January 14- January 20, 2001 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc@lns.mit.edu) or FAX (617-253-8674). We cannot accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than 11:00 a.m. the Monday of the week preceding the week of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. _________________________________________________ Monday, January 15, 2001 Holiday no seminar notices received Tuesday, January 16, 2001 Tuesday, January 16, 2:00PM note special time Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl Seminar Room ``Tests and Progress Towards the Effective QCD String" Keisuke Jimmy Juge Fermi National Laboratory Tuesday, January 16, 4:00 PM Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium Physics Bldg, Abelson 131 ``Crackling Noise" Professor James P Sethna Cornell University Refreshments served at 3:30p.m, Room 333 ________________________________________________ Wednesday, January 17, 2001 Wed, January 17, 3:00pm Boston University Particle and Fields Seminar Physics Research Building 593 Out-of-this-World Physics: Probing Quantum Gravity in the Lab Greg Landsberg Brown ________________________________________________ Thursday, January 18, 2001 CLARK UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:00 pm - Room N-105, Sackler Science Center Speaker: Professor Martina Arndt Department of Physics Bridgewater State University Title: High-Energy Solar Flares _____________________________________________ Friday, January 19, 2001 No seminar notices received Reminder: Deadline for the January 21 - 27 calendar is Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 11:00a.m. _________________________