Welcome to our 2025-2026 program year. Our plan for this program year is for a mix of social events, in person Initiation and virtual meetings. We will also have our Undergraduate Research Symposium in March.
Iota Sigma Pi: Aurum Iodide Chapter
Announcement for Nov 2025 Meeting – Virtual
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
Dr. Stephon Alexander
Brown University
" The Jazz of Physics"
Meeting Agenda
• 7:00 PM (CST) - Speaker
• 8:00 PM Social hour (via breakout rooms)
Abstract: In his book, “The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe”, Dr. Stephon Alexander explores the link between Physics and Jazz to find answers to questions about the past and future of the universe. He draws from the great minds that first found links between music and physics, including Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, and Rakim and presents how the ancient poetic idea of the "Music of the Spheres," can assist in clarifying confounding issues in physics.
Bio: Professor Stephon Alexander is the Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics and Innovation at Brown University. He is a renowned theoretical physicist, author and jazz musician. His research bridges cosmology, particle physics, quantum gravity and the AI-physics connection. Alexander specializes the physics of the early universe, notably co-inventing a model that explains the origin of matter over antimatter in the universe and a new unification between Gravity and the Weak Interaction. A past President of the National Society of Black Physicists, he founded SoundPlusScience Inc., connecting music and STEM for high school students. His acclaimed book, The Jazz of Physics, explores parallels between jazz and modern physics. Alexander has held positions at Stanford, Imperial College, Penn State, and Dartmouth, contributing globally to science and education.
Please RSVP by Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, via Evite or to gshearerdgs@gmail.com. The meeting link will be sent to you by Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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