Colloquia are normally held on Fridays from 4:10 - 5:00 PM in Barnard Hall Room 103. A Reception for the Speaker with refreshments served begins at 3:45 PM in the Barnard second floor atrium. All Departments and off-campus guests are welcome to attend. Come and join us for coffee or tea and cookies, listen to our interesting speakers!

For further information contact the MSU Physics Department at 406-994-3614

 

 

Spring Semester 2026
Date Speaker Title Host
January 19   MLK day  
January 26      
February 2      
February 9      
February 16   Presidents Day  
February 23      
March 2      
March 9      
March 16   Spring Break  
March 23      
March 30      
April 6      
April 13      
April 20      
April 27      
May 4   Finals Week  
 
 

Fall Semester 2025
Date Speaker Title Host
August 22   Meet and greet   
August 29      
September 5      
September 12 Jonathan Mace Equation of State Work David Miller
September 19      
September 26 Juie Shetye Latest Results from Dunn Solar Telescope Charles Kankelborg
October  3      

October 9

(special, in
Roberts 113)

 Dr. Ilya Vekhter 
LSU		 Known unknowns: boundaries and interfaces in topological matter Anton Vorontsov
October 10

Zeke Johnston-Halperin

(Ohio State U)

 Spins, Magnons, and Microwaves: A Molecule-Based Architecture for Quantum Information Matt Jaffe
October 17 Deborah Good
U of Montana		 Creating a Galactic Scale Gravitational Wave Detector Amy Reines
October 31      
November 7 David Ayala    
November 14 Angela Des Jardins My First Time in Zambia as a Fulbright Scholar  
November 21      
November 28   Thanksgiving week  
December 5 John Neumeier
Winter Awards Recognition
(Buffet served at 11:45 AM)
 Department
December 5     Rachael Filwett
December 12   Finals Week