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Events

Department of Physics

  • Lynch Observatory Public Night

    Wednesday, December 4, 2024

    5:00 PM-7:00 PM

    Drexel University Main Building, rooftop 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 <br/> <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/HcvT5tqNEGDFkR56A" target="_blank">Google map</a>

    • Everyone

    Pierce the veil of night on Wednesday, December 4 from 5–7:00pm at Drexel University's Lynch Observatory. Engage in an out of this world telescopic experience during the observatory's monthly public night. Weather permitting, public night viewing sessions take place on the roof of Drexel's Main Building under the direction of Gordon Richards, Professor in the Department of Physics.

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  • Kaczmarczik Lecture: The Jazz of Physics with Stephon Alexander, PhD

    Thursday, February 27, 2025

    12:30 PM-1:30 PM

    Drexel University Main Building, Auditorium 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA. 19104 <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/nKr95PwjSQwojj3N7" target="_blank">Google map</a>

    • Everyone
    The Drexel Physics Department invites you to join Professor Alexander as he explores the interconnection between music and the evolution of astrophysics and quantum physics. Alexander reveals new ways music, in particular jazz music, mirrors modern physics, and the physics of the early universe. He also discusses ways that innovations in physics have been and can be inspired from “improvisational logic” exemplified in jazz performance and practice.
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