The UMD Department of Physics cordially invites you to the

Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship

with

Vedika Khemani
Stanford University

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Light refreshments at 3 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Lecture
John S. Toll Physics Building, Room 1410

Paid parking is available on the roof of Regents Drive Garage. Please visit a pay station before you leave the garage roof. Additionally, the free #104 ShuttleUM bus runs between the College Park Metro Station and Regents Drive at about 15-minute intervals.

Questions? Contact the Department of Physics at physchair-rsvp@umd.edu or 301-405-5944.

About the Lecture
Hosted by the University of Maryland Department of Physics and the Condensed Matter Theory Center, the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas honors Professor Prange, whose distinguished career at Maryland spanned four decades. The prize, which carries a $10,000, honorarium, was made possible by the generosity of Prange's wife, Dr. Madeleine Joullié of the University of Pennsylvania.

Prange accepted a position at the University of Maryland in 1961. Until his retirement in 2000, he played a vital role in the life of the Department of Physics. He led a substantial reform of its undergraduate major program and served energetic and innovative terms as chair of crucial departmental entities, including the Salary, Priorities, and Appointment, Promotion and Tenure committees. His was an important and highly-respected voice in all departmental deliberations.

Prange was the editor of a well-known book on the Quantum Hall Effect, but his interests reached well beyond condensed matter, into every substantive aspect of theoretical physics, including some pioneering work on quantum chaos. He was at complete ease discussing subjects as disparate as ferromagnetism and the cosmological constant. His interests also included history and travel.