Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, September 15
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “The Ubiquitous SQUID:  From Cosmology to Medicine,” John Clarke, UC at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  ORGANIC/ ORGANOMETALLIC SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “Selective PPARγ Modulators (SPPARγMs) for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes,” Blair Wood, Merck.  Refreshments will be served.

5:30 SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Electrostatic Spacecraft Relative-Control Applications,” Dr. Hanspeter Schaub, University of Colorado.  Refreshments at 5:00 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

TUESDAY, September 16
4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “A Path Integral Approach to Computational Nanoscience,” John Shumway, Arizona State University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Measuring the Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials at the Microscale Using Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction,” Matthew Miller, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, September 17
3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES – FIRE AND ICE, 2146 Snee Hall, “Water in Feldspar and in Volcanic Glass:  Implications for Magmatic Processes,” Sheila Seaman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Refreshments at 3:00 in Snee Hall Reading Room.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Phase Locking the Cell Cycle in Budding Yeast,” Eric Siggia, The Rockefeller University and Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Wind-Blown Sand,” James T. Jenkins, Cornell University.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, September 18
4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Science Building, “Late Gas Accretion onto Primordial Minihalos:  A Model for Leo~T, Pre-Reionization Fossils, and Extragalactic High-Velocity Clouds,” Massimo Ricotti, University of Maryland.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Shaping Nano-Scale Crystals:  From Shells to Technological Materials,” Dr. Christine Orme, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.  Refreshments at 4:00 in 260 Bard Hall.

FRIDAY, September 19
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