| 21 Sept. | Julia Steinberger – MIT “Trapping and Probing Ultracold Hydrogenic Atoms” [abstract] |
| 18 Oct. | Prof. Marek Demianski – Williams College and University of Warsaw Sigma Xi Lecture (Part I) “Discovering the Universe: Observations, New Windows” 4:15 p.m., Thompson Chemical Laboratory, Room 123 |
| 19 Oct. | Prof. Marek Demianski – Williams College and University of Warsaw Sigma Xi Lecture (Part II) “Discovering the Universe, Part II: Models, Evolution and the Beginning” 4:15 p.m., Thompson Chemical Laboratory, Room 123 |
| 26 Oct. | Prof. Charles Conover – Colby College “Coherent Control of Quantum Systems” |
| 2 Nov. | Prof. Humphrey Maris – Brown University “The Fission of the Electron” [abstract] |
| 16 Nov. | Prof. Mark Trodden – Syracuse University “Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe” [abstract] |
| 18 Jan. | Thesis Student Talks Gabriel Brammer, Bethany Cobb, S. Charles Doret, Alexander G. Glenday, John M. Parman, John H. Spivack, Hans F. Stabenau Room 205 – 1:00pm |
| 22 January | Richard Rhodes “In the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” 8:00pm – Adams Memorial Theater |
| 1 February | Prof. Michael Zuker – RPI – sponsored by Physics Dept., Biology Dept., & Computer Science Dept. “Algorithms and Statistics for Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure Prediction” TBL Room 112 [abstract] |
| 8 February | Astrophysics Thesis talks Gabriel Brammer & Bethany Cobb 3:00pm – Physics Lab Tours |
| 15 February | Dr. Claire Max – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory “Adaptive Optics: Sharper Eyes on the Sky” TPL 205 – 1:00 pm |
| 11 March | Prof. Jonathan Arons ’65 – University of California at Berkeley Title: Magnetars in the Metagalaxy: The Origin of “Cosmic Baseballs” (Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays) TPL 205 – 4:00pm |
| 11 April | Julie Rapoport – Northwestern University “Engineering after Williams” |
| 12 April | Henry Roe – University of California at Berkeley “Weather Report from Another Planet: New Developments at Titan’s South Pole” |
| 19 April | Noel Goddard – Rockefeller University “Sequence Dependent Rigidity of Single Stranded DNA” |
| 26 April | Jamie Williams – N.I.S.T. – Gaithersburg, MD “Spin Waves in an Ultracold Dilute Gas of Atoms” |
| 13 May | Student Thesis Talks – Bethany Cobb, Gabriel Brammer, S. Charles Doret, John Parman, Hans F. Stabenau & Alexander Glenday TPL Room 205, 1:00pm |