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Professor David Gerdes performs a physics demonstration using a plastic ball on a string.

Saturday Morning Physics: Thirty Years of Engaging, Educating, and Entertaining the Public

Event Details

date and Time

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Event Type

In-person

Location

Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 1398 E. Ann Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Physics is fundamental to our world, impacting all of our lives every single day.

For thirty years U-M’s Saturday Morning Physics has been exploring cosmic mysteries and answering practical problems with the public through striking experiments and live lectures. Professor of Physics and Biomedical Engineering Timothy Chupp has been a key part of the program since its start and will share its history and discuss how public science is more important now than ever.