On day two, attendees gathered for breakfast, followed by three invited lectures, a panel session on the future of computation and physics, and an experience of the Chicago Symphony's performance of Elijah.

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On day two, attendees gathered for breakfast, followed by three invited lectures, a panel session on the future of computation and physics, and an experience of the Chicago Symphony's performance of Elijah.

On day one, attendees chose between touring Argonne or Fermilab. After getting to meet some of the researchers their and explore the labs, they united on-campus for dinner, afterward heading to the Bog for bowling.

30 seconds of totality brought 100 students to ride on a bus for 3 hours to Crawfordsville, Indiana in pursuit of experiencing a total solar eclipse. Our telescope and attendees collected a number of photos to capture the essence of totality.

Dr. Springer studies heavy-ion collisions and cares deeply about the future physicists who do (or don't) decide to study heavy-ion collision – In other words, he cares about how physics is taught. We had the chance to have lunch with him and learn about his current work.

In a film released before Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, director Stanley Kubrick tells the story of humanity finding a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and setting off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advanced super computer.

A movie that begs the question: If aliens exist, how compatible are our languages? In collaboration with Lewis College and English Language Services, and thanks to astrophysicist Dr. Emily Leiner, attendees discussed that important presupposition.

As part of our mentorship program, we host a semesterly event known as the Peer Mentoring Session, inviting all students of the university interested in guidance related to physics to join us for one lunch period to meet others and our student mentors.

Dr. Zasadzinski has been with the department since before it was known that Gödel proved the existence of God. For over two hours, SPS President Jacob H. Thomas engages with Dr. Z, guiding an audience through his past, the department's history, and the development of superconductivity.

Dr. Marissa Giustina designed, built, and led the experiment that led to the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. Now, Dr. Giustina is a senior research scientist at Google, visiting Illinois Tech to discuss quantum computing and her test of local realism.

Thanks to Dr. Andrew Johnston, we had an incredible tour of Adler Planetarium, getting to see their special collections and even check out the observatory. Whether it's a painting of mars, a rare book on constellations, or an antique telescope, they have it!

Receiving a donation from Adler Planetarium, commissioning a painting from SPS IIT alum Halle Helfrich, and purchasing a mini-fridge are just some of the steps we are taking to enhance PS 255 in hopes to transform it into the centre for both students and faculty in the natural sciences.