Event listings

Spacetime in Star Trek

13 Jul

Date: Sunday 13 July 2025
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Boyd Orr Building, Lecture Theatre 222
Speaker: Dr Erin MacDonald

Public lecture from Glasgow alumna Dr Erin MacDonald on the science of spacetime and her own career path from a PhD in gravitational-wave astronomy to science consultant for Star Trek.

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Glasgow through the Looking-Glass (exhibition)

01 May

Date: Thursday 01 May 2025 - Thursday 31 July 2025
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow, G3 7DN

An exhibition at the Mitchell Library (Glasgow), to mark the publication of reputedly the world's first comics in Glasgow, in 1825. Coincides with a series of parallel talks and family-friendly events (see separate website).

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From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime

16 Jul

Date: Wednesday 16 July 2025
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The Clyde Auditorium, SEC
Speaker: Prof. Carole Mundell

Join Glasgow alumna Prof. Carole Mundell, now Director of Science at the European Space Agency (ESA), to hear about some of the astronomical highlights of the last 50 years of ESA and plans for future missions to learn about gravity, cosmology and our place in the Universe. Before and after the talk, there is the opportunity to enjoy science demonstrations from research staff in the Institute for Gravitational Research.

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Explorathon at Doors Open Day

20 Sep

Date: Saturday 20 September 2025 - Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

From cutting-edge engineering to arts and humanities, dip into the fantastic research happening on your doorstep, with family-friendly activities and exhibits as part of the Scotland-wide “Explorathon” festival, in partnership with Glasgow Doors Open Days. Free, drop-in.

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Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture 2025

24 Oct

Date: Friday 24 October 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: McCall Lecture Theatre, Garscube Campus
Speaker: Professor Andrea Nolan

The 2025 Weipers Memorial Lecture, ‘Clinics to campus: a veterinary tale of pain, pleasure and progress’, will be delivered by Professor Andrea Nolan. After four decades as a veterinary surgeon during periods of immense change, Andrea will reflect on the different but surprisingly complementary threads of her learning from work as a researcher in animal pain and a university leader to offer insights for the future.

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