17 Sept. | Professor Sarah Demer – Yale University Title: “Hunting for New Physics with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider” |
24 Sept. | Physics and Astronomy Faculty Title: “All about Graduate School” |
15 Oct. | Professor Courtney Lannert – Wellesley College Title: “Studying Quantum Dynamics with Ultracold Atomic Gases” |
22 Oct. | Professor Pan Li – University of Albany Title: “Effect of Mg2 Ions on Mechanical Unfolding of a Two-Base Pair of RNA Kissing Hairpin” [abstract] |
29 Oct. | Professor Luis Orozco – University of Maryland Title: “Ground State Quantum Beats” 2:00 p.m. in TPL 205 |
5 Nov. | Professor Ophelia Tsui – Boston University Title: “Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Films” [abstract] |
19 Nov. | Dr. Brian Wecht ’97 – University of Michigan Title: “Supersymmetry as a Theoretical Toolbox” [abstract] |
3 Dec. | Dr. Meg Schwamb – Yale University Title: “The Solar System Beyond Sedna” [abstract] |
6 Jan. | Honors Thesis Students Thesis Progress Reports 1:00 p.m. TPL 205 |
4 Feb. | Physics & Astronomy Faculty Title: “Quick Introductions to Astronomy & Physics Research Opportunities at Williams” |
11 Feb. | Justin Brown ’05 – Princeton University Title: “A New Limit on Lorentz- and CPT-Violating Neutron Spin Interactions” |
25 Feb. | Professor Bill Wootters – Williams College Title: “Physics in Rwanda” |
11 Mar. | Professor Ned Ladd ’86 – Bucknell University & Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Title: “Why Aren’t There More Stars? The Battle Against Gravity in our Galaxy’s Nurseries” [abstract] |
8 Apr. | Dr. Laura Brenneman ’99 – Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Title: “Spinning Black Holes” |
15 Apr. | Professor Graziano Vernizzi – Siena College Title: “RNA folding and Random Matrix Theory” |
22 Apr. | Professor Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate – University of Texas Title: “The Dark Side of the Universe” 2:00 p.m. Wege Auditorium |
28 Apr. | Professor Karen Kwitter – Williams College Sigma Xi Lecture Title: “Planetary Nebulae: Narrators of Stellar and Galactic Chemical Evolution” 4:15 p.m. Wege Auditorium |
6 May | Professor Steven Girvin – Yale University Title: “The Race to Build a Quantum Computer” |
16-17 May | Honors Thesis Students Thesis Presentations |