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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 1
David Hughes
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/15 11:00 am - Sat, 1/15 12:30 pm
Public Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
Divine Kumah
Emergent Phenomena at Complex Oxide Interfaces
Divine Kumah, North Carolina State University
Special Physics Colloquium
Mon, 1/17 3:30 pm - Mon, 1/17 4:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Thu Tran and Chiara Vanalli
Thu Tran and Chiara Vanalli
Tue, 1/18 12:00 pm - Tue, 1/18 1:00 pm
254 Health and Human Development
Science Seminars Biology
John Mather
Lunch Talk: Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 1/18 12:00 pm - Tue, 1/18 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Claudia Contini
"Artificial Cells: From Soft Matter to Cell-like Behaviours"
Claudia Contini - Imperial College of London
Tue, 1/18 2:30 pm - Tue, 1/18 3:30 pm
Lecture Series Chemistry
John Mather
A Good Hard Look at Cosmic Supermassive Black-Hole Growth
Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 1/19 3:45 pm - Wed, 1/19 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Viral RNA Structure-based Manipulation of Translation Initiation"
Madeline Sherlock - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Thu, 1/20 2:30 pm - Thu, 1/20 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Vijay Balasubramanian
Complexity, quantum mechanics, and the structure of spacetime
Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 1/20 3:45 pm - Thu, 1/20 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
Science Seminars Physics
Ashley Villar
Multi-messenger Astronomy in the Era of Vera Rubin
Ashley Villar, PSU
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 1/21 10:30 am - Fri, 1/21 11:45 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94169688126?pwd=R2tzK2xNQ1VCWFFOblp4Rmo1VVpRUT09&from=addon
Physics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 2
Jia Li
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/22 11:00 am - Sat, 1/22 12:30 pm
Public Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
Kelly Luo
Spintronics with 2D and Topological Materials: Outstanding Opportunities in van der Waals Heterostructures
Yunqiu (Kelly) Luo, Cornell University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 1/24 3:45 pm - Mon, 1/24 4:45 pm
101 Osmond or Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Lunch Talk: Brenna Mockler (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Brenna Mockler (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 1/25 12:00 pm - Tue, 1/25 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ben Margalit
Circumstellar Interaction in Extreme Supernovae
Ben Margalit, University of California, Berkeley
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 1/25 1:30 pm - Tue, 1/25 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
New Frontiers in Precision Eclipsing Binary Science with Space Telescopes
Dan Stevens (Penn State)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 1/26 3:45 pm - Wed, 1/26 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bryce Gadway.revised
Disorder-induced topology and other surprises from synthetic quantum matter
Bryce Gadway, University of Illinois
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 1/27 3:45 pm - Thu, 1/27 4:45 pm
101 Osmond
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Playing Pool with |ψ⟩
Adam Brown, Google/Stanford
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 1/28 10:30 am - Fri, 1/28 11:45 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94169688126?pwd=R2tzK2xNQ1VCWFFOblp4Rmo1VVpRUT09&from=addon
Physics
John Mather
Algorithms, Statistics, and Software for Exoplanet Detection and Characterization
Rodrigo Luger (Flatiron Institute)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Fri, 1/28 1:15 pm - Fri, 1/28 2:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Women+ in Statistics and Data Science
Spring 2022 - Journeys in Statistics and Data Science - Patrice Hazam & Naomi Altman
Patrice Hazam & Naomi Altman
Journeys in Statistics and Data Science
Fri, 1/28 2:00 pm - Fri, 1/28 3:00 pm
Science Seminars