Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, October 20
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, BETHE LECTURE, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “The Mystery of Dark Energy,” Robert Kirshner, Harvard University.  Refreshments, 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 226 Weill Hall, “Domain in the Membrane:  Lipid Domains in Bilayers and Monolayer Microbubble Shells,” Marjorie Longo, University of California.   Refreshments at 3:45 in 226 Weill Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  SPECIAL SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “Large-Scale Synthesis of Uniform-Sized Nanoparticles and Their Designed Assembly and Multifunctional Biomedical Applications,” Taeghwan Hyeon, Seoul National University.

TUESDAY, October 21
4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Crackling Noise and Complexity in Natural Systems,” Gianfranco Durin, Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Effect of Implant Geometry of the Total Shoulder Replacement on the Joint Kinematics and Contact Mechanics,” Yingxin Gao, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, October 22
3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES – FIRE AND ICE, 2146 Snee Hall, “Snap, Crackle, Hum:  Stretching the Crust Through Repeated Dike Intrusions in Afar,” Cindy Ebinger, University of Rochester.  Refreshments at 3:00 in Snee Hall Reading Room.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” Prashant Mehta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

7:30 BETHE PUBLIC LECTURE, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “The Accelerating Universe:  Einstein’s Blunder Undone,” Robert Kirshner, Harvard University. 

THURSDAY, October 23
3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 155 Olin Hall, “TBA,” Brad Chartrant, Angio Dynamics.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Fundamentals of Supernova Cosmology,” Robert Kirshner, Harvard University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Structure-Property Relationships in Organic Electro-Optic Materials,” Padma Gopalan, University of Wisconsin.  Refreshments at 4:00 in 260 Bard Hall.

FRIDAY, October 24
3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Resetting Behavior of Bursting in Secretory Pituitary Cells,” Hinke Osinga, University of Bristol.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.