The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number F26-2    2026-Sept 14

          Editor: David Vanderbilt        Publisher: Christina Pettola
Contributions should be sent to newsletter@physics.rutgers.edu


SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIUM:
     Seminars and colloquia are being conducted either in-person, on the web, or hybrid. 
     See below the events listing for pages giving instructions for connecting to the web seminars.

MPS  Wed Sept 16  	Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania
10:45   Zoom		"Structure-Function Relations in Tuned Matter"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97910952957?pwd=XaqdNJZer9Dt93nDaiKmBOb1E9otX2.1

SIP  Wed Sept 16  	Ron Gilman, Rutgers University
12:10   330W		"Protons"

COL  Wed Sept 16       	Matthew Buckley, Rutgers University
3:30   330W and Zoom   	"Searching for Dark Matter with Machine Learning"
                       	link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/26z9hrza

MPS  Thurs Sept 17	Siddhartha Sahi, Rutgers University
12:10   Hill 705	"The Opdam--Cherednik kernel is the Laplace transform of a positive measure"

DELTA-P  Thurs Sept 17  Chaz Ruggieri, Rutgers University
6:00   Zoom             "Student Problem Solving Strategies in Physics"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93734810997?pwd=al8VOXjDHxSkYCQjv3meWbpTNIhvGY.1


*********Partial List of Next Week's Seminars**************

AST  Tues Sept 22      	Megan Bedell, Flatiron Institute
11:00   330W and Zoom  	TBA
                       	link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/g26yjt94

CMS  Tues Sept 22 	Darrell Schlom, Cornell University
1:30   330W and Zoom    TBA
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/a4i4dof1

MPS  Wed Sept 23  	Alberto Maspero, SISSA Trieste
10:45   Zoom		"Transfer of energy for pure-gravity water waves with constant vorticity"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97910952957?pwd=XaqdNJZer9Dt93nDaiKmBOb1E9otX2.1

SIP  Wed Sept 23  	Emanuel Diaconescu, Rutgers University
12:10   330W		"String theory: physics or mathematics?"

COL  Wed Sept 23       	Sean Oh, Rutgers University
3:30   330W and Zoom   	"Interface-Engineered Topological Quantum Matter"
                       	link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/26z9hrza

MPS  Thurs Sept 24	Anirvan Sengupta, Rutgers University
12:10   Hill 705	"In-context Denoising, Attention and Diffusion"

DELTA-P  Thurs Sept 24  Chaz Ruggieri, Rutgers University
6:00   Zoom             "Instructional Explanations in Physics"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93734810997?pwd=al8VOXjDHxSkYCQjv3meWbpTNIhvGY.1


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The departmental calendar of colloquia and seminars is
        https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/events-calendar/

For instructions for connecting to the web seminars, see

     AST        Astrophysics Seminar                         https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/astro/seminars
     CCB        Chemistry & Chemical Biology                 https://chem.rutgers.edu/
     CMS        Condensed Matter Seminar                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/seminars/condensedmatter
     COL        Colloquium                                   https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/colloquium
     CQB        Center for Quantitative Biology              https://cqb.rutgers.edu/
     DELTA-P    Developing Educators and Leaders 
                       Among TAs in Physics                  https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/321686/
     GAP        Geometry & Physics Seminar
     HET        High Energy Theory Seminar                   https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/het/seminars
     HEX        High Energy Experimental                     http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/seminars
     HON        Honors Seminar
     I2I        Invitations to Industry
     IQB        Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine       https://iqb.rutgers.edu/seminars
     JPAS       Junior Physics & Astronomy Seminar
     LSM        Lab for Surface Modification                 https://lsm.rutgers.edu/events/
     MiPA/EIJC  RU Minorities in P & A /                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/rumipa/eijc.html
                       Equity & Inclusion Journal Club                                      
     ML         Machine Learning Group Meeting
     MPS        Mathematical Physics Seminar                 https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/newsevents-cmsr/mathematical-physics-webinar
                                                             https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/newsevents-cmsr/mathematical-physics-in-person-seminar
     MSE        Materials Science & Engineering              https://mse.rutgers.edu/
     NPS        Nuclear Physics Seminar                      https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/np/seminars
     PAER       Physics and Astronomy Education Research
     PCS        Physical Chemistry Seminar                   https://remsinglab.com/pchemseminars
     PhyLT      Physics of Learning Theory                   https://nilavam.github.io/phyML/index.html
     SIP        Seminar in Physics                           http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/grad/633/
     SPS        Society of Physics Students Talk Series      http://sps.physics.rutgers.edu/
     SSPAR      Student Seminars in P & A at Rutgers         http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/gso/SSPAR/