The QRISE Center Seminar Series continues next Friday, October 23rd, 1:00 p.m. CDT in WPS 200. Guest speaker, Markus Eisenbach, Senior Computational Scientist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will be speaking (in-person) on Scalable First-Principles Calculations for Alloys.

Please join the Women in Physics club meeting today (Friday, October 16th) at 4:00 pm in WPS 200, for fun games, physics achievements updates, and free food (1st-come, 1st-served).

Please join us for an online QRISE Center Seminar featuring three short talks on experimental, computational, and theoretical quantum systems research. Friday, October 9, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. CDT | Zoom The Zoom link mtsu.zoom.us/my/villanova.zo…

Society of Physics Students Presents: Spooky Scary Scavenger Hunt this Friday, October 9th at 4 pm in WPS 200. Channel your inner detective and solve the riddles. Prizes! Free Food! Candy!

Today is the last day to enter the Physics & Astronomy Department T-shirt Design Contest. Email your ideas to: [email protected].

ASTRONOMY CLUB PRESENTS: ❔TRIVIA NIGHT🧩 Come by WPS 200 at 5 pm, Oct. 2nd, to have a game night and win prizes! Club topics for future events like StarFest💫, will also be discussed. We look forward to seeing you🌙🔭

Please join us for the First Friday Star Party on October 2nd at 6:30 pm in Wiser Patten Science Hall, Room 102. Dr. Gregg McPherson will speak about the Science of Disaster Movies. The lecture will be followed by telescope observing, weather permitting.

We are excited to invite students to participate in the Interstate Quantum Hackathon for Beginners 2026, taking place October 22–24, 2026. See registration link and important dates below.

Dr. Hanna Terletska, Director of MTSU's QRISE Center and Physics & Astronomy Professor, represented MTSU at the Quantum World Congress. Tennessee was well represented overall and continues to position itself as a leader in the emerging quantum economy.

Please join us for an online QRISE Center Seminar featuring an invited speaker, Dr. Shirin Mozaffari, on experimental quantum materials research. Friday, September 25, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. CDT | Zoom The Zoom link mtsu.zoom.us/my/villanova.zo…

There will be a Monday study session for Phys 1 & 2 courses, algebra and calculus-based, in WPS 310, from 6-8 pm, this evening, September 21st. Pizza will be provided (1st-come, 1st-served basis).

The annual MTSU Career Fair is on Thursday from 11 am - 3 pm in the rec center. Every year physics majors get jobs or internships at this event. If you are serious, join the Zoom on Tuesday at mtsu.zoom.us/my/careerholly

SPS Presents: Physics & Astronomy Department T-shirt Design Contest. If you have a concept but lack the design skills, assistance is available. Due date is Friday, October 2nd

NASA Pathways Internships are a direct pipeline to full-time employment at NASA upon graduation. Click this link for more information: nasa.gov/careers/pathways/ The application window for the NASA Spring 2027 Pathways Internship is Monday, Sept. 21 - Friday, Sept. 25.

Join us for the upcoming Amplify Program Careers in Quantum Panel: From Grad School to National Labs to Industry on Friday, September 18, at 2:00 p.m. CDT via Zoom. The Zoom link mtsu.zoom.us/my/villanova.zo…

Women in Physics Trivia Night. Free food, fun times, and a welcoming community. Friday, September 18th at 4:00 p.m. in WPS 200.

Additional tutoring hours have been added for Physics and Astronomy on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tutoring is offered at the tutoring spot in the James E. Walker Library (MTSU).

MTSU Astronomy Club Interest Meeting tomorrow, Sept. 4th, from 5-6 pm in WPS 200. The Astronomy Club is looking forward to seeing all the space lovers of MTSU ON THE 4TH!! Come out for free pizza, a discussion of future club events, and an overall great time.

MTSU’s QRISE lands $2M federal grant (from NSF) for quantum, AI research. Physics professor Hanna Terletska, director of Quantum Research Interdisciplinary Science and Education Center, or QRISE, welcomed the first cohort of eight trainees to an orientation session at the Library

The stars are waiting! ✨📷Join us for the first Friday Star Party of the semester, Friday, September 4, and enjoy an evening exploring the universe with MTSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy. We hope to see you there!