UO
QuarkNet Workshop June 25, 2026
412
Willamette Hall, University of Oregon
|
09:00 |
Coffee and bites outside
Willamette Hall 412 |
|
09:10 |
Ray Frey: I. Introductions I.
Introductions; II. Gravitational waves – LIGO overview, update, and
multi-messenger astronomy [slides
pdf] |
|
10:30 |
Ben Farr: The
origin and properties of black holes -- an emerging story [slides pdf] |
|
11:30 |
Scott Fisher: Pine
Mt Observatory and UO’s remote-control room [slides
ppt] |
|
12:30 |
Lunch |
|
1:30 |
Stephanie Majewski: Atlas/LHC
update and search for dark photons [slides
pdf] |
|
2:30 |
Spencer Chang: Lessons from Accelerating Electrons in Theory and Practice [slides pdf] |
|
3:15 |
Tien-Tien Yu: Illuminating
the Nature of Dark Matter [slides
pdf] |
|
4:00 |
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, Ben Farr, Scott
Fisher, Stephanie Majewski, Spencer Chang, Tien-Tien Yu
High
school science teacher participants:
Karen Hunter (St. Stephen's Academy, Portland)
Christie Lowell (Churchill HS, Eugene)
Alicia McGraw (South Eugene HS)
Madeline Morris (South Eugene HS)
Asher Tubman (South Eugene HS)
Dani Tubman (South Eugene HS)
Pamela Watts (South Albany HS)
Links:
· UO Physics and Astronomy
Support:
·
QuarkNet
program: National Science Foundation 
·
UO
Institute for Fundamental Science