19 Sept. | Physics and Astronomy Faculty Title: ”All About Graduate School” |
26 Sept. | Ice-Cream Social and Kick-Ball with Astronomy and Physics Faculty |
7 Oct. | Jeffrey Linsky, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Physics, University of Colorado Title: “Solar and stellar ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet radiation and effects in exoplanet atmospheres” |
10 Oct. | Movie: “Particle Fever,” TPL 203 at 6PM |
17 Oct. | Anne Jaskot ’08, Five College Astronomy Dept. Teaching & Research Fellow, Smith College Title: “Green Peas: High-Redshift Galaxies in a Low-Redshift Universe” |
24 Oct. | Masha Kamenetska, Yale University Title: “Measuring mechanical properties of single molecules” |
31 Oct. | Andrew J. Kerman ’93, Quantum Information and Integrated Nanosystems Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Title: “Flux-charge duality and quantum phase fluctuations in one-dimensional superconductors” |
7 Nov. | Steven Kearnes, Stanford University Title: “Computational Approaches to Drug Discovery and Development” |
14 Nov. | Kristin Beck, MIT Title: “Single Photon Switching in an Optical Transistor” |
21 Nov. | Collin Stultz, Harvard-MIT HST (Canceled) Title: “Using Computer Simulations to Study Proteins Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease” |
8 Jan. | Physics and Astronomy Thesis Students Title: “Mid year thesis progress talks” |
20 Jan. | Anne Goodsell, Middlebury College Title: “Exciting Physics with Excited Atoms: Push and Pull on Rydberg States” |
22 Jan. | Brian Gerke ’99, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Title: “A Physicist’s Approach to Energy Efficiency Policy” |
6 Feb. | Physics and Astronomy Faculty Title: ”Quick Introductions to Physics and Astronomy Research Opportunities at Williams” |
13 Feb. | Clark Semon Title: “Rocket Stove” |
18 Feb. | Nick Wilding, Georgia State University Title: “The History of Forging Early Modern Books” |
25 Feb. | Dan Lewis, Huntington Library Title: “The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds” |
5 Mar. | Ana Maria Rey, JILA Title: “Building with Crystals of Light and Quantum Matter: From clocks to computers” |
13 Mar. | Jared Strait ’07, Cornell University Title: “Shining Light on Future Electronic Materials” |
10 Apr. | Katherine Mesick, JLAB Title: “The Proton Radius Puzzle” |
17 Apr. | Guy Blaylock, UMass Amherst Title: “Wringing John Bell” |
24 Apr. | Marek Demianski, Dept. of Astronomy, Williams College Sigma Xi Lecture: “The New View of the Universe” |
1 May | Crystal Senko, Harvard University Title: “Simulating Quantum Many-Body Spin Systems with Trapped Ions” |
8 May | Nathan Lundblad, Bates College Title: “Quantum-gas physics in orbit: prospects for microgravity Bose-Einstein condensates aboard NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory” |
18 May | Physics Honors Thesis Students – Williams College Title: Honors Thesis Talks |