Events, News & Highlights
Events, News & Highlights
May 29, 2018 @ 3:00 PM
KICP Event
Location: ERC 401		KICP Event: KICP/A&A Education and Public Outreach Celebration and Open House

May 24, 2018 @ 5:00 PM
KICP Talk
Location: ERC 401		KICP Talk: Broader Horizons: Jennifer Helsby, Freedom of the Press Foundation

May 17, 2018 @ 6:00 PM
Lecture
Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 112 South Michigan Ave., MacLean Ballroom		Lecture: 2018 Brinson Lecture: Richard Ellis, "Let There Be Light: The Observational Quest for the First Galaxies"

May 14, 2018
News		Adler Planetarium's "Fabric of the Universe" display
April 14, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Event
Location: Field Museum, Chicago		Event: Speak Up for Science

April 12, 2018 @ 5:00 PM
KICP Talk
Location: ERC 576		KICP Talk: Broader Horizons: Matthew Lightman, data scientist lead at JPMorgan Chase in Chicago

February 26, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Taylor Hoyt

February 19, 2018 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maya Fishbach - "Gravitational Wave Astronomy"

February 19, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Dan Fabrycky - "Exoplanets"

February 17, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Kimmy Wu

February 15, 2018 @ 8:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Akash Dixit - "Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX)"

February 15, 2018 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

February 11, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Amy Lowitz - "Observational cosmology"

February 10, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ross Cawthon - "Cosmology, Dark Energy"

February 8, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Rick Kessler - "Astrophysics, Dark Energy"

February 4, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maria Weber

February 3, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Yuanyuan Zhang - "KICP Astronomy and Cosmology"; Daniel Dutcher - "Cosmology with the South Pole Telescope"

January 28, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers - "Exoplanets"

January 27, 2018
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Kimmy Wu

January 25, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maria Weber

January 21, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Gourav Khullar - "Cosmology, Extragalactic astrophysics, Dark Energy Survey, South Pole Telescope"

January 20, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Cosmin Deaconu - "Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Dark Matter"

January 18, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maria Weber; Emily Gilbert - "Exoplanets"; Nadejda Marounina - "Exoplanets and habitability"

January 13, 2018 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maria Weber

January 11, 2018
News		In 2017, a big year for science, we learned from cosmic discoveries
January 6, 2018 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Dan Fabrycky - "Exoplanets"

January 4, 2018 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

January 4, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maria Weber

December 27 - 29, 2017
KICP Yerkes Institute
Location: Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI		KICP Yerkes Institute: Demystifying everyday electronics, Yerkes Winter Institute

December 9, 2017 @ 11:00 AM
Event
Location: KPTC		Event: Physics with a BANG

November 16, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Cosmin Deaconu - "Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Dark Matter", Sebastian Bocquet - "Cosmology, Galaxy Clusters", Yuanyuan Zhang - "Astronomy and Cosmology"

November 16, 2017 @ 5:00 PM
KICP Talk
Location: ERC 401		KICP Talk: Broader Horizons: Andrew Smith, a senior scientist at Exponent

November 11, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Abigail Vieregg - "CMB, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays "

November 10, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers - "Exoplanets"

November 8, 2017
News		Uncharted
November 6, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

November 5, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Nadejda Marounina

November 4, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maya Fishbach

October 31, 2017
News		Kavli Roundtable: New Map of Dark Matter Puts the Big Bang Theory on Trial
October 28, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers - "Exoplanets"

October 26, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Rick Kessler - "Astrophysics, Dark Energy"

October 22, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Stephen Hoover - "Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background"

October 21, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ross Cawthon - "Cosmology, Dark Energy"

October 17, 2017 @ 5:00 PM
KICP Event
Location: KPTC 120		KICP Event: Public Lectures & Open Discussion: Gravitational Waves & Transient Astronomy

October 16, 2017 @ 4:00 PM
KICP Event
Location: ERC Auditorium, Room 161		KICP Event: Special KICP/EFI/Physics/A&A Colloquium and Reception

October 13, 2017
News		Gravitational Waves Events
October 8, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Taylor Hoyt; Amy Lowitz

October 7, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: "Amy Bender - "Cosmology, South Pole Telescope, Galaxy Clusters"

October 4, 2017 @ 6:00 PM
KICP Event
Location: Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse		KICP Event: Round table discussion with artist Tomas Saraceno

October 3, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

October 2, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: James Lasker

October 1, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Yuanyuan Zhang - "Astronomy and Cosmology"

September 30, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Abigail Vieregg - "CMB, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays"

September 21, 2017 @ 9:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Akash Dixit - "Cosmology, AstroParticle, Dark Matter"

September 21, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Sebastian Bocquet - "Cosmology, Galaxy Clusters"

September 16, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers - "Exoplanets"

September 10, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Daniel Dutcher - "Cosmology with the South Pole Telescope"

September 9, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Amy Lowitz

September 7, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Rick Kessler - "Astrophysics, Dark Energy"

September 3, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Stephen Hoover - "Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background"

September 2, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Yuanyuan Zhang - "KICP Astronomy and Cosmology"

September 1, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Dan Fabrycky - "Exoplanets"

September 1, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

August 31, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Rick Kessler - "Astrophysics, Dark Energy"

August 26, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Chihway Chang - "Cosmology, Weak Lensing"

August 19, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Amy Lowitz

August 17, 2017 @ 8:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Faustin Carter - "CMB, Detector fabrication, South Pole Telescope"

August 16, 2017
News		Eclipse reflects sun's historic power
August 13, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Nan Li - "Gravitational Lensing"

August 10, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Dan Fabrycky - "Exoplanets"

August 9, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Maya Fishbach

August 7 - 11, 2017
KICP Summer School
Location: Chicago, IL		KICP Summer School: Summer School: CMB Detectors and Instrumentation

August 7, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers - "Exoplanets"

August 6, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Stephen Hoover - "Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background"

August 5, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Amy Bender - "Cosmology, South Pole Telescope, Galaxy Clusters"; Yuanyuan Zhang - "Astronomy and Cosmology"

August 2, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
KICP Event
Location: Midway Plaisance Center, 1130 E Midway Plaisance		KICP Event: Midweek on the Midway: Escape from planet Earth

Organizers: Randall H. Landsberg, Nicole Larsen
August 1, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet - "Exoplanets / Stellar astrophysics"

July 30 - August 5, 2017
KICP Yerkes Institute
Location: Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI		KICP Yerkes Institute: The Physics of Toys, Yerkes Summer Institute

July 30, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Daniel Dutcher - "Cosmology with the South Pole Telescope"

July 29, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Chihway Chang - "Cosmology, Weak Lensing", Nahee Park - "High Energy Astrophysics"

July 26, 2017
News		Tiny scientists mobilized to study solar eclipse
July 22, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Abigail Vieregg - "CMB, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays"

July 20, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Yuanyuan Zhang - "Astronomy and Cosmology"; Akash Dixit - "Cosmology, AstroParticle, Dark Matter"; Cosmin Deaconu - "Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Dark Matter"

July 20, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Chris Tunnell

July 16, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Stephen Hoover, "Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background"

July 15, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Amy Bender, "Cosmology, South Pole Telescope, Galaxy Clusters"

July 14, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Ben Montet, "Exoplanets/Stellar astrophysics"

July 8, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Leslie Rogers, "Exoplanets", Faustin Carter, "CMB, Detector fabrication, South Pole Telescope"

July 6, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Rick Kessler, "Astrophysics, Dark Energy"

July 5, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Dan Fabrycky, "Exoplanets"

July 3, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Nan Li, "Gravitational Lensing"

June 24, 2017 @ 1:00 PM
Astronomy Conversation
Location: Adler Planetarium		Astronomy Conversation: Andrea Bryant