2026 University of Oregon QuarkNet Workshop
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