Unless noted otherwise, Physics Colloquia are held at 4:00 pm
in Cox 206.
Refreshments are served from 3:30 to 4:00 outside of Cox 110.
To arrange a meeting with a colloquium speaker during their visit, please contact the corresponding host.
Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 22
Stephen Reynolds, Kazimierz Borkowski, and John BlondinDepartment of Physics, North Carolina State University
Novel Explosions: A New Type of Thermonuclear Supernova, and How the Pulsar Got his Spin
Physics Colloquium: Monday, January 29
Greg ParsonsHost: Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Engineering with Electronically Active Molecules
Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 5
Laura GreeneHost: Karen Daniels
Department of Physics and the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
High Temperature Superconductors: Playgrounds for Broken Symmetries
Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 12
Richard HammondHost: Michael Paesler
Army Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park
The Geometric Universe
Special Seminar: Friday, February 16 - 11:00am - Dabney Hall, room 210
Michael MarderDepartment of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
UTeach: Secondary Teacher Preparation in Science and Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin
Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 19
Michael MarderHost: Karen Daniels
Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
How Things Break
Physics Colloquium: Monday, February 26
Theodore HodappHost: David Haase
Physics Department, Hamline University
Physics Teaching: The Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers
Monday, March 5
Spring Break - No Classes All WeekPhysics Colloquium: Monday, March 12
George V. Coyne, S.J.Host: John Hubisz
Vatican Observatory
Measuring the Age of the Universe
Physics Colloquium: Monday, March 19
Michelle WangHost: Karen Daniels
Physics Department, Cornell University
Dynamics of Accessing DNA
Physics Colloquium: Monday, March 26
Stephen BruennHost: John Blondin
Physics Department, Florida Atlantic University
The Core Collapse Supernova Mechanism - An Emerging Picture
L. H. THomas Lecture: Monday, April 2 - Special Location - Dabney Hall, room 124
David LeeThe Nobel Prize in Physics 1996 - The Discovery of Superfluidity in Helium-3
Department of Physics, Cornell University
Superfluidity: A Century of Discovery
Monday, April 9
No ColloquiumPhysics Colloquium: Monday, April 16
Paul SouderHost: Albert Young
Physics Department, Syracuse University
Probing Neutron Stars with Mirror Symmetry