Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series
| Date | Title of Talk | Speaker | Speaker's Institution | Host |
| Nov. 14, 2008 | "The Quantum Criticality Conundrum" Abstract |
Dr. Robert B. Laughlin | Stanford University | Dr. Ilya Vekhter |
| March 15, 2006 | "Einstein's Vision and the Quantum Universe" Abstract |
Dr. James Hartle | University of California-Santa Barbara | Dr. Jorge Pullin Phys. & Astro. |
| Jan. 26, 2005 | "The Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond the Stars and the Starstuff We are Made of" |
Dr. Michael Turner |
Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Resources, National Science Foundation Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, |
Dr. Jorge Pullin Phys. & Astro. |
| Feb. 27, 2004 | "The Search for Dark Matter" | Dr. Bernard Sadoulet | Director, Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California-Berkeley |
Dr. Robert Svoboda Phys. & Astro. |
| Feb. 11, 2004 |
"Strange Views of Space and Time: Fron Einstein to String Theory" 5:00 PM |
Dr. Gary Horowitz | University of California- Santa Barbara Dept. of Physics |
Dr. Jorge Pullin Phys. & Astro. |
| Sept. 25, 2000 | "A Runaway Universe? Supernovae and Cosmic Expansion" |
Dr. Robert Kirshner |
Harvard University Dept. of Astronomy |
Drs. Arlo Landolt & Joel Tohline Phys. & Astro. |
| May 1, 2000 | "Space Exploration" | Dr. Daniel Goldin | NASA Administrator | Dr. John Wefel Phys. & Astro. |
| Oct. 10, 1999 | "History of Superconductivity: A Prime Example of the Scientific Method" |
Dr. Robert Schrieffer | National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University |
Dr. Roy Goodrich Phys. & Astro. |
| Sept. 9, 1999 | "The Cosmic Triangle: The Mass, Acceleration and Curvature of the Universe" | Dr. Neta Bahcall | Princeton University, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences |
Dr. Michael Cherry Phys. & Astro. |