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Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
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News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open on Friday evenings for walk-in tours at 10:00 PM for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope.
Events
Jun
26
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Carla Gomez da Silva: "From Motion to Co...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Online
Neuronal circuits, the biological units underlying cognitive processes and behaviors, are formed by an optimal number of excitatory and...
Jun
27
2025
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Evanston
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and summer months (Apr-Sept). ...
Jul
2
2025
Special Complex Systems Seminar: Hiroki Sayama: "Adaptive network...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
Adaptive networks are a class of dynamical network models in which both the states of nodes/edges and the structure of the network itse...