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September 2018

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“Fundamental Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background”

Fri, September 14th, 2018
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Please join Brian Keating of UC San Diego during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205 at 2:30PM.
Light refreshments will follow in Common Room. https://physics.williams.edu/abstracts/brian-keating-uc-san-diego/

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"Mapping the World with Deep Learning" - Facebook Tech Talk

Thu, September 20th, 2018
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Thursday, Sept 20, 6pm, TPL 203.
“Mapping the World with Deep Learning” – Facebook Tech Talk by Derrick Bonafilia ’17, Yitong Tseo ’17, Sam Blackshear ’10, and Baoxiang Yiang.

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“Nanoscale Properties Control Bulk Dynamics”

Fri, September 21st, 2018
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Please join Sara Hashmi of Yale University during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, September 21, 2018 at 2:30PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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"Breaking Heisenberg:  Controlling the Quantum World"

"Breaking Heisenberg: Controlling the Quantum World"

Fri, September 28th, 2018
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Please join Ivan Deutsch of University of New Mexico during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium, Friday, Sept. 28. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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October 2018

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"The Dialogue Project" by Arava Institute, hosted by SIPD

Wed, October 10th, 2018
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WED, 10/10 @7pm, Physics 205: "The Dialogue Project" by Arava Institute, hosted by SIPD (Students for Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue). Two young Arava alumni--one Israeli and one Palestinian--to share their personal experiences with peace-building and cross-cultural environmental cooperation.

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Ion Traps for Quantum Computing

Fri, October 19th, 2018
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Please join Crystal Noel of UC Berkeley during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 19th at 2:30PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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"Engineering reaction–diffusion networks with properties of neural tissue"

"Engineering reaction–diffusion networks with properties of neural tissue"

Fri, October 26th, 2018
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Please join Seth Fraden of Brandeis on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 2:30PM in TPL 205 during his joint physics/astronomy colloquium.
Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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November 2018

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“What the Bees are Saying”

“What the Bees are Saying”

Thu, November 1st, 2018
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Dewey Caron, PhD, University of Delaware. Nov. 1, 7 p.m. Physics 203.  Dr. Dewey M. Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, and Affiliate Professor, Department of Horticulture Oregon State University. He has spent 40 years plus teaching, doing bee extension and bee research at Cornell (1967-1981) and University of Delaware (1981-2009). He spends 4-6 months…

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"Work and Dissipation in the Cell Cytoskeleton"

"Work and Dissipation in the Cell Cytoskeleton"

Fri, November 2nd, 2018
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Please join Michael Murrell of Yale University during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium.
Friday, November 2, 2018 in TPL 205 at 2:30PM. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Public Lecture and book signing with Marcia Bartusiak of MIT:  “Dispatches from Planet 3”

Public Lecture and book signing with Marcia Bartusiak of MIT: “Dispatches from Planet 3”

Fri, November 2nd, 2018
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Marcia Bartusiak, MIT Science Writer, will be giving a public lecture on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4PM in TPL 205.
A book signing will immediately follow the talk. Her lecture is entitled, "Dispatches from Planet 3."
Ms. Bartusiak, a well known writer is also a professor at MIT.

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"Digital design, analysis, and manufacturing for the 21st century"

"Digital design, analysis, and manufacturing for the 21st century"

Fri, November 9th, 2018
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Please join Michal G. Littman of Princeton during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 9, 2018 at 2:30PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in public common room.

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"A simple proof of quantum contextuality"

"A simple proof of quantum contextuality"

Thu, November 15th, 2018
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Please join Marcelo Terra Cunha of the University of Campinas, Brazil on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 4:15PM in TPL 205 during his physics and astronomy public talk.

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“Angelo Secchi and his contemporaries:  the dawn of stellar spectroscopy and spectral classification”

“Angelo Secchi and his contemporaries: the dawn of stellar spectroscopy and spectral classification”

Fri, November 16th, 2018
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Please join John Hearnshaw of Canterbury U, New Zealand during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 16, 2018 at 2:30PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in public common room.

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“Self-Organized Cellular Structures”

“Self-Organized Cellular Structures”

Fri, November 30th, 2018
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Please join Jenny Ross of UMass Amherst on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 2:30PM in TPL 205 during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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December 2018

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Physics and Astronomy Honors Thesis Talks

Mon, December 10th, 2018
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Please join our honors thesis students: Ian Banta, Iona Binnie, Felix Knollman, Cielo Perez, Brendan Rosseau, Jeremy Thaller and Ross Yu.
They will be presenting their thesis talks on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 2PM, TPL 205.

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February 2019

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“How a Simple Metal Feels Radiation Pressure:  Apparently, Not So Simply”

“How a Simple Metal Feels Radiation Pressure: Apparently, Not So Simply”

Fri, February 8th, 2019
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Please join Jared Strait '07 of NIST during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205 at 2:30PM, Feb. 8. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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“Using Single-Molecule Imaging to Investigate Protein-DNA interactions”

“Using Single-Molecule Imaging to Investigate Protein-DNA interactions”

Fri, February 22nd, 2019
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Please join Candice Etson of Wesleyan during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, February 22, 2018 in TPL 205 at 2:30PM. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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March 2019

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"Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Molecular Dynamics"

"Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Molecular Dynamics"

Fri, March 8th, 2019
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Please join Thomas Weinacht of Stony Brook University on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 2:30PM in TPL 205 during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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April 2019

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"The Mathematics of River Meandering"

"The Mathematics of River Meandering"

Fri, April 5th, 2019
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Please join Samantha Weiss of MIT Lincoln Lab on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Physics Common Room.

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"Mechanical structure-function properties of cells and tissues"

"Mechanical structure-function properties of cells and tissues"

Fri, April 12th, 2019
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Please join Moumita Das of RIT during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Physics Common Room.

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"The Companions and Environments of the Lowest-Mass Stars"

"The Companions and Environments of the Lowest-Mass Stars"

Fri, April 19th, 2019
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Please join Kimberly Ward-Duong of Amherst College during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 19, 2019 in TPL 205 at 2:35PM. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Physics Common Room.

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"Next Generation Integrated Photonics:  Towards an Integrated Quantum Optoelectronic Circuit"

"Next Generation Integrated Photonics: Towards an Integrated Quantum Optoelectronic Circuit"

Fri, April 26th, 2019
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Please join Jaime Cardenas of University of Rochester during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Physics Common Room.

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May 2019

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Challenges facing Women in STEM: Understanding and Overcoming Stereotypes and Bias

Wed, May 1st, 2019
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Women and Gender Minorities in Physics and Astronomy presents a talk by Dr. Kelsey Thiem of UMASS Amherst on the challenges facing women in STEM fields and what we can do to actively foster inclusion in our science communities.

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The Stability of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover

The Stability of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover

Fri, May 3rd, 2019
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Dr. Ian Eisenman '99, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego, will speak on "The Stability of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover."

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Physics and Astronomy Thesis Talks

Physics and Astronomy Thesis Talks

Mon, May 13th, 2019
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Please join thesis students, Ian Banta, Iona Binnie, Anna Black, Felix Knollman, Brendan Rosseau, Jeremy Thaller and Ross Yu during their thesis presentations on Monday, May 13, 2019 in TPL 205 at 2PM. Light refreshments will be offered.

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September 2019

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Squeezing the Spin in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Squeezing the Spin in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Fri, September 13th, 2019
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Please join Don Fahey of the Joint Quantum Institute on Friday, September 13th, 2019 at 2:35pm in TPL 205 during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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"Critical Phenomena and the Conformal Bootstrap"

"Critical Phenomena and the Conformal Bootstrap"

Fri, September 20th, 2019
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Please join David Poland of Yale University on Friday, September 20, 2019 during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium entitled, "Critical Phenomena and the Conformal Bootstrap" at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow.

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October 2019

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Computer Science Colloquium - "What I Did Last Summer"

Fri, October 4th, 2019
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Friday, October 4 (Mountain Day back up date: October 11)
2:35pm in TPL 203

Computer Science students share about their summer internship experiences in industry. Snacks will be served, colloquium credit for attending.

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"Understanding the Sun's Magnetic Fields"

"Understanding the Sun's Magnetic Fields"

Fri, October 4th, 2019
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Please join N.R. Sheeley, Jr. on Friday, October 4, 2019 during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205 at 2:35PM. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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Solar Coronal Jets - Miniature Versions of Large-Scale Solar Eruptions

Solar Coronal Jets - Miniature Versions of Large-Scale Solar Eruptions

Fri, October 18th, 2019
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Please join Dr. Alphonse C. Sterling from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow: Public Common Room

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Elemental Power - How Geoscience and Chemistry will Define our Transition to Clean Energy

Elemental Power - How Geoscience and Chemistry will Define our Transition to Clean Energy

Fri, October 25th, 2019
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Dr. Saleem Ali,Blue & Gold Distinguished Prof. of Energy and the Environment at the Univ. of Delaware will speak on "Elemental Power - How Geoscience and Chemistry Will Define Our Transition to Clean Energy."

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November 2019

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Exploiting Symmetry to Understand Function in Membrane Proteins

Exploiting Symmetry to Understand Function in Membrane Proteins

Fri, November 1st, 2019
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Please join Antoniya Aleksandrova '11 of the National Institutes of Health during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 1, 2019 at 2:35pm in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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Rocky remnants of stellar evolution: polluted white dwarf stars

Rocky remnants of stellar evolution: polluted white dwarf stars

Fri, November 8th, 2019
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Please join Amy Steele of University of Maryland on Friday, November 8, 2019 during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205 at 2:35PM. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Measured Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from LEED-Certified Buildings

Measured Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from LEED-Certified Buildings

Fri, November 15th, 2019
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Please join John Scofield of Oberlin College during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 15th, 2019 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Quantum Black Holes

Quantum Black Holes

Fri, November 22nd, 2019
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Please join Raghu Mahajan of Princeton University on Friday, November 22, 2019 during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205 at 2:35PM. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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December 2019

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Upper Limits of Light-Matter Interactions

Upper Limits of Light-Matter Interactions

Fri, December 6th, 2019
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Please join Steven Johnson of MIT during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, December 2, 2019 at 2:35PM, in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Honors Astronomy and Physics Thesis Talks

Honors Astronomy and Physics Thesis Talks

Tue, December 10th, 2019
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Please join our Astronomy and Physics honors students as they present their thesis talks on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 1PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will be served during the talks.

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February 2020

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"Physics Skills in the Workplace"

"Physics Skills in the Workplace"

Fri, February 28th, 2020
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Please join Aaron Kammerer '98 of iRobot during his joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, February 28, 2020 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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March 2020

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"Interpreting signals from the early Earth through high-pressure temperature experiments"

"Interpreting signals from the early Earth through high-pressure temperature experiments"

Fri, March 6th, 2020
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Please join Terry-Anne Suer '05 of Harvard during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, March 6, 2020 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Cancelled Talk for Tracy Slatyer, MIT today

Cancelled Talk for Tracy Slatyer, MIT today

Fri, March 13th, 2020
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The talk scheduled for Tracy Slatyer of MIT has been cancelled for today, Friday, March 13, 2020 at 2:35PM in TPL 205.

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Canceled -"A Galactic Puzzle in Gamma Rays"

Canceled -"A Galactic Puzzle in Gamma Rays"

Fri, March 13th, 2020
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Please join Tracy Slatyer of MIT during her joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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September 2022

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Studying charge trapping in organic semiconductors using time resolved Kelvin probe force microscopy

Studying charge trapping in organic semiconductors using time resolved Kelvin probe force microscopy

Fri, September 16th, 2022
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Please join Katherine Aidala of Mount Holyoke College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, September 16, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room in Physics Bldg.

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Physics and Astronomy Beyond Williams:  grad school, jobs, etc.

Physics and Astronomy Beyond Williams: grad school, jobs, etc.

Fri, September 23rd, 2022
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Please join physics and astronomy faculty to learn about life beyond Williams on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 2:35PM in Science Quad. If weather does not permit, talk will move into TPL 205. Light refreshments will be served!

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"Quantitative modeling of RNA-protein interactions"

"Quantitative modeling of RNA-protein interactions"

Fri, September 30th, 2022
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Please join Ralf Bundschuh of The Ohio State University on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room in TPL.

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October 2022

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Harnessing Differentiable Simulation to Design and Control the Next Generation of Soft-Rigid Robots

Harnessing Differentiable Simulation to Design and Control the Next Generation of Soft-Rigid Robots

Fri, October 7th, 2022
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Please join Jim Bern of Williams College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 (talk will move to October 14th if Mountain Day). Light refreshments will immediately follow in PCR.

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"Measuring the Masses of Small Stars and Tiny Planets with the Doppler Method"

"Measuring the Masses of Small Stars and Tiny Planets with the Doppler Method"

Fri, October 14th, 2022
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Please join Jennifer Winters of Williams College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 14, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Will move to October 21st if it is Mountain Day.

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November 2022

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"Entanglement, Bell's Theorem, and This Year's Nobel Prize in Physics"

"Entanglement, Bell's Theorem, and This Year's Nobel Prize in Physics"

Fri, November 11th, 2022
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Please join Prof. Bill Wootters, Williams College, Emeritus during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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“An Introduction to Optical Proximity Correction in Semiconductor Fabrication”

“An Introduction to Optical Proximity Correction in Semiconductor Fabrication”

Fri, November 18th, 2022
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Please join Dr. Libby Maret of Intel during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205.
Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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December 2022

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Reconstructing Planet Formation Using Dynamical and Chemical Fossils

Reconstructing Planet Formation Using Dynamical and Chemical Fossils

Fri, December 2nd, 2022
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Please join Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi of Amherst College on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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February 2023

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All About Physics and Astronomy Research

All About Physics and Astronomy Research

Fri, February 3rd, 2023
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Please join the physics and astronomy faculty on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 to learn about physics and astronomy research including summer and thesis research opportunities. Light refreshments will be offered!

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Searching for New Physics with the nEXO Experiment

Searching for New Physics with the nEXO Experiment

Fri, February 24th, 2023
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Please join Kirsten McMichael of RPI during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in TPL Common Room.

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March 2023

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"Life, And How to Find It"

"Life, And How to Find It"

Fri, March 10th, 2023
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Please join Clara Sousa-Silva of Bard College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in TPL Public Common Room.

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April 2023

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"Autonomously Moving and Assembling Soft Matter Systems"

"Autonomously Moving and Assembling Soft Matter Systems"

Fri, April 14th, 2023
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Please join Al Crosby of UMass-Amherst during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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"Oh Snap!"  The physics of jammed solids"

"Oh Snap!" The physics of jammed solids"

Fri, April 21st, 2023
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Please join Amy Graves of Swarthmore College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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May 2023

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"RBPzoo:  the motifs, binding interface and evolution history  of eukaryotic RNA-binding proteins"

"RBPzoo: the motifs, binding interface and evolution history of eukaryotic RNA-binding proteins"

Mon, May 1st, 2023
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Please join Quaid Morris of Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, May 1, 2023, at 4:15 PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Interstellar Interlopers

Interstellar Interlopers

Fri, May 5th, 2023
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Please join Matthew Payne of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in public common room.

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Honors thesis talks with physics and astronomy seniors

Honors thesis talks with physics and astronomy seniors

Mon, May 15th, 2023
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Please join our honors thesis students as they present their talks on Monday, May 15th beginning at 2PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will be served.

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August 2023

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Observatory Open House

Tue, August 1st, 2023
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Have you ever wanted to view the night sky through a telescope at our observatory? This is your chance! We are opening up the observatory on top of Thompson Physics from 10pm to 11pm on Tuesday August 1st. Come join us!

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September 2023

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Clocks with ultra cold molecules

Clocks with ultra cold molecules

Fri, September 15th, 2023
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Please join Tanya Zelevinsky of Columbia University during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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Physics and Astronomy after Williams

Physics and Astronomy after Williams

Fri, September 22nd, 2023
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Please join physics and astronomy faculty during the joint colloquium on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 to learn about Physics and Astronomy after Williams: grad school, jobs, etc. Light refreshments will be served.

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Illuminating Interfacial Mechanics:  Utilizing Mechanophores

Illuminating Interfacial Mechanics: Utilizing Mechanophores

Fri, September 29th, 2023
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Please join Chelsea Davis of University of Delaware during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205.
Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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October 2023

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Special Relativity before Special Relativity

Special Relativity before Special Relativity

Fri, October 6th, 2023
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Please join Fred Strauch of Williams during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 6th or 13th depending on Mountain Day at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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"The Turbulent Life of Planet Forming Disks"

"The Turbulent Life of Planet Forming Disks"

Fri, October 20th, 2023
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Please join Kevin Flaherty on Friday, October 20th at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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The Atomic Bomb and the Technological Imperative

The Atomic Bomb and the Technological Imperative

Fri, October 27th, 2023
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Please join Jim Nolan of Williams during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, October 27, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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November 2023

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“Arctic Observing Systems 2012-2023: Engineering for Under-Ice Exploration”

“Arctic Observing Systems 2012-2023: Engineering for Under-Ice Exploration”

Fri, November 10th, 2023
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Please join Jim Partan '94 of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 2:35PM during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium in TPL 205. Light refreshments in Public Common Room after the talk.

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"An Anomaly in an Anomaly?  Recent Results from the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment"

"An Anomaly in an Anomaly? Recent Results from the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment"

Fri, November 17th, 2023
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Please join David Kawall of UMass on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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December 2023

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Astronomy and Physics Midterm Thesis Talks

Astronomy and Physics Midterm Thesis Talks

Mon, December 11th, 2023
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Please join our honors Astronomy and Physics seniors as they present their midterm thesis talks on Monday, December 11, 2023 beginning at 1PM in TPL 203. Light refreshments will be offered.

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February 2024

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"Quantum Times"

"Quantum Times"

Fri, February 23rd, 2024
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Please join Carlos Trallero of the University of Connecticut on Friday, February 23, 2024 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments will follow in Public Common Room.

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March 2024

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"Optical Nanofibers:  Some Experiments in Optomechanics"

"Optical Nanofibers: Some Experiments in Optomechanics"

Fri, March 1st, 2024
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Please join Luis Orozco of Maryland (APS DLS Distinguished Traveling Lecturer) on Friday, March 1, 2024 at 2:35PM in TPL 205 during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium. Light refreshments offered in Public Common Room afterwards.

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“Trapped ion qubit and clock operations with integrated technologies”

“Trapped ion qubit and clock operations with integrated technologies”

Fri, March 8th, 2024
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Please join Robert Niffenegger, of UMASS ECE during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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April 2024

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"Computational Analysis of RNA Structure and Function"

"Computational Analysis of RNA Structure and Function"

Fri, April 5th, 2024
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Please join Sean Eddy of Harvard University, HHMI during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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"The Loneliest Galaxies: Early Results from the Dwarfs In Void Environments (DIVE) Survey"

"The Loneliest Galaxies: Early Results from the Dwarfs In Void Environments (DIVE) Survey"

Fri, April 12th, 2024
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Please join Mia de los Reyes of Amherst College during the joint physics and astronomy colloquium on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 2:35PM in TPL 205. Light refreshments will immediately follow in Public Common Room.

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