March 25 -  March 31, 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RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, March 26, 2001

Monday, March 26, 12:45PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String Lunch Club
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl  Seminar Room
``Field theory interpretation of holographic RG flows"
Johanna Erdmenger
MIT

Monday, March 26, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday Research Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Bldg 6 3rdfl  Seminar Room
``Polarization of M5 branes and little string theories with reduced
supersymmetry"
Iosif Bena
UC-Santa Barbara

Monday, March 26, 3:00 to 6:00PM
Clark University
Presidential Inauguration
Dana Commons
``Science Education: How can we measure success?"
Dr. Bruce Alberts, President,  (Keynote Speaker 4 to 5PM)
National Academy Sciences
Panel Discussion 3 to 4PM - Sandra Mayrand, Moderator
5PM Honorary Degree Awarded to Dr. Alberts
5:15 to 6PM Reception




Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Tuesday, March 27, 12:30PM
Harvard University
Joint Tufts-CfA-MIT Cosmology Seminar
Pratt Conference Room
``The effects of gravitational lensing of the CMB anisotropies"
Matias Zaldarriaga
NYU

Tuesday, March 27, 3:40PM
Boston University
Physics Colloquium
MSC Room 107, 590 Commonwealth Ave
``Future of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"
Professor Jeremiah Sullivan
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, March 27, 4:00 PM
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Bldg, Abelson 131
``A New Precision Measurement of the Muon (g-2) Value at the Level of 1.3 ppm"
Professor Robert Carey
Boston University
Refreshments served at 3:30p.m, Room 333
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Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Wednesday, March 28, 11:45AM
Brandeis University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Physics Building, Room 333
``Self -organization of steps and nanostructures on miscut crystal surfaces"
Professor Vivek Shenoy
Brown University

Wednesday, March 28, 4:30PM
Harvard University
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson Laboratory, Room 356
``Entangled Photon Absorption"
Dr. Malvin Teich
Boston University
Tea served at 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 28, 4:00PM
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Physics Colloquium
Olney 428
``Neutron-Proton Scattering: Billiard Balls, Bremsstrahlung and the Big Bang"
Professor June Matthews
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served at 3:30pm
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Thursday, March 29, 2001

No seminar notices received
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Friday, March 30, 2001


Friday, March 30, 2001 at 4:00 PM
Tufts University
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Nelson Auditorium 










Reminder:
Deadline for the April 1 to April 7 calendar is Monday, March  26,  at
11:00a.m.

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Ms. Joyce Berggren	               email : berg@mitlns.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	       berg@pierre.mit.edu
Center for Theoretical Physics
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