Topology Symposium: "Is the Abstract Mathematics of Topology Applicable to the Real World?"
Professors Randall Kamien (University of Pennsylvania), Robert MacPherson (Institute for Advanced Study), Raul Rabadan (Columbia University)
In this mini-symposium, Robert MacPherson will talk on “What is Topology?,”
Randall Kamien will discuss topology and liquid crystals (like those in your
computer display), and Raúl Rabadán will describe how…
SAS 2015 Teaching Awards Ceremony
Deans Office Representatives
To applaud the extraordinary commitment of these individuals to the education of our students. The winners of the SAS Teaching Awards will be honored at a School-wide reception. We hope that you will join us for…
Evolution Colloquium: "How Much Sex is Enough?"
Professor Daniel S. Fisher (Stanford University)
Sexual reproduction has many costs--especially the existence of lots of males, but sex, or more generally exchange of DNA is widely believed to have major advanages for evolution. Yet most of the arguments are rather…
SAS 2015 Teaching Awards Ceremony: Lindback Awards
Deans Office Representatives
Provost's Award Ceremony for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring. The SAS community is invited to join in celebrating the honorees at the April 27 event detailed below. Warmest congratulations to these…
Dissertation Defense: "The B-L MSSM from Strings to the LHC"
Austin Purves, University of Pennsylvania
David Rittenhouse Lecture 2015: "Towards a Reliable Determination of eta-Earth with Kepler"
Dr. Natalia Batahla (NASA)
Rittenhouse Lecture: "Towards a Reliable Determination of ETA-Earth with Kepler"
Dr. Natalia Batahla (NASA)
Astro Seminar: "Mapping Magnetic Fields in Star Forming Regions with BLASTPol and BLAST-TNG "
Laura Fissel (Northwestern)
A key outstanding question in our understanding of star formation is
whether magnetic fields provide support against the gravitational
collapse of their parent molecular clouds and cores. Direct
…
Condensed Matter Seminar: "The life of a vortex knot: Linking coiling and twisting across scales"
William Irvine, University of Chicago
Can you take a vortex loop - akin to a smoke ring in air - and tie it into a knot or a link? The possibility of such knottiness in a fluid has fascinated physicists and mathematicians ever since Kelvin¹s 'vortex…
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