1999-2000 Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series 

17 Sept.	Prof. Kelvin Chu, University of Vermont Title: "A Physicist's Approach to Biology: Structure, Function, and Dynamics in Proteins" [abstract]
22 Sept.	Stephanie Wilson, NASA Astronaut, Bernhard Visiting Fellow Public Lecture - Brooks Rogers - 8:00 PM "The Life of an Astronaut"
23 Sept.	Stephanie Wilson, NASA Astronaut, Bernhard Visiting Fellow Title: "Observing the Sky with a NASA Space Mission"
1 Oct.	Prof. James Heyman '85, Macalester College Title: "Infrared Spectra in a Trillionth of a Second" [abstract]
8 Oct.	Dr. John Sunderland '81, Biomedical Research Foundation Title: The Physics of Positron Emission Tomography: Medical Imaging with Anti-Matter [abstract]
15 Oct.	Prof. Daniel Reich, John Hopkins University Title: "Low-dimensional Quantum Magnets"
22 Oct.	Adrienne Wootters, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Title: "Avalanches of superfluid Helium in Porous Materials" [abstract]
29 Oct.	Froney Crawford '94, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: "400 New Pulsars from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey"[abstract]
12 Nov.	Dr. Shawn Burdick '81, Mt. Greylock High School Title: TBA
19 Nov.	Prof. Ed Kearns, Boston University Title: "Mystery of Missing Neutrinos"
3 Dec.	Prof. Eric Hessels, York University, Canada Title: "Precise Spectroscopy of Atoms"
10 January	Physics Thesis Talks, 1:30 PM - Bronfman Room 106 - 20-minute progress reports Mark Acton, Anthony Ndirango, Kevin O'Connor, Andrew Speck
18 January	Prof. Beth Parks , Colgate University Title: "Time-domain Terahertz Spectroscopy: Making Electrons Jiggle and Jump" 10:00 AM - Bronfman Science Center, Room 105
21 January	Dr. Travis Mitchell - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Boulder, CO Title: "Plasma Crystal Experiments at NIST" [abstract] 10:30 AM - Bronfman Science Center, Room 106
24 January	Dr. Steven Dodge - Berkeley National Laboratory - Berkeley, CA Title: "Solid State Dynamics in Real Time" [abstract] 4:00 PM - Bronfman Science Center, Room 106
3 Feb (Thurs)	Dr. Robert Leheny - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: "Quantum Magnetism in Two Dimensions" 4:00 PM - Bronfman Science Center, Room 106
11 Feb	Astrophysics Thesis Talks, 2:30 PM, Bronfman Science Center, Room 103 20-minute progress reports Sara Kate May, Kevin Russell, Rebecca Cover
3 Mar	Gustavo Stolovitzky - IBM Computational Biology Center, TJ Watson Research Center Title: "Analysis of Gene Expression Microarrays for Phenotype Classification" [abstract]
10 Mar	Jason Zimba '91 - U.C. Berkeley Title: "Bohr or Borges? Quantum Realism and the Uncertainty Relations"
4 Apr	Dr. Magda Stavinschi - Director, Astronomical Institute, Bucharest, Romania Title: "The Eclipse in Romania"
7 Apr	Dr. Peter Foukal - CRI Inc., Boston MA "New Insights into Solar Luminosity Variation and Its Influence on Climate" 2:30 PM, Bronfman Science Center, Room 103
10 Apr	Christopher Shera - Harvard Graduate School Title: "Listening to the Ear" 4:00 PM, Bronfman Science Center, Room 104
13 April	Jonathan Friedman - The State University of New York at Stonybrook Title: "Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena in Molecular Magnets and SQUIDs" [abstract]
14 Apr	Prof. David Hall - Amherst College Title: "Putting the Spin in a Bose-Einstein Condensate"
21 Apr	Prof. Janice Hudgings - Mt. Holyoke College Title: Mixing Light and Semiconductors: A Bright Idea"
28 Apr	Ben Widom - Cornell University Title: "Hydrophobic Attraction in One, Two and Three Dimensions"
4 May	Steve Weinstein - Princeton University - Assistant Prof. of Philosophy Title: "The Future of Determinism" [abstract] co-sponsored with Philosophy Dept.
5 May	Prof. Geoff Nunes '83 - Dartmouth College Title - "Berry's Phase and Millikelvin Force Microscopy" [abstract]
16 May	Physics Thesis talks: 9am - noon - Mark Acton, Ginel Hill, Anthony Ndirango, Kevin O'Connor, Andrew Speck Astrophysics Thesis talks: 2pm - 4pm - Rebecca Cover, Sara Kate May, Kevin Russell
25 May	Prof. Paul Weber - Grinell College Title: "Small Particles at a Small College: Research in Tau Lepton Physics."