The GSO runs barbecues, game nights, picnics and seminars through the year. All Rutgers graduate students are welcome.
5:30 PM
Room 330W
Start the semester off right at the Physics & Astronomy Ice Cream Social! Join us Tuesday, September 1st at 5:30pm in Serin 330 for scoops, a full spread of toppings, and a soda bar so you can build your own float. We'll have a few games and icebreakers…
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5:30 PM
W330, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Hello everyone! For our final SSPAR of the academic year, we will summarize and discuss the results of the Graduate Student Census organized by the GSO Graduate Student Life Committee (GSLC). Our fellow graduate student and GSLC representative Lianys…
12:30 PM
Buell Apartment
Please come join us for our end of the academic year celebration 🚀✨. We will be having a get together to enjoy the nature and have barbecue foods including burgers hot dogs and more 🍔🌭🍟, also there will be options for vegetarian/vegan diets 🥗🥙. Please do…
5:30 PM
Serin Building Physics 330W
Due to weather restrictions we have moved the event to Wednesday on the 29th of April at 5:30 pm. We will have a final board games night 👾🎲🕹️ and have a get together with food. Please do bring board games you wish to play.
5:30 PM
330W Serin Building
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our first ever Trivia Night 🌌🤖🦉 by the Physics GSO 🚀. Please come along to join our exciting night filled with fun questions and great company. At the end of the event there will be prizes included for first…
5:30 PM
W330, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Join us for another installment of our SSPAR talk series, where Spencer Stubbs will be presenting. For dinner, we have some delicious pizzas and sides from Sizzle n' Slice! Please RSVP so we have a good idea of how much food to order. Title: What is Spin?…
5:30 PM
Serin 330W
We are happy to announce our first SSPAR talk 🔭 of the semester taking place on the 25th of March Wednesday at 330W at 5:30 pm about Neural Networks by Eric Putney. Here is the abstract and short summary of the talk: Title: Physics-Informed Neural Networks:…
5:30 PM
Serin Building Physics 330W
We are excited to announce our first Artsy event 🌌 🎨 🖌️ of the year. We will be having an Origami and coloring session to have a chill and relaxed time together. Papers and printed coloring pages will be provided. There will also be food from Merey,…
5:30 PM
330W Serin Building
We are excited to announce the first Physics GSO event of the year. We will be having a game night on the 11th of February at 5:30 pm taking place in 330W Serin. We will be providing some games but do please bring more games that you would like to play. There…
5:30 PM
330W Serin building
Let us get ready for one last time with a movie night! We will be ordering Chinese food from China Lee for our get together to celebrate the Holiday season. The movie would be Home Alone. This will be our last event of the year, we hope to see you all!
5:30 PM
SRN 330, Department of Physics and Astronomy
SSPAR is back again for its third installment this semester, on the 25th of November (Tuesday) at 5:30 pm! Our speaker will be Parijat Banerjee, and we'll be ordering some delicious Indian food from Delhi Garden! Title: What do you mean you hate jazz?…
5:30 PM
SRN 330, Department of Physics and Astronomy
SSPAR is the graduate student talk series at Rutgers where the speakers can present talks on any topic of their choice! Our second speaker of the academic year will be Abay Zhakenov, who will be presenting on the 15th of October, at 5:30 pm in SRN 330. As…
5:30 PM
Room 330W, Department of Physics and Astronomy
SSPAR is a seminar series where graduate students from the Physics and Astronomy Department present talks on any topic of their choice - research, hobbies, personal interests, or just something fun. The talks are usually accompanied with dinner, which the…
1:00 PM
Donaldson Park, Picnic Grove 3B
We will be hosting the first barbecue 🍔 event on the 14th of September at 1 pm in Donaldson Park, Picnic Grove 3B to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. This event will be open for everyone for feel free to bring friends. This is a potluck style…
2:00 PM
Outside Buell Apartments (Busch Campus)
Join us for an end-of-year physics and astronomy picnic to wind down after the end of finals! Food will be provided, and all are welcome
3:30 PM
Serin Building, Room 330W. If weather permits, Johnson Park Grove 1
Come join the Physics & Astronomy GSO for the second BBQ of the spring! We will be meeting to give people rides in Serin 330 at 3:30 PM on Friday, May 9th. If weather does not permit to go to Johnson Park, we will stay in Serin instead. Update, weather is not…
5:30 PM
Serin Building, Room 330W
Come by room 330 in Serin at 5:30 PM April 23rd to learn about the statistics of poker!
12:00 PM
Johnson Park, Grove 1
Picnic in Johnson Park, Grove 1, on Sunday April 13th at noon!
5:30 PM
Serin Building, Room 330W
Come and see Kaustubh give a talk!
6:30 PM
Physics and Astronomy Building (Serin) Room 330
Join us for a talk by Joe Breneman about his research on extremely metal-poor galaxies. Abstract: Extremely metal-poor galaxies (XMP) are systems with gas-phase oxygen abundances below 5% Solar metallicity (12+log(O/H)≥ 7.35). These galaxies populate the…
5:30 PM
Physics and Astronomy Building (Serin)
We will have our first SSPAR of the season from Conor on the qualifying exam.
2:00 PM
Buell Apartments
Fall GSO Picnic! Come one, come all!
12:00 PM
Donaldson Park, Picnic Grove 2
Please join us at noon on Saturday, May 11th for an afternoon and evening of grilling, games, and music! We will gather at picnic grove #2 in Donaldson Park in Highland Park. Bring whatever you are able to! We have the funding for essential picnicware…
5:30 PM
Serin Rm. 330W
Abstract: Entanglement in quantum many-body systems is required for a variety of quantum information tasks, making it crucial to identify the parameter space in which the ground state is fully separable, known as the factorization surface (FS). We employ…
5:30 PM
Serin Rm. 330W
In this week's SSPAR, we will hear about their trip to see the Aurora Borealis in Iceland over spring break (because taking breaks in grad school is important)!
5:30 PM
Serin Rm. 330W
Abstract: "In this talk, I (as a grad student with an astrophysics background) will review some of the key figures and plans outlined in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report. Although climate change is a global problem that is…
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Gavin Rockwood will speak about Entanglement Hamiltonians at this week's SSPAR. Please join us at 5:15 for food, and for the talk at 5:30.
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Rutgers grad students sacrifice both financial and medical security by accepting prestigious fellowships. On top of that, Rutgers charges grad fellows thousands of dollars in fees every semester. I will present some of our early work with the union on…
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Our final SSPAR of the semester will be given by Astronomy Ph.D. candidate Lana Eid on her work with gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters. We meet in Serin 330W (the Physics and Astronomy building on Busch campus). This room is directly beneath the…
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Our fourth and penultimate SSPAR of the semester will be given by Condensed Matter Experiment Ph.D. candidate Michael Terilli on "Lessons from the Physics Classroom and the Picket Line". We meet in Serin 330W (the Physics and Astronomy building on Busch…
5:30 PM
Serin Rm. 330W
Abstract: Origami is the art of folding pieces of paper into a finished sculpture, all performed without cutting or gluing. It encompasses all levels of skill; from napkin swans at restaurants to intricate designs made with hundreds of folds. Behind it all,…
11:00 AM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
"RAPSCALLIONS" (Rutgers Astronomy and Physics Sessions for Collaborative and Advanced Learning: Lunchtime Instruction and Organization for New Skills) is a technical workshop led by / for grad students about computing, writing, and professional development…
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Our second SSPAR of the academic year, focusing on the paranormal experiences of members of our graduate student community. Real™ ghost stories welcome ;). If everyone is too spooked, or even too haunted to share their stories, we will watch Hocus Pocus. We…
5:30 PM
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Room 330W
Our opening SSPAR of the academic year will be given by Astronomy Ph.D. candidate Irene Moskowitz on "Mental Health and Mental Hygiene: Developing Tools to Thrive while earning a Physics PhD and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome". We meet in Serin 330W (the…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:00 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
End of year celebration with food and games!
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
1:00 PM
Johnson Park
BBQ! The Physics & Astronomy GSO will be providing basic foods and grilling materials. Guests are invited to bring their own recipes to toss on the grill! The date is Sunday, April 24th (starting at 1pm). This will be in Johnson Park, and exact location will…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
5:30 PM
Serin Physics Building, Room 330
The physics and astronomy GSO hosts weekly seminars given by the graduate students in the physics and astronomy department on their current research or other topics of interest to them! These are 5:30-6:30pm on Thursdays starting February 17. This event is…
Student Seminars in Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers (SSPAR) is the GSO’s student-run talk series, held at 5:30 pm in Serin 330W on a day the speaker picks. Its own page carries the full archive of past talks with titles and abstracts.
Event details come from the GSO’s Rutgers Engage calendar, last updated .
