Good morning: I hope everyone enjoyed the Wednesday snow day and is all shoveled out for the next storm on Saturday! The good news, the groundhog did not see his shadow, spring is around the corner. Let's hope! Our department events for the week of February 7, 2011 are: 4:00 pm Monday, February 7, 2011 Tufts University Special Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Robinson Hall, Room 250 “Controlling Self-Organization of Liquid Crystals with Surface Patterning” Dr. Tim Atherton Case Western Reserve University Refreshments served in Robinson 251 at 3:30 pm 12:15 pm Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Physics and Astronomy Graduate & Undergraduate Students Lunchtime Meeting Robinson Hall, Room 251 (Knipp Library) Luncheon and discussion with Dr. Tim Atherton Case Western Reserve University Pizza and soda served Students are encouraged to attend 12:00 pm (Noon) Wednesdays, February 9, 2011 SPS Meeting Robinson 251 (Knipp Library) General meeting and discussion Pizza and soda served at 12:30 pm 12:15 pm Friday, February 11, 2011 Physics and Astronomy Graduate & Undergraduate Students Lunchtime Meeting Robinson Hall, Room 251 (Knipp Library) Luncheon and discussion with Dr. Binquan Luan IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center Pizza and soda served Students are encouraged to attend 3:00 pm Friday, February 11, 2011 Tufts University Special Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Robinson Hall, Room 253 “Base-By-Base Ratcheting of Single-Stranded DNA through a Solid-State Nanopore: Toward Low-cost and High-throughput Sequencing of the Human Genome” Binquan Luan IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NY Refreshments served in Robinson 251 at 2:30 pm |