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Physics Colloquium Series, Spring 2013 and beyond

Usual Time and Place » Thursday: 4:15 p.m. / Rockefeller 301

Unusual times or locations are noted in red.

Date Speaker Title Host
January 17 Philip Phillips
UIUC
Unparticles in Strongly Correlated Electron Matter Harsh Mathur
January 24 Edwin Meyer
Baldwin Wallace University
The Two-Envelope Paradox Ed Caner
January 31 Karin Dahmen
UIUC
Unifying theory for universal quake statistics: from compressed nanopillars to earthquakes Harsh Mathur
February 7 George Dubyak (Physiology and Biophysics), Paul Tesar (Genetics), Harsh Mathur (Physics)
CWRU
The 2012 Science Nobel Prizes - What were they given for?
February 14 Dan Lacks
CWRU Chemical Engineering
Electrostatic charging of flowing granular materials Phil Taylor
February 21 Sean Carroll
Caltech
Many Worlds, the Born Rule, and Self-Locating Uncertainty Harsh Mathur
February 28 Yi-Kuo Yu
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Molecular interactions: linking physics and biology Harsh Mathur
March 7 R. Shankar
Yale University
Hamiltonian Theory of Fractional Chern Bands Kati Pech
March 21 No talk - APS March meeting
March 28 Hui Cao
Yale
Random laser, bio-inspired laser, and time-reversed laser Harsh Mathur
April 4 Daniela Bortoletto
Purdue University
The discovery of a new particle. Is it the Higgs? Kathy Kash
April 11 Bulbul Chakraborty
Brandeis
Origin of rigidity in granular solids Harsh Mathur
April 18 James C. Wyant
University of Arizona
Some Experiences Gained in Starting and Growing Optical Companies Jie Shan
April 25
Aug 29
Sept 5
Sept 12 Milton Cole
Penn State
To wet or not to wet? That is the Question Philip Taylor
Sept 19 Geralyn Zeller
Fermilab
TBA Harsh Mathur
Sept 26
2014 January 16 Michael Mann
Penn State University
TBA Harsh Mathur