CERN

Nov 2
Jeff Harvey

Compton Lectures: Jeff Harvey “From Hadrons to Gravitons, 50 Years of String Theory at the Enrico Fermi Institute”

11:00 am In-Person and Virtual

Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.

Oct 31
Oct 28

Leinweber Seminar: Quantum Cellular Automata, Invertible Phases, and Beyond. - Ryan Thirngren, UCLA

1:30 pm MCP 201

Quantum Cellular Automata, Invertible Phases, and Beyond.

Oct 26
Marcela Carena

Compton Lectures: Marcela Carena “Broken Symmetries and the Origins of Mass and Matter”

11:00 am In-Person and Virtual

Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.

Oct 24

Leinweber Semianr: Wormholes as red herrings: reflection positivity and the reconstruction of unitary quantum field theories. - Jacob McNamara, Stony Brook

1:30 pm MCP 201

Wormholes as red herrings: reflection positivity and the reconstruction of unitary quantum field theories.

Oct 21