Events

2026

• May

  22
  Department Graduation Celebration

  Fri, May 22, 06:00 pm

  SEIC 116
• May

  14
  M.S. Physics Project Talk: Holden Saberhagen - "Transverse Localization in Disordered Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide Arrays"

  Thu, May 14, 12:30 pm

  Blakeslee Room, 10th floor, Thornton Hall
• May

  14
  M.S. Astro Project Talk: Monique Windju - "CalibrationCurveTools: Adaptive Fit Method of Cross-Correlation Width Measurement for Velocity Dispersion Calibration Curves in Python for Integrated-Light Spectroscopy"

  Thu, May 14, 08:30 am

  Blakeslee Room, 10th floor, Thornton Hall
• May

  11
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Let There Be light - Materials studies using linear optics that exploits various symmetries" - Prof. Xiangdong Zhu (UC Davis)

  Mon, May 11, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• May

  04
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Nanoimprinted Scanning Probe for Enhanced Spectroscopies and Nanoimaging on 2D Excitons and Plexcitons" - Junze Zhou (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

  Mon, May 04, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Apr

  20
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Science Instrument and Observatory Development - A perspective" - Maureen Savage (Technical Laboratories Manager, UCSC Observatories)

  Mon, April 20, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Apr

  13
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Expanding Education Programs through Lick Observatory and UC Observatories" - Dr. Anne Metevier (Lick Observatory/UCSC)

  Mon, April 13, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Apr

  11
  Explore SF State Day!

  Sat, April 11, 09:00 am

  SF State
• Apr

  07
  S.P.A.C.E. goes to the GIANTS!

  Tue, April 07, 04:45 pm

  Oracle Park
• Apr

  06
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "The Ghosts of Stars: The Heaviest Elements Found in Nature and Where They Are Born" - Erin Huntzinger (PhD Candidate, UC Davis)

  Mon, April 06, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Apr

  04
  S.P.A.C.E. Beach Day!

  Sat, April 04, 02:00 pm

  28 Great Hwy, San Francisco, CA 94121
• Mar

  31
  S.P.A.C.E. tour of Tesla

  Tue, March 31, 08:00 am

  Tesla, Fremont, CA
• Mar

  30
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "The connections between the chemical abundances of stars and their exoplanetary systems" - Dr. Luan Ghezzi (Asst. Prof., Observatório do Valongo, UFRJ)

  Mon, March 30, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Mar

  16
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Gravitational Waves: The Discovery that won the 2017 Nobel prize in Physics" - Dr. Lynn Cominsky (Professor, Sonoma State U.)

  Mon, March 16, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Mar

  11
  S.P.A.C.E. Potluck & Game Night

  Wed, March 11, 05:00 pm

  Thornton Hall 116
• Mar

  11
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: Welding II

  Wed, March 11, 12:30 pm

  Thornton Hall 213
• Mar

  09
  Leuschner 30-inch Telescope Workshop

  Mon, March 09, 07:00 pm

  Thornton Hall 424
• Mar

  09
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Probing the nature of dark matter using super massive black holes" - Dr. Chris Gordon (Senior Lecturer, U. Canterbury)

  Mon, March 09, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Mar

  05
  Tour of Joby Aviation

  Thu, March 05, 10:00 am

  Joby Aviation in San Carlos
• Mar

  04
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: Welding I

  Wed, March 04, 12:30 pm

  Thornton Hall 213
• Mar

  02
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "On Mineralogy in Substellar Clouds of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs" - Dr. Sarah Moran (Sagan Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute)

  Mon, March 02, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Feb

  27
  M.S. Physics Project Talk: Jie Goodrich - "Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of Defects in Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide"

  Fri, February 27, 09:00 am

  Blakeslee Room, 10th floor, Thornton Hall
• Feb

  25
  S.P.A.C.E. Movie Night

  Wed, February 25, 06:30 pm

  Thornton Hall 411
• Feb

  25
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: The Lathe

  Wed, February 25, 12:30 pm

  Thornton Hall 213
• Feb

  18
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: The Milling Machine

  Wed, February 18, 12:30 pm

  Thornton Hall 213
• Feb

  16
  PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Signatures of the First Stars and Galaxies in the Local Group" - Dr. Ani Chiti (Postdoc, Stanford U.)

  Mon, February 16, 03:30 pm

  SEIC 210
• Feb

  11
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: Computer Aided Design (CAD)

  Wed, February 11, 12:30 pm

  TH 213
• Feb

  09
  S.P.A.C.E. General Meeting

  Mon, February 09, 12:20 pm

  Thornton Hall 123
• Feb

  04
  Machine Shop Workshop Series: Machine Shop Safety

  Wed, February 04, 12:30 pm

  Thornton 213
• Feb

  02
  Observatory Docent Organizational Meeting

  Mon, February 02, 04:00 pm

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