December 15-21, 2002
      THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR
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Monday, December 16, 2002

Monday, December 16, 2002, 4:30pm
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"To Be Announced"
Robert Dijkgraaf
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 4:00pm



Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 1:30PM note new time
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics
third floor, seminar room
``Lattice domain-wall fermions with optimal chiral symmetry"
Ting-Wai Chiu
National  Taiwan University
Refreshments will be served



Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 2:30 PM
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30 PM
"The Structure of Open String Field Theory
in the Continuous kappa Basis"
Dr. Alon Marcus



Thursday, December 19, 2002


Friday, December 20, 2002

Thursday, December 19, 2002, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden Street, Cambridge
"The Skinny on Galaxy Formation from Edge-On Disks"
Juliane Dalcanton
University of Washington
Tea and cookies at 3:30pm