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mlarmon — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:36:48 +0000

Marcy Larmon (inactive) Friday, 12/14/2012, at 11:36 AM

Symmetry in Nature and in the Laws of Nature

Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 7, 2013
8 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Early Registration Check in and pick up registration packets Smith House, 22 Hitchcock Road
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Visit Open Classes Various locations
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Lunch Meal tickets provided in registration packets Valentine Dining Hall
2:30 – 3 p.m.	Late Registration Check in and pick up registration packets Lobby, Merrill Science Center
3 – 3:45 p.m.	Welcome Keynote: Symmetry, Conservation and the Central Role of Emmy Noether's Theorems in the Physics of the Last 100 Years Kannan Jagannathan, the Bruce B. Benson '43 and Lucy Benson Professor of Physics Lecture Room 2, Merrill Science Center
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.	Introduction to Fundamental Discrete Symmetries Larry Hunter, the Stone Professor of Natural Sciences (Physics) Lecture Room 2, Merrill Science Center
4:30 – 5 p.m.	Break
5 – 5:45 p.m.	Symmetry and Schrodinger's Cat Jonathan Friedman, associate professor of physics Lecture Room 2, Merrill Science Center
5:45 - 6:30 p.m.	The Higgs Particle and Symmetries Exact, Approximate, Manifest and Hidden Will Loinaz, associate professor of physics Lecture Room 2, Merrill Science Center
6:45 – 7:30 p.m.	Cocktail Reception An opportunity to relax and discuss the day's lectures with the faculty, guests and fellow participants. There will be information available about the new Science Center and staff there to answer quetions. Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons
7:30 p.m.	Dinner Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons
Friday, March 8, 2013
7:30 – 9 a.m.	Breakfast Meal tickets provided in information packets Valentine Dining Hall
9 – 10:30 a.m.	Lab Tours Participants will pre-select one research lab to visit from 9 to 9:45 a.m., and a second one to visit from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.
10:30 – 11 a.m.	Break
11 – 11:45 a.m.	Symmetry in Motion: How Mathematicians and Artists Capture the Patterns of Nature Susan Goldstine '93,associate professor of mathematics at St. Mary's College of Maryland Room 131, Merrill Science Center
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m	Challenges and Pleasures of Bringing Esoteric Science to the Public Carolyn Johnson '02, the lead science writer at The Boston Globe Room 131, Merrill Science Center
12:30 – 2 p.m.	Lunch Meal tickets provided in information packets Valentine Dining Hall
2 – 2:45 p.m.	Supersymmetry on the Table: Looking for New Physics with an Old Method Elizabeth Petrik '08, graduate student in physics at Harvard University Lecture Room 3, Merrill Science Center
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.	Testing the Symmetry between Matter and Antimatter David Hanneke, assistant professor of physics Lecture Room 3, Merrill Science Center
3:30 – 4 p.m.	Closing Reception and Conversation Merrill Science Center Lobby

Amherst College: Schedule

[Amherst Today]

Symmetry in Nature and in the Laws of Nature

Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013