2025 TASI students explore “Threads in a Theory Tapestry”
The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) recently held their summer intensive program, bringing 65 advanced graduate students in theoretical high energy physics to Boulder for the month of June.
This year’s program focused on topics around symmetry, quantum field theory, black holes and quantum gravity.
TASI is supported by local organizers and co-directors Oliver DeWolfe and Ethan Neil, both professors of physics at CU Boulder. This year’s scientific organizers were Clay Córdova (Chicago), David Poland (Yale), and Sasha Zhiboedov (CERN). The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the 91ƬAV.
“Every summer, 65 of the most promising and accomplished graduate students from around the country and around the world come to Boulder for the TASI summer school, a four-week program where they learn about cutting-edge developments in theoretical high energy physics from some of the field’s most accomplished researchers,” said DeWolfe and Neil.
Each year the school also hosts a lecture for the general public. This year’s lecture was presented by Luca Iliesiu, University of California, Berkeley.
DeWolfe and Neil added, “now in its 37th year at CU, TASI has become an institution in the field. It is always a joy to meet the lively and inquisitive students, knowing they will go on to be among the future leaders of theoretical physics.”
Visit thewebsite to learn more about this year’s program and view lectures. Applications for TASI 2026 open in January and will be due March 1, 2026.
