UO
QuarkNet Workshop June 20, 2025
412
Willamette Hall, University of Oregon
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09:00 |
Coffee and bites outside Willamette Hall 412 |
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09:10 |
Ray Frey: I.
Introductions II. Gravitational wave astronomy – update on
LIGO [ slides
(pdf) ] |
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9:45 |
Eric Torrence (via Zoom): Live stream from the ATLAS
control room at CERN |
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10:15 |
Laura Jeanty: What is happening at ATLAS/LHC [ slides
(pdf) ] |
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10:50 |
Jim Brau: Future accelerators [ slides
(pdf) ] |
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11:20 |
Scott Fisher: Update on Pine Mt Observatory and tour of the
remote-control room |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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1:20 |
Robert Schofield: Lab tour: the biophysics of
leafcutter ants |
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1:55 |
Spencer Chang: Introduction to early universe
cosmology [ slides
(pdf) ] |
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2:30 |
Yvette Cendes: black holes
burping up stars [ slides
(pptx) ] Also from Yvette:
Astronomy
magazine Scientific
American |
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3:10 |
Roundtable on teacher projects, plans, advice, etc |
Contacts:
Ray Frey, rayfrey (at uoregon.edu)
Claire Staley, cnstaley (at uoregon.edu) 541-346-4898
UO Faculty participants:
Ray Frey, Eric Torrence, Jim
Brau, Scott Fisher, Laura Jeanty, Robert Schofield, Spencer Chang, Yvette Cendes
High school science teacher participants:
Angie Mitchell McVay (Lincoln HS)
Karen Hunter (St. Stephen's Academy0
Alicia McGraw (South Eugene HS)
Ron Crawford (Bend HS)
Asher Tubman (South Eugene HS)
Mackenzie Vignouli (Lane 4J)
Links:
Support:
- QuarkNet program: National
Science Foundation
- UO Institute for Fundamental Science