Physics & Astronomy - Valparaiso University

Spring 2012 Colloquium Schedule

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION AND TOPIC
1/13/12	Faculty and Staff	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Our Favorite Physics Demos"
1/20/12	Dr. Brian Rebel	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory “Neutrino Oscillations: A Door To New Physics”
1/27/12	Physics & Astronomy Faculty	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Summer Research Opportunities in the Physics & Astronomy Dept."
2/03/12	Dr. Dave Karowe	Western Michigan University NCIS – “Increasing atmospheric CO₂ does more than warm the planet: direct effects on plants, insect herbivores, and their predators”
2/10/12	Dr. Trevor Price	University of Chicago Annual Celebration of Darwin Day NCIS - "The Origin of Bird Species"
2/17/12	Dr. Nathan Harshman	American University NCIS – “Maximizing Information, Minimizing Correlation: I Come To Bury Entanglement, Not To Praise It”
2/24/12	Dr. David Kohlstedt (VU '65)	University of Minnesota NCIS – “Shearing Melt Out of the Earth: The Role of Deformation in the Extraction of Melt from Great Depths”
3/2/12	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/9/12	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/16/12	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM --Spring Recess from Classes
3/23/12	Dr. Michael Pikaart	Hope College NCIS – “A tale of tails: control of gene expression through histone protein modification”
3/30/12	Dr. Tobin Sosnick	Univ. of Chicago NCIS – “Physics meets Biology: From neurons to protein folding & design"
4/6/12	---------------	NO COLLOQUIUM –Good Friday
4/13/12	Dr. John Millis	Anderson University “The VERITAS Program in Gamma Ray Astronomy”
4/20/12	Dr. Don Koetke	Valparaiso University “Observation of antimatter He⁴ nucleus at the STAR experiment at RHIC”
4/27/12	Senior Students	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Senior Research Project Final Reports"
5/04/12	VU Students	Valparaiso University, Department of Physics & Astronomy & Neils Science Center Spring Picnic "Senior Research Project Proposals & Spring Picnic"