MONDAY, APRIL 6

"Charge Stripes in Doped Mott Insulators" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Sang-wu Cheong, Lucent Technologies, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-5347).

"Dynamics of Maps of a Circle with One Critical Point," Genadi Levin, Hebrew University (Israel), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

Enzyme Replacement and Gene Therapy for Hereditary Metabolic Disorders of Humans," Roscoe O. Brady, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Schlegel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Generating Functions for Operads," Alex Ulyanov, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 306 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

"The Dynamics of Protein Adsorption at the Oil-Water Interface from Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy," C. J. Radke, University of California at Berkeley, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske Laboratory, host: Ali Borhan, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-7847).

"Electric Field Effects in Molecular Association, Reaction Stereoselectivity, and Catalysis," Craig Wilcox, University of Pittsburgh, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"Pushing the Limits of Composite Fermions," Scott Zelakiewicz, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, host: George Stan, Center for Materials Physics (863-3950).

"Some Identities in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook," S. Son, University of Illinois, 1:00 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Spin Foam Models of Quantum Gravity: Part II," John Baez, University of California at Riverside, 2:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Communication and Choice in Mobile Networks," Catuscia Palamidessi, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 308 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Cell Problems for Effective Properties of Materials," Leonid Berlyand, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Exercise, Immune Fat, and Nutrition," Joseph Cannon, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Introgression Among Cyprinid Fishes of the Genus Luxilus: A Molecular Perspective," Tom Dowling, Arizona State University, 4:00 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: William Jeffery, Department of Biology (865-4562).

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

"Peixoto's Theorem II," Radu Orendovici, Penn State, 10:30 a.m., 328E Health and Human Development East Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Exploring the Mechanisms for Plasma Deposition of Electronic and Polymeric Materials," Ellen Fisher, Colorado State University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Ozone-Induced Changes in Guard Cell Membranes: A Patch-Clamp Study," Gro Torsethaugen, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).

"First KISS-Preliminary Results from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey," John Salzer, Wesleyan University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Anna Jangren, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Science: A Round Peg in a Square World" (Marker Lecture #1 of 3), Harold W. Kroto, University of Sussex (England), 8:00 p.m., 104 Keller Conference Center, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

"Examination of the Role of Protein Kinase C in Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway Mediated Signal Transduction," W. Pete Long, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Fixed-Point Formulas and the Riemann Zeta Function (conclusion)," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 3 White Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Trap" (Whitfield Lecture), A. L. Fetter, Stanford University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0165).

(title to be announced,) Steve Armentrout, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Quantitative Characterization and Discrimination of Watershed-Delineated Landscapes," Glen Johnson, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: G. P. Patil, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"C60 Buckminsterfullerene: Not Just a Pretty Molecule" (Marker Lecture #2 pf 3), Harold W. Kroto, University of Sussex (England), 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Computational Biology and Biological Modeling: Beliefs, Perspectives, and Applications," Hui-Hsein Chou, Institute for Genomic Research, 4:00 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505)

"Covariate Measurement Error Methods in Failure Time Regression," Sharon Xie, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Uniformization of Riemann Surfaces: From Klein and Poincare to the Time of Strings and Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity" (colloquium), Leon Takhtajan, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building (refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in 212 McAllister Building), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

"The New Round World of Carbon Chemistry and Material Science" (Marker Lecture #3 of 3), Harold Kroto, University of Sussex (England), 12:15 p.m., Assembly Hall in Hetzel Union Building, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Tunneling Dynamics of Squeezed States in a Potential Well," Nikhil Patel, Penn State, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, 2:30 p.m., Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Wellposedness in Sobolev Spaces of the Fall Water Wave Problem," Sijue Wu, University of Iowa, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

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SUNDAY, APRIL 12

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