Department of Physics and AstronomyPrevious Years Events

This is for archival purposes only!

2025

• [12/12/2025] Department Winter Holiday Party [Photo]
• [11/22/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [11/07/2025] TTU at the Lubbock Lake Landmark [Flyer]
• [11/06/2025] Family STEM Night [Photo]
• [11/05/2025] 2025 Distinguished Staff Award Ceremony [Photo]
• [11/05/2025] 2025 STEM CON [Photo]
• [10/31/2025] 2025 Spooktacular Costume Contest [Photo]
• [10/18/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [10/10/2025] TTU Astronight at the Lubbock Lake Landmark
• [10/07/2025] 2025 Bucy Distinguished Lecture (Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan) [Photo]
• [10/03/2025] 2025 Departmental Poster Competition [Photo]
• [09/20/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [09/19/2025] The First Texas Quantum Summit @ Texas A&M University [Photo]
• [09/17/2025] Physics & Astronomy Welcome Party 2025 @ Dairy Barn [Photo]
• [08/23/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [08/22/2025] Kim Zinsmeyer's Retirement Party [Photo]
• [05/06/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [05/06/2025] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photo]
• [04/11/2025] The Annual Department Banquet [Photo]
• [03/01/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch 
• [02/26/2025] South Plains Science Fair [Photo]
• [02/01/2025] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch 
• [01/24/2025] Astronight 

2024

• [12/06/2024] Physics & Astronomy Winter Holiday Party [Photo]
• [11/07/2024] Family STEM Night [Photo]
• [11/02/2024] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch
• [11/01/2024] Special Seminar on 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics: [Photo]
• [10/31/2024] Halloween Treats & Costume Contest [Photo]
• [10/24/2024] Astronight
• [10/11/2024] 2024 Departmental Poster Competition: [Photo]
• [10/05/2024] Star Party at the 3 River Ranch [Photo]
• [09/27/2024] Astronight [Photo]
• [09/10/2024] Celebration for Dr. Lodhi’s  60 YEARS of service at TTU [Photo]
• [09/05/2024] Physics & Astronomy Welcome BBQ Party 2024 [Photo]
• [08/09/2024] Academic Sciences Building Ribbon Cutting
• [06/10-19/2024] QuarkNet Summer Workshop [Photo]
• [04/23/2024] 2024 Bucy Distinguished Lecture (Dr. Rita Sambruna) [Photo]
• [04/12/2024] The Annual Department Banquet [Photo]
• [04/12/2024] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photo]
• [04/08/2024] Eclipse Viewing Event @ TTU: [Live] [Photo]
• [03/07/2024] Waves and Particles for Flute Quartet [Photo]
• [02/22/2024] South Plains Science Fair [Program],  [Photo]

2023

• [12/14/2023] Holiday Happening [Photo]
• [11/13/2023] Family STEM Night [Photo]
• [11/03/2023] Special Seminar on 2023 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry: [Event Page] [Photo]
• [10/31/2023] Halloween Treats & Costume Contest: [Photo]
• [10/14/2023] Experience The Eclipse @ YWCA of Lubbock: [Event Page] [Photo]
• [10/06/2023] 2023 Departmental Poster Competition: [Event Page] [Photo]
• [09/07/2023] Physics & Astronomy Welcome BBQ Party 2023 [Photo]
• [05/18/2023] Academic Sciences Building: Topping Out Ceremony [Photo: 1, 2, 3]
• [04/28/2023] The Annual Department Banquet [Photo]
• [04/28/2023] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photo]
• [04/21/2023] Astronight [Photo]
• [04/21/2023] Recruitment Event: Blockchain Networks or Quantum Computing? [Photo]
• [04/19/2023] 2023 Bucy Distinguished Lecture (Dr. Tony Heinz) [Photo]
• [04/14-15/2023] Annual Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit | PHAS Reception for Dr. Esquivel
• [03/21/2023] Dr. Lodhi’s 55+ Years of Service Pin Presentation [Photo]
• [02/24/2023] Astronight
• [02/16/2023] South Plains Science Fair [Photo]

2022

• [12/10/2022] Astronight
• [11/17/2022] Astronight [Photo]
• [11/04/2022] Special Seminar on 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics [Photo]
• [10/31/2022] Department Halloween Party [Photo]
• [10/18/2022] 2022 Spanish Bucy Distinguished Lecture [ English | Spanish ] (Dr. Davide Lazzati) [Photo]
• [10/15/2022] Astronight[Photo]
• [10/07/2022] 2022 Departmental Poster Competition: [Event Page], [Photo]
• [09/30/2022] Triple "P" Night (Physics, Philosophy, and Pizza)[Photo]
• [09/16/2022] Astronight [Photo]
• [09/08/2022] Physics & Astronomy Welcome Party 2022[Photo]
• [08/20/2022] Astronight [Photo]
• [07/11-15/2022] QuarkNet Summer Workshop [Photo]
• [07/09/2022] Astronight[Photo]
• [06/05/2022] Astronight
• [05/15/2022] Star Party at Skyview Observatory (9:00 pm)
• [04/09/2022] The Annual Department Banquet [Photo]
• [04/09/2022] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photo]
• [04/05/2022] 2022 Bucy Distinguished Lecture (Dr. Eric Cornell, Nobel Laureate) [Photo]
• [02/25/2022] South Plains Science Fair[Photo]

2021

• [11/30/2021] The 63rd Annual Carol of Lights
• [10/08/2021] 2021 Departmental Poster Competition [Photo]
• [06/29-07/02/2021] QuarkNet Summer Workshop
• [05/21/2021] Astronight
• 05/05/2021] 2021 Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photos]
• [03/19/2021] Astronight[Video]
• [02/26/2021] South Plains Science Fair [Virtual]

2020

• [12/21/2020] Astronight
• [11/20/2020] Astronight
• [11/6/2020] Departmental Poster Competition [Photo]
• [09/17/2020] Welcome Party for Graduate Students
• [09/16/2020] Welcome Party for Undergraduate Students
• [08/10/2020] Workshop on Quantum Information & Quantum Computation at Texas Tech [Photo], [poster]
• [04/17/2020] Sigma Pi Sigma virtual induction ceremony
• [02/07/2020] South Plains Science Fair

2019

• [11/08/2019] Astronight
• [10/24-26/2019] Texas Section of APS/AAPT/SPS Meeting [Photo]
• [10/18/2019] Departmental Poster Competition
• [09/20/2019] Astronight
• [09/13/2019] Welcome Party for Physics Majors [Photos]
• [09/06/2019] Welcome Party for Graduate Students
• [06/3-7/2019] QuarkNet Summer Workshop
• [05/30-31/2019] NRAO community day at TTU
• [04/26/2019] The Annual Department Banquet [Photos]
• [04/26/2019] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony [Photos]
• [04/12/2019] Astronight
• [03/26/2019] 2019 Bucy Distinguished Lecture (by Prof. Marlan Scully, Texas A&M & Princeton)
• [02/08/2019] Astronight
• [02/21/2019] South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair [Photos]
• [02/08/2019] Astronight

2018

• [12/13/2018] Michael N. Clingan Posthumous Degree Ceremony [Photos]
• [10/13/2018] Astronomy Day
• [10/12/2018] Departmental Poster Competition [Photos]
• [09/13/2018] Welcome BBQ for Physics Majors [Photos]
• [09/06/2018] Welcome BBQ for Graduate Students [Photos]
• [04/20/2018] The Annual Department Banquet[Photo]
• [04/20/2018] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction Ceremony[Photos]
• [02/09/2018] South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair
• [01/20/2018] 2018 Physics Department Winter Party

2017

• [10/28/2017] Annual Star Party Learn More
• [10/06/2017] Departmental Poster Competition, [Photos] Learn More
• [09/06/2017] Majors Welcome BBQ  Learn More
• [08/30/2017] New Grad Students Welcome BBQ  Learn More
• [02/24-25/2017] The 61st Annual South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair  Learn More

• [10/28/2017] Annual Star Party  Learn More

• [10/6/2017] Departmental Poster Competition, [Photos] Learn More

• [9/6/2017] Majors Welcome BBQ Learn More

• [8/30/2017]  New Grad Students Welcome BBQ Learn More

• [2/24-25/2017] The 61st Annual South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair Learn More

2016

• [10/20-21/2016] US Endcap Calorimetry Workshop at TTU  Learn More
• [02/24/2016] Reception for LIGO Gravity Wave Discovery  Learn More

• [2/24-25/2017] The 61st Annual South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair Learn More

• [10/20-21/2016] US Endcap Calorimetry Workshop at TTU  Learn More

• [2/24/2016] Reception for LIGO Gravity Wave Discovery  Learn More

2014

• [02/14/2014] 50 Years of Physics at TTU  

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2012

• [10/25-27/2012] Texas Section of the American Physical Society Joint Fall Meeting  Learn More
• [06/04-08/2012] The XVth International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics  Learn More

• [10/25-27/2012] Texas Section of the American Physical Society Joint Fall Meeting  Learn More

• [6/4-8/2012] The XVth International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics  Learn More

2011

• [08/08-11/2011] The 2011 Open Science Grid Summer Workshop & CMS Tier 3 workshop  

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• [8/8-11/2011] The 2011 Open Science Grid Summer Workshop & CMS Tier 3 workshop  Learn More

2010

• [05/20/2010] Physics Day 2010 @ TTU  

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• [5/20/2010] Physics Day 2010 @ TTU  Learn More

2008

• [09/09/2008] LHC Open House & Public Lecture @ TTU  

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• [9/9/2008] LHC Open House & Public Lecture @ TTU  Learn More

2004

• [2004 Summer] Science, It's A Girl Thing  

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• [2004 Summer] Science, It's A Girl Thing  Learn More

2003

• [10/23-25/2003] Texas Section of the American Physical Society Joint Fall Meeting  

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• [10/23-25/2003] Texas Section of the American Physical Society Joint Fall Meeting  Learn More