Stanford Physics

04/06/2026

Join us for the 2026 Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture

"The Social Life of Subatomic Particles"
Professor Marek Karliner

🗓 Monday, May 4th, 2026
⏰ 7:30 – 8:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA

We’re excited to welcome Professor Marek Karliner, emeritus professor of physics at Tel Aviv University.

The Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture Series were established in 1993 by the Stanford Physics Department. Each year, an eminent speaker is invited to give an evening public lecture followed by an afternoon colloquium.

04/06/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | 3:30 PM

📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201
Young Lee-"Quantum Spin Liquids: Are we there yet?"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

03/10/2026

Optica, the leading society in optics and photonics, named Tony Heinz the recipient of their highest honor. He is recognized for pioneering discoveries in photon science helping us to understand surfaces, interfaces and nanoscale materials, as well as his deep commitment to education: https://stanford.io/3MIAXTI

03/09/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201

Liang Fu -"First-Principles AI for Quantum Matter"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

03/02/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201

Ady Stern -"News From The Fractional Arena"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

02/20/2026

Save the Date: 34th Annual Bill Fairbank Memorial Run/Walk/Bike/Roll

📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026
⏰ 11:45am – 1:30pm
📍 Rodin Sculpture Garden at Stanford University

Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of William Fairbank who was an avid runner, inspiring mentor, and beloved Stanford Physics professor (1959–1989).

02/05/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201

Surya Ganguli-"Theories of Neural Computation Underlying Learning, Imagination, Reasoning and Scaling: of Mice and Machines"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

01/30/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201

Charles Bennett -"Can we reason about our place in the universe without defining “us”, or Which of Occam's Razors should Wigner use to shave his quantum Friend?"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

01/27/2026

SLAC experts explore dark energy and cosmic mysteries.
Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler reflect on the Dark Energy Survey, sharing how it’s paving the way for future research at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler reflect on the Dark Energy Survey, sharing how it’s paving the way for future research at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

01/20/2026

TODAY! Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201
Daniel Palanker - "Prosthetic Vision with a Photovoltaic Substitute for the Lost Photoreceptors"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

01/08/2026

Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 3:30 PM

📍 Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201
Savas Dimopoulos - "Superradiant Interactions of Cosmic Relics"

Light refreshments after in Varian Courtyard at 4:30 PM!
All are welcome — students, faculty, friends!

01/08/2026

Save the dates 📅
A great lineup of colloquium talks is coming up. We hope to see you there!