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Upcoming Event · Public Lectures

Expecting the Unexpected with AI at Particle Colliders

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  In particle physics, we search for new elementary particles that signal extensions of the fundamental interactions of nature.  Experiments at the CERN...
Date Thursday, December 5, 2024  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public lecture illustration
Dec 05
Past Event · Public Lectures

​​Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our  YouTube page. It is a mystery how the earliest organisms on earth evolved the means to thrive, grow and reproduce under the sparse conditions...
Date Thursday, October 10, 2024  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Macon Abernathy
Past Event · STEM Community Day

STEM Community Day 2024

Thank you to all who joined us this year! 2024 event photos are available here.    STEM Community Day is a fun-filled event that includes an action-packed program for all ages. Interactive demos Engaging displays Short science talks Mini...
Date Saturday, October 5, 2024  · 1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Visitors watch a science demonstration at Community Day
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

2024 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

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Date Sunday, September 22, 2024  –  Friday, September 27, 2024
Participants present posters during the SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Image Processing Workshop

The Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center will host an advanced cryo-EM image processing workshop.

Date Monday, September 16, 2024  –  Wednesday, September 18, 2024
aerial view of SLAC campus
Past Event · SLAC on Tap

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for SLAC on Tap on August 22 at 5 pm, when SLAC engineer Hannah Pollek will talk...
Date Thursday, August 22, 2024  · 5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Hannah Polleck
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

52nd SLAC Summer Institute (SSI 2024)

The SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) is an annual two-week-long Summer School tradition since 1973. The theme of the 52st SLAC Summer Institute is “The Art of Precision: Calculations & Measurements.”

Date Monday, August 5, 2024  –  Friday, August 16, 2024
SLAC Summer Institute 2024 poster image
Past Event · Public Lectures

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Date Thursday, August 1, 2024  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
Past Event · KIPAC public lecture

Traveling Light: The Universe’s Oldest Story Told by the Cosmic Microwave Background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe was 0.003% of its current age.

Date Tuesday, July 16, 2024  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
illustration of cosmos
Past Event · Public Lectures

Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant

Presented by Ashley James

Date Thursday, May 23, 2024  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Public Lecture: Ashley James