MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9

"Some Recent and Not-So-Recent Results in the Spectral Theory of Dynamical Systems," Anatole Katok, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Tunneling Anomalies in Disordered Superconductors" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Wenhao Wu, University of Rochester, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0093).

"Assembly and Dynamic Properties of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Complexes," Stephen P. Bell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"From Genesis to the Book of Revelations: 200 Years of General Chemistry Texts Written in America(n)," Derek Davenport, Purdue University, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-9391).

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10

"Functional Macromolecules: Small Molecule Transports at the Flip of a Switch?," Sharon Elyashiv, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"Ultrafilters on the Integers," Joel Anderson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Analytic Theory of Drinfeld Modules: II," Matt Papanikolas, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 315 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Effective Topos," Stephen Binns, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Adaptive Dynamics and the Shape Space of RNA," Walter Fontana, Santa Fe Institute and University of Vienna (Austria), 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

"Do All Plants Have the Same Set of Genes? Lessons from a Study of the Chemical Diversity of Plant Fatty Acids," Christopher R. Sommerville, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (with video conferencing at other campuses), host: Daniel Cosgrove, Life Sciences Consortium and Department of Biology (863-3650 or 863-3892).

"Health Benefits of Green Tea," C. S. Yang, Rutgers University, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-0108).

"Parallel Algorithms for Unstructured Mesh Computation," Paul Plassman, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Looking for Gravity Waves with Interferometers and Computers," Douglas N. Arnold, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 325 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

(title to be announced), Brian Reiss, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).

(title to be announced), Timothy Vaughn, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).

"Some Implications of the Arabidopsis Genome Project," Christopher Somerville, Christopher R. Sommerville, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Stanford University, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Biology and Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

Disks Around Stars, The Vega Phenomenon," Roger Knacke, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Eric Feigelson, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

"Applications of Bivariant K-theory to the Novikov Conjecture," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Characterization of the Drosophila sns locus," Malabika Chakravarti, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Susan Abmayr, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Supersingular locus in Hilbert-Blumenthal 4-folds," Jia-Fu Yu, University of Pennsylvania, 11:15 a.m., 106 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Guided Inquiry: Shifting from Faculty-Centered Teaching to Student-Centered Learning," James Spencer, Franklin and Marshall University, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

"Operational Characteristics of the Resonant Mass Gravitational Wave Detector, Niobe," Ik Siong Heng, University of Western Australia, 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Testing the Limits of Composite Fermions with Phonon Drag" (colloquium), Tom Gramila, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-4972).

"Habitat Use by Fish in the Susquehanna River: The Influence of Flow," Brian Mangan, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Dean Arnold, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"Multi-phase Geometrical Optics," Bjorn Engquist, University of California, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

"Base-Einstein Condensation: How Colorado Became the Coldest Site in the Universe," Edward N. Brothers, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Wavelet-Based Homogenization," Bjorn Engquist, University of California, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

(none)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

"Towards a Theory of Everything" (Marker Lecture #1 of 3), David J. Gross, University of California, 8:00 p.m., 104 Keller Building, Department of Physics (865-7534).

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