World Quantum Day
World Quantum Day
Discover the extraordinary achievements and potential of quantum mechanics.
IQUIST celebrates World Quantum Day on Saturday, April 12, 2025 with campus community members and the public.
Quantum science has led to the development of revolutionary technologies such as LED lights, MRI scanners, solar panels, lasers and the atomic clock, which is essential for GPS. World Quantum Day is an opportunity for the public to get to know the quantum scientists, who will share knowledge and inspire the next wave of quantum discoveries, from quantum computing to sensing and communication. The possibilities are limitless!
Featured Events
Saturday Engineering for Everyone Lecture
11 a.m. | April 12, 2025
Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
Guest speaker, author, researcher and professor Nicole Yunger Halpern will talk about "Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow."
Quantum Scavenger Hunt & Live Demos
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | April 12, 2025
Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
Join us for a scavenger hunt, hands-on demonstrations, liquid nitrogen ice cream and a book signing by Author Nicole Yunger Halpern. A limited supply of books will be available for purchase.
RSVPs are encouraged but not required.
The university plans to capture photographs and video of these events. Be aware that if you attend, you are consenting to the possibility that your image and likeness may be shared or published by the university for marketing-communications purposes
More Experiences
Quantum at Krannert
7:30 p.m. | April 19, 2025
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts celebrates the UNESCO 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with a re-envisioned performance of Quantum Voyages, a performance piece conceived and written by University of Illinois faculty Smitha Vishveshwara (Physics) and Latrelle Bright (Theatre Studies), with music by Stephen Taylor (Composition-Theory). Quantum Voyages premiered in 2018 at the University of Illinois in celebration of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Anthony Leggett’s 80th birthday.
LabEscape
World-renowned quantum physicist Professor Schrödenberg desperately needs your help! Search her lab and solve puzzles to reveal clues and complete your mission! While all the puzzles involve physics phenomena, no prior background is assumed. Free admission April 11-13. Sign up is required.
QuanTime
QuanTime offers fun educational activities to introduce middle and high school students to quantum information science. Both online and hands-on activities are available, and no teacher expertise in quantum science is required.
This year, join K-12 educators across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana in a month-long opportunity to engage students of all ages in the rapidly expanding universe of quantum information science and engineering.