2009-2010 Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series 

Unless otherwise noted, all talks take place at 2:30 p.m. in Thompson Physical Laboratory 205.

16 Sept.
(Wednesday)

Prof. Steven Strogatz - Cornell University - Joint colloquium sponsored by the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Dept. of Physics, and the Class of 1960 Scholars Program - 1:00 - 1:50 pm - Bronfman Auditorium
Title: "The Mathematics of Collective Synchronization"

18 Sept.

Physics and Astronomy faculty
Title: "All about Graduate School"

25 Sept.

Prof. Witold Skiba - Yale University (particle theory)
Title: "The uncharted energy range at the Large Hadron Collider"

2 Oct.

Prof. Kurt Jacobs - Boston University
Title: "Putting the Quantum into Mechanics" [
abstract]

8 Oct.
(Thursday)

Public Lecture - Dr. William Phillips - N.I.S.T. - 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Title: "Almost Absolute Zero: Time and Einstein in the 21st Century"
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 4:00 pm in TCL 123 - Wege Auditorium

9 Oct.

Student meeting with Dr. William Phillips at 2:30 pm in Student Common Room TPL 104

16 Oct.

Mountain Day!

23 Oct.

Prof. David Hall - Amherst College (BEC experiment)
Title: "Tunable Interatomic Interactions 1-2-3"

30 Oct.

 

5-6 Nov.

Sigma Xi Lectures - Michelle Thaller - Goddard Space Flight Center - 4:00 pm - TCL 123 Wege Auditorium

6 Nov.

Chemistry colloquium - Prof. Daniel Aalberts - 1:10 pm - TCL 123 Wege Auditorium
Title: "Loopy stabilization of RNA loops: how entropy creates order"

6 Nov.

Prof. Dan Robb '93 - Berry College
Title: "Modeling the growth of a hexagonal nanoparticle"

13 Nov.

Prof. Dave Mathews - University of Rochester Medical School
Title: "Predicting the 3D Structure and Dynamics of RNA"

20 Nov.

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4 Dec.

Prof. Melissa Eblen-Zayas - Carleton College
Title: TBA

11 Dec.

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Past Years Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

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2009-2010 Academic Calendar from the Registrar's web site.