Barring university holidays, Astronomy colloquia occur every Thursday at 3:30pm in the Physics and Astronomy Auditorium (A102), with refreshments served at 3:00pm. Speakers are invited to meet with graduate students for a casual dinner afterwards, typically around 5pm. Graduate students may also nominate a colloquium speaker during the Spring quarter.
Spring 2026 Series
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 2nd | José Franco University of Mexico | The role of pressure and metallicity in the formation of molecular clouds and stars in the MW |
| April 9th | Jed McKinney University of Texas- Austin | Dust in the First Galaxies |
| April 16th | No Colloquium | No Colloquium |
| April 23rd | Howard Hui California Institute of Technology | TBD |
| April 30th | Devontae Baxter University of California, San Diego | From Voids to Clusters: Deciphering the Drivers of Differential Galaxy Evolution Across the Cosmic Web |
| May 7th | Joe Murtagh University of Washington | TBD |
| May 14th | Sarah Tuttle University of Washington | TBD |
| May 21st | J. Xavier Prochaska University of California Lick Observatory | Three Decades of Science in Silhouette |
| May 28th | Caprice Phillips University of California, Santa Cruz | Abundances and Atmospheres: Connection the Dots in Benchmark Brown Dwarfs |
| June 4th | Olivia Cooper University of Colorado | Observing Cosmic Assembly from Gigaparsec to Micron Scales |
| June 11th | FINALS WEEK |
Previous colloquia speakers can be viewed on the speaker history spreadsheet.