Public Outreach
'Space lab: Inspiring the next generation of scientists'
Special lecture by Zahaan Bharmal - Google
Introductions by Dr Chris Lintott (Zooniverse/Astrophysics Oxford)
It is advisable that you book for this free event. Please follow this link or contact the Alumni Office.
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
The Oxford Climate Research Network and Oxford Martin Programme on Resource Stewardship present a series of talks for students, staff and members of the public, and an opportunity to ask questions, about the latest Assessment of Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with contributions from members of the the Department of Physics.
10 October 2013
Prof Steve Balbus at the 2013 Shaw Prize Ceremony
Prof Balbus was presented with the prestigious 2013 Shaw Prize for Astronomy at a ceremony in Hong Kong last month. See photos & videos of the ceremony at http://www.shawprize.org/en/
A TV documentary leading up to the awards can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wv4grOMgIU
The role of black holes in galaxy evolution
Professor Christopher Reynolds
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
Ada Lovelace Day 2013: A celebration of women in astronomy
[b]Ada Lovelace Day 2013: A celebration of women in astronomy
Presented by Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell[/b]
Telling the stories of successful women astronomers and looking at the position of women in astronomy today.
So who was Ada Lovelace? Visit here to find out more: http://findingada.com/about/who-was-ada/
18 September 2013
Oxford students lead first complete supersymmetry searches at ATLAS
University of Oxford graduate students have led the first two papers for Supersymmetry using the full data-set from the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
29 August 2013
Physics newsletter 2013
Summer 2013
Our latest Department newsletter is now available to download in PDF format here. Have a look at the wide range of work that we do in front-line research, teaching, public outreach and school education. We would welcome contributions to future newsletters from undergraduate or postgraduate alumni and previous members of the physics department.
24 July 2013
Frank Close awarded Royal Society's 2013 Michael Faraday Prize
Frank Close has been awarded the Royal Society's 2013 Michael Faraday Prize for his excellent work
in science communication. For more details see http://royalsociety.org/awards/medallists/2013/
His popular books, lectures and appearances on the broadcast media have brought fundamental science to a wide audience and inspired many young people to continue their study of science.
Astronomy in 2033: What we will (and won’t) know about the Universe
Dr. Chris J. Lintott
Researcher and Citizen Science Project Lead, University of Oxford
Astronomy is undergoing a quiet revolution - new telescopes and new techniques being built and developed right now will change our view of the Universe for good. In this lecture, Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott will peer into the future and predict what we will - and won't - know in twenty years' time.
The after-Higgs discovery: vision on the Particle Physics strategy
Prof. Phillip Burrows (University of Oxford) & Prof. Gigi Rolandi (CERN & Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa)
