Peyton Rhodes Lecture Series
Since 1986, the Peyton N. Rhodes Physics Lecture Series has brought to the campus and community experts in the physical sciences and astronomy. Endowed by friends of the former physics professor, president and namesake of the College, the PNR lecture series has acquainted students, faculty, and friends with new developments and changing interpretations of the physical world.
| Year | PNR Speaker | Title of Presentation |
| 1986 | Dr. Stephen Marin | Halley’s Comet and the Hubble Space Telescope |
| 1991 | Dr. Joseph Ajello ′62 | The Golden Age of Solar System Exploration by Unmanned Spacecraft |
| 1992 | Dr. Alan Lightman | The Origins of the Universe |
| 1993 | Dr. John Firor | Sustainable Development . . . But How? |
| 1994 | Dr. J. Reece Roth | Ball Lighting: What Nature is Trying to Tell Us |
| 1995 | Dr. Thomas Holzer | The Sun’s Influence on Earth |
| 1997 | Dr. Clifford Will | Was Einstein Right? |
| 2000 | Dr. William Hendee | Radiation Treatment of Cancer: Why it Works and How it is Getting Better |
| 2002 | Claude Nicollier | Hubble Space Telescope |
| 2004 | Dr. Geoffrey West | Size, Scale, and Fractals From the Big Bang to Life |
| 2004 | Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. | Superstring/M-theory: The DNA of Existence? |
| 2005 | Dr. Debra Fischer | Hunting for Other Worlds |
| 2009 | Dr. Joanna Hinz | A Study in Scarlett: The Spitzer Space Telescope View of the Triangulum Galaxy |
| 2010 | Dr. Ruth Howes | Women of the Manhattan Project |
| 2013 | Dr. Lisa Randall | Knocking on Heaven′s Door: An Evening with Dr. Lisa Randall |