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Monday, October 13th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jan Harms
Subject: Big Bang Observer - How to Listen to the First Heart Beat of the Universe
Wednesday, October 15th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Joerg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory
Subject: Emergent symmetries and dimensionality reduction at quantum critical points
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 16th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Steve Warren and Evan Skillman
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Guido Festuccia, University of California, Santa Cruz
Subject: Symmetric Points in the Landscape as Cosmological Attractors
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Joerg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory
Subject: Quantum critical transport in clean graphene
Friday, October 17th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Ken Heller
Subject: NOvA neutrino oscillation project
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Justin Revenaugh, UMN Geology
Subject: Structure of the Earth
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Tara Nummedal, Department of History, Brown University.
Subject: Kunst and Cabala: Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Secrets
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, October 20th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Terry Jones
Wednesday, October 22nd 2008
1:30 pm:
Special High Energy Theory Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Tirthabir Biswas
Subject: Dark Energy vs. Local Void
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: George Fuller, UCSD
Subject: Neutrinos: Stealthy Agents of Destruction and Creation in the Cosmos
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 23rd 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: No journal club this week.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Wan-il Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Subject: Thermal Inflation, Gravitiational Waves, Baryogenesis and Dark Matter
Friday, October 24th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Michael Zudov
Subject: Non-equilibrium transport in very high Landau levels of quantum Hall systems
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: ." Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
Subject: The Role of Vivisection in 17th-Century Anatomy
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, October 27th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Osamu Keto
Wednesday, October 29th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Salman Habib, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subject: The Dark Universe Challenge
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 30th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Delgado and Liliya Williams
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Friday, October 31st 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Paul Crowell
Subject: Spin Dynamics and Transport in Solids
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Juergen Ott, Caltech
Subject: Ammonia in the Local (and not so local) Universe
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Samir Okasha, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol
Subject: Philosophical Issues in the Levels of Selection Debate: Reduction, Causality, Emergence
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 3rd 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Liliya Williams
Thursday, November 6th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Chelsea Tiffany and Chick Woodward
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Nemanja Kaloper, University of California, Davis
Friday, November 7th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Vincent Noireaux
Subject: Cell-free Expression: Application to Gene Network and Synthetic Vesicles
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Robert Gehrz, UMN Astronomy
Subject: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, November 10th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chris Savage
Wednesday, November 12th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Charles Dermer, US Naval Research Laboratory
Subject: Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Origin in Light of First Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 13th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Paul Edmon
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Friday, November 14th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Boris Shklovskii
Subject: Biological Physics
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Brian McNamara, U Waterloo
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael Reidy, Department of History, Montana State University
Subject: Mountaineering and Physics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 17th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Wednesday, November 19th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Konstantin Matveev, Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: CM Theory
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 20th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Crystal Austin and Bob Gehrz
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Friday, November 21st 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Shifman
Subject: HEP theory
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Smith, UC Berkeley
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Carl Mitcham, Hennebach Program in the Humanities, Colorado School of Mines
Subject: The Philosophical Inadequacy of Engineering
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 24th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Larry Rudnick
Thursday, November 27th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: No journal club - Thanksgiving holiday
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Speaker Today
Subject: Thanksgiving Holiday, University Closed
Friday, November 28th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Subject: no seminar (Thanksgiving Break)
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week - Thanksgiving Holiday
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, December 1st 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kyle Zilic
Wednesday, December 3rd 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Gerardo Ortiz, Indiana University
Subject: Quantum Computation
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 4th 2008
Friday, December 5th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Oriol Valls
Subject: CM theory
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Brian Hart, U California, Irvine
Subject: Galaxy Clusters: Giants of the Universe
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, December 8th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Oleg Kamaev
Wednesday, December 10th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Anna Hayes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subject: Application of Nuclear Physics to Energy and National Security
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 11th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Friday, December 12th 2008
08:00 am:
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week
Thursday, December 18th 2008
08:00 am:
Thursday, December 25th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Speaker Today
Subject: Holiday, Univeristy Closed
Friday, December 26th 2008
Thursday, January 1st 2009
Wednesday, January 21st 2009
08:00 am:
Friday, January 23rd 2009
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Arkady Vainshtein
Subject: muon anomalous magnetic moment
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
Friday, January 30th 2009
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Shaul Hanany
Subject: Cosmic Microwave background observation
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
Friday, February 6th 2009
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Yuichi Kubota
Subject: CMS/LHC physics - SuperSymmetry, Extra Dimension, Higgs, ...
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
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