Archived Events 2007
December
December 19, 2007
KPTC 206, 12:15 p.m.
Karin Dahmen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Crackling Noise: Learning from Magnets about Earthquakes?
Sponsored by MRSEC Computations in Science Seminar
November
November 1:
“Do Babies Matter? A Discussion on Children and Academic Careers”
Classics Building Room 110, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Office of Graduate Affairs.
November 5:
Dinner and conversation with Dr. Margaret Gardel, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Institute of Biophysical Dynamics, the James Franck Institute, and the College.
BSLC 240, 7:00 p.m. Dinner provided.
Sponsored by Women in Science. Women in Science is a registered student organization at the University of Chicago.
All are welcome.
November 7, 2007
KPTC 206, 12:15 p.m.
Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard University
“Slow Light in Bose-Einstein Condensates: A New Paradigm for Quantum Control”
Sponsored by MRSEC Computations in Science Seminar
November 9, 2007
HGS 101, 1:30 p.m.
B. Charlotte Schreiber, University of Chicago
Topic to be announced
Sponsored by the Department of the Geophysical Sciences Friday Seminars
November 9, 2007
KPTC 206, 4:00 p.m.
Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago
"How do cells transmit mechanical forces in adhension and migration?"
Sponsored by the Department Physics Friday Lectures
November 16, 2007
HGS 101, 1:30 p.m.
Leslie Ann Hayden, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Grain Boundary Diffusion in Mantle Minerals”
Sponsored by the Department of the Geophysical Sciences Friday Seminars
November 20, 2007
Eckhart Hall 203, 4:30 pm
Teena Gerhardt, Indiana University
Algebraic Topology
Sponsored by Department of Mathematics
November 27, 2007
Eckhart Hall 203, 4:30 pm
Rekha Santhanam, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Algebraic Topology
Sponsored by Department of Mathematics
November 30, 2007
HGS 101, 3:00 p.m.
Elisabeth Moyer, University of Chicago
Topic to be announced
Sponsored by the Department of the Geophysical Sciences Friday Seminars
October
October 14-16: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position: A Workshop for Female PhDs & Post Docs. The George R. Brown School of Engineering and The Wiess School of Natural Sciences Rice University. Application deadline: August 1, 2007. Applicants selected to participate will be notified by September 3, 2007. More information [PDF]