Topology Workshop: Identifying Order in Complex Systems

- David Rittenhouse Laboratory
A6

1:30 - 2:30p Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania, Network Topology and Strategic

3:00 - 4:00p Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Leiden, Topological Mechanical Metamaterials

4:30 - 5:30p Shmuel…



Teaching Careers in Independent Schools Penn Event

- University of Pennsylvania:
Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room

Dana Okeson Weeks, Head of School, Germantown Friends (Villanova MA in Philosophy)  ·        Donna S.



Nano to Macro: Music of Kirigami

Dr. Randall Kamien, Dr. Shu Yang, and Jenny Sabin (University of Pennsylvania) featuring Composer and Director Gene Coleman & Ensemble N_JP with special guest Duo Yumeno
- Neighborhood House Theater
20 N. American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Hosted by Bowerbird and Soundfield are pleased to present the world premiere of three new works by composer and director Gene Coleman.



Condensed Matter Seminar: Design of Biotic-Abiotic Interfaces using Liquid Crystals

Professor Nicholas Abbott, University of Wisconsin
- A4

Many biological molecules form liquid crystalline phases.  The unique combination of long-range molecular ordering and mobility found in liquid crystals has been exploited by nature to create a range of functional…



Astronomy Seminar: TBD

Matt Dobbs (McGill)
- DRL A6



Dissertation Defense: "Neutron Multiplicity in Atmospheric Neutrino Events at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"

Richie Bonventre
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory
4E9



Center for Particle Cosmology Astro Seminar: "Stalking Dark Energy and the Mystery of the Accelerating Universe"

Professor Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkely National Lab, Berkeley
- University of Pennsylvania
Chemistry Building Room 102

"...How was the discovery made? What has been the progress since, in understanding dark energy and the accelerating universe?"

Nobel laureate will discuss these questions and more!

For more information…



Condensed Matter Seminar: Microfluidic Pathways towards Topological Defect Templates

Professor Anupam Sengupta, MIT
- A4

Liquid crystals (LCs) are mesogenic phases of matter which combine liquid fluidity with crystalline solid properties.The material anisotropy allows us to explore LCs as complex functional materials for microfluidics…



Astronomy Seminar: TBD

Andreu Font-Ribera (LBNL)
- DRL A6