Bryn Mawr Physics Department Events

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Check out photos from the 2007 Spring Picnic

Check out photos from the 2007 Undergraduate Summer Poster Session

See what's happening with "Ball of Physics," the Physics Demonstration Show!

Colloquia and Journal Club (Fall 2009–Spring 2010)

Colloquia take place in the Dorothy Vernon Room in Haffner Hall—dinner with the speaker at 5:30 pm, followed by the talk at 6:30 pm.
Journal Club takes place in Park 337—tea at 4 pm, presentation at 4:10 pm.

September

03 (Thursday 2–3:30 pm, Park 243)   Lab Safety Training

03 (Thursday 4–6 pm, Park 339)   Welcome Back Pizza

04 (Friday, 11–2, Campus Center)   Bryn Mawr Summer Research Poster Session

04 (Friday 2–3:30 pm, Park 180)   Lab Safety Training

10 (Thursday 3:30–6 pm, Park 243)   Physics Student Summer Research Talks

17 (Thursday, Haverford)   Haverford Physics Colloquium:
"On Solving an 'Unsolvable' Problem in Superstring/M-Theory,"
Prof. S. James Gates, University of Maryland

21 (Monday, Haffner)   Joint Physics and Philosophy Colloquium
cosponsored by the Class of 1902 Lecture Fund:
"The Many-Weirdnesses Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics,"
Prof. Guy Blaylock, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

October

01 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Melanie Lott

08 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Elliott Tammaro

22 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Peter Beckmann

28 (Wednesday 4–6pm, Park 339)   Pumpkins and Liquid Nitrogen!!

29 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: May Cheng

November

05 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Don Fahey

09 (Monday, Haffner)   Physics Colloquium:
"Quantum vacuum engineering: the long road from Epicurean hooked atoms to nanodevices actuated by absolutely empty space,"
Dr. Fabrizio Pinto, InterStellar Technologies

16 (Monday 4:30 pm, Haverford)   Haverford Physics Distinguished Visitor: "TBA," Prof. William Phillips, University of Maryland

17 (Tuesday 4:30 pm, Haverford)   Haverford Physics Distinguished Visitor: "TBA," Prof. William Phillips, University of Maryland

December

03 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: David Nice

04 (Friday 4–6 pm, Park 243)   Physics Student Research Talks

10 (Thursday 4–6 pm, Park 339)   Physics Holiday Party!!

January

28 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Don Fahey

February

04 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Elliott Tammaro

11 (Thursday, Haverford)   Haverford Physics Colloquium:
"Cosmology as a Probe of Physics Beyond the Standard Model,"
Prof. Scott Watson, Syracuse University

15 (Monday, Haffner)   Physics Colloquium:
"Strings, Branes, and the Many Faces of Holography,"
Dr. Sera Cremonini, Cambridge University/Texas A & M

25 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Melanie Lott

March

04 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Mike Schulz

18 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Liz McCormack

22 (Monday, Haffner)   Physics Colloquium:
"TBA," Prof. Jennie Traschen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

April

01 (Thursday, Haverford)   Haverford Physics Distinguished visitor:
"America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation,"
Dr. Peter Blair, Executive Director, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

08 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Mike Noel

16 (Friday, 4-6:30 pm, Park 338)   Physics Student Research Talks

22 (Thursday, Park 337)   Journal Club: Mark Matlin

Links to other Physics Colloquia in the area

Haverford College

Swarthmore College

University of Pennsylvania