2010-2011
Events
All SPS talks are held on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. in the 3rd floor Lounge, Sloane Physics Lab unless otherwise noted.
Previous Calendars: [2009-2010] | [2008-2009] | [2007-2008] | [2006-2007] | [2005-2006] | [Spring 2005]
| Fall 2010 | ||
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| Date | Speaker | Title |
| Sept. 29 | Professor Kanani Lee (Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University) | Pressure- and chemistry-dependent electron capture radioactivity: Aren't decay constants, constant? |
| Oct. 13 | Dr. Thierrry Emonet (Departments of Physics & MCDB) | From Molecules to Behavior: A Dynamical Systems Perspective |
| Fri., Oct. 15 time and place TBD | MIT Recruitment Panel | Graduate school and a discussion on women in physics and the physical sciences |
| Oct. 27 | Dr. Evan Finch (Department of Physics) | Searching for Exotica in QCD Matter |
| Nov. 3 | Prof. Meg Urry (Physics Department Chair) | A Talk on How to Give a Talk |
| Nov. 10 | Profs. Steve Lamoreaux, Paul Tipton, Sarbani Basu, and Eric Dufresne | Panel discussion on graduate school and admission |
| Nov. 19-29 | Fall Recess |
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| Spring 2011 | ||
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| Date | Speaker | Title |
| Jan. 24 | Meet and Greet in DL 107 | Meet your classmates! Learn about summer programs and research opportunities! Ask questions about the GRE or graduate school! Sneak preview of future talks! |
| Jan. 31 | Prof. Marla Geha (Astronomy) in DL 107 | Dark matter! Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way! |
| Feb. 28 | Prof. Jun Korenaga (Geology & Geophysics) in DL 107 | Thermal History of Earth and the Evolution of Plate Tectonics |
| Mar. 28 | Prof. Mary-Louise Timmermans (Geology & Geophysics) in DL 107 | Physical Arctic Oceanography |
| Apr. 1 | Prof. Volker Werner (Physics) in SPL 3rd Floor Lounge | Into a New Era of Nuclear Physics |
| Apr. 8 | Prof. Tobias Goling (Physics) in WLH 211 | The Large Hadron Collider & ATLAS-Exploring the Energy Frontier |
| Apr. 15 | Dr. Stephen Avery (U. Penn) in SPL 3rd Floor Lounge | Preparing for the Adaptive Role of the Physicist in Healthcare |
| Apr. 18 | Prof. Francesco Iachello (Physics) in DL 107 | Symmetry: The Search for Order in Nature |
| Apr. 27 | Spring Picnic |
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