January 16-19, 2009
All events will take place in Linsley-Chittenden 102 unless otherwise indicated. The Presidents’ Room is on the 2nd floor of Woolsey Hall.
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Friday, January 16
6:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Location:
President’s Room
7:15 PM
Welcome
Professor Meg Urry, Yale University
7:30 PM
The Nitrogen-Vacancy Center: Exploring Spin Dynamics in Diamond
Professor Lily Childress, Bates College
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Saturday, January 17
8:15 AM
Breakfast and Registration
8:45 AM
Welcome & Introductions
9:15 AM
Desperate Remedies in Neutrino Physics
Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Understanding the Microarchitecture of Mother-of-Pearl
Professor Sue Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin
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11:30 AM
Lunch with Yale Faculty Members
Location: Law School Dining Room
1:00 PM
Galactic Cannibalism - you are what you eat?
Professor Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University
2:00 PM
Women in Physics: Why Aren’t There More of Us?
Professor Meg Urry, Yale University
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3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Career Panel
Dr. Aziza Baccouche, AZIZA Productions
Dr. Sarah C. Case, National Research Council
Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University
Dr. Nitya Kallivayalil, MIT Kavli Institude for Astrophysics and Space Research
5:00 PM
Break
5:15 PM
Graduate Student Panel
Introduction by Professor Eric Dufresne, Yale University
6:30 PM
Dinner
Location: Law School Dining Room
8:00 PM
Remembering Miss Meitner: A One-Act Play by Robert Marc Friedmann
With the Original Cast from Goteborg Theater, Sweden
Location: The New Theater on Chapel Street
Sunday, January 18
8:45 AM
Breakfast and Poster Setup
9:15 AM
Student Talks
10:45 AM
Why are We So Excited about Carbon Nanostructures?
Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institue of Technology
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11:45 AM
Lunch and Poster Session
Location: LC 211
1:10 PM
Lab Tours
Location: Science Hill
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Exploring LHC physics with ATLAS
Dr. Ayana Holloway Arce, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
4:30 PM
Closing Remarks and Evaluation