Our Events

Recurring events

Colloquiums

• SCI Summer Colloquium - The Smalley-Curl Institute Summer Research Colloquium began in 1986 as the RQI Colloquium and has been held in August of each year. The purpose of the SCI Summer Research Colloquium is to provide undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers working at Rice with an opportunity to present their most recent work.
• The next SCI Summer Colloquium is scheduled for Friday, August 7, 2026.

Seminars

• Quantum (RQI) Seminar Series
• Theory and Computation in the Physical Sciences (TCPS) Lectures
• NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (NRT-CQED) Lectures
• RCQM Seminars
• eQMA Seminars
• Distinguished Lecture Series
• Frontier Condensed Matter Physics (FCMP) Seminar Series (RLEMM)
• Chapman Lectures

Workshops

• 2025 Rice Winter School on Quantum Material Synthesis and Workshop on Quantum Geometry
• 2025 eQMA Workshop on Hidden Orders and Quantum Entanglement

Symposiums

• 2025 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium

Group Meetings and Lunches

• Quantum (RQI) Group Meetings
• Quantum (RQI) Lunches
• Thematic Working Interest Groups (TWIG)

For more information about past events, visit the event archive page.