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Physics at Yale

REGISTRATION

Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm 116
320 York Street (between Elm and Grove streets)

Sloane Physics Laboratory (main entrance)
217 Prospect Street

Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Avenue

PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT

Bus Tour of Campus (highlighting new construction and renovations)

CONFERENCE

Physics Open House, Lab Tours and Poster Session
Sloane Physics Laboratory
217 Prospect Street

Visit labs, talk with faculty and students about the exciting research they are conducting, find your old haunts, and check out recent renovations in Sloane (new lounges, student work spaces). Four laboratories will be open for visits:

Atomic Physics, ground floor of Sloane, hosted by Dan McKinsey

High Energy Physics and Astrophysics, fourth and fifth floors of Gibbs Laboratories, hosted by Bonnie Fleming and Andy Szymkowiak

Nuclear Physics, Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, hosted by Volker Werner and Andreas Heinz

Applied Physics, Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center, hosted by Bob Schoelkopf

Light refreshments will be served throughout the Open House.

Opening Session

Welcoming Remarks
Jon Butler
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Meg Urry
Chair, Department of Physics

The Future of Science at Yale
Steven M. Girvin
Deputy Provost for Science and Technology

Reception and Dinner

Yale Alumni at the Frontiers of Physics Research

Davies Auditorium
Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center
15 Prospect Street

MODERATOR

Francesco Iachello
Yale University

PANELISTS

Baha Balantekin '82 PhD
University of Wisconsin

Gordon Cates '87 PhD
University of Virginia

Michael Dine '78 PhD
University of California, Santa Cruz

Senta V. Greene '92 PhD
Vanderbilt University

David M. Lee '59 PhD
Cornell University, Emeritus

Marlan Scully '65 PhD
Texas A & M University

Coffee break

Science Policy and Its Implications for Research at Universities and Laboratories

MODERATOR

Michael Zeller
Yale University

PANELISTS

Charles Baltay '63 PhD
Yale University

Dennis Kovar '70 PhD
U. S. Department of Energy

Arthur Ramirez '84 PhD
LGS - Bell Labs Innovations

Allen Sessoms '72 PhD
University of The District of Columbia

Lunch

Hall of Graduate Studies Dining Hall and
McDougal Common Room
320 York Street

Current Directions of the Yale Department of Physics

Davies Auditorium
Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center
15 Prospect Street

Meg Urry, Chair, Yale Department of Physics

From Yale Physics to the World of Business, Finance and Industry

MODERATOR

Thomas Appelquist
Yale University

PANELISTS

Joseph Allen '65 PhD
NASA and Private Sector, Retired

Joel Birnbaum '65 PhD
Hewlett-Packard Co., Retired

Piotr Karasinski '87 PhD
HSBC, London

Shiva Kumar '86 PhD
IBM, New York

Zhiping Zhao '93 PhD
CreditSights, New York

Cocktails and Dinner

Silliman College Common Room and
Dining Hall
505 College Street

After-Dinner Remarks
"Symmetry Breaking, Chaos and Dark Energy: Washington's Grand Challenges"
Michael Lubell '69 PhD
Professor, City College of CUNY
Director of Public Affairs, APS

Modern Trends in Physics Education

Davies Auditorium
Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center
15 Prospect Street

MODERATOR

Peter Parker
Yale University

PANELISTS

Mark Caprio '03 PhD
University of Notre Dame

Peter M. Koch '74 PhD
SUNY Stony Brook

Richard A. Lindgren '69 PhD
University of Virginia

Cindy B. Schwarz '85 PhD
Vassar College

Richard N. Steinberg '87 MS, '92 PhD (Applied Physics)
City College of New York

Farewell Brunch

Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall
Corner of College and Grove Streets