MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

"T is for Twist: The Mystery of the Missing Chirality" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-5345).

"Interactions of Plant Luteoviruses with Their Insect Vectors Influencing Vector-Specificity and Virus Survival," Fred Gildow, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Muscle Development in Drosphila," Susan M. Abmayr, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Role of Taguchi Methods in Robust Engineering" (colloquim), Genichi Taguchi, 4:00 p.m., 162 Willard Building, Department of Statistics/Department of Industrial Engineering/Department of Management Science and Information Systems (865-1348).

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

"High Rank Elliptic Curves," John Rickert, Penn State and Rose Hulman Institute, 12:20 a.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Control of Developing Stereochemistry in Radical Reactions," Phil Garner, Case Western Reserve University, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"The Future of B Physics" (elementary particles and fields), Samim Erhan, University of California at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-3369).

"Carotenoids in Human Plasma Lipoproteins: Possible Relevance to Atherosclerosis," Earl Harrison, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Statistical Tests of the Hypothesis of Neutral Mutations," Yun-Xin Fu, University of Texas at Houston, 4:00 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biology (863-0479).

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

"Keys for Encouraging Better Collaborations Between Universities and the Poultry Industry,Ó Henry (Hank) M. Engster, Perdue Farms Incorporated, 10:00 a.m., 221 Henning Building, host: William D. Weaver Junior, Department of Poultry Science (863-2101).

"Nanografting: A New Method for Nanofabrication of Thin Film Materials," Gang-yu, Wayne State University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Low-Temperature Physiology of Cyanobacteria," Donald A. Bryant and Ernest C. Pollard, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).

"Pathogenesis of Enteroaggregative E. Coli Diarrhea," James Natro, University of Maryland, 4:30 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Thomas Whittam, Department of Biology (863-1970).

THURDAY, NOVEMBER 6

"Materials Research at Caterpillar," Mike Readey, Caterpillar Incorporated, 11:00 a.m., 301 Steidle Building, Ceramic Science and Engineering Program (865-4992).

"A Criterion for Elliptic Curves with Lowest 2-Power in L(1)," Cunlain Zhao, Peiking University (China), 11:20 a.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Invariants of Curves by Evolution of Frames," Richard L. Bishop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3:00 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Adventures on Flatland" (colloquium), Robert Austin, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-2662).

"Adherence and Cytotoxic Effects of Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus," Songlin Zhang, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Ecological Literacy and Penn State: A Green Print for the Future," Barbara Anderson-Siebert, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckout Laboratory, host: Chris Uhl, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"The Architecture of Servers," Mazin Yousif Algudady, IBM Corporation, 4:00 p.m. 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Curvature of Warped Product Metric Spaces" (colloquium), Richard L. Bishop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building (refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in 212 McAllister Building), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Geometry of Color," Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State, 5:45 p.m., 116 McAllister Buillding, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

"Surface Structures and Reactions Measures with Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy," Miquel Salmeron, Lawrence Berkley Laboratories, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

(title to be announced), Michael Arjmand, Centre Analytical Laboratory, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Larry Hull, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

ÒThe Einstein/Podolsky/Rosen Experiment: On the Road to a Final Answer" (chemical physics/physical chemistry), Thomas Walther, Texas A & M University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Adaptive Solution of Phase Change Problems With Error Control," Ricardo Nochetto, University of Maryland, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

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