MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

"title to be announced," Mark Levi, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Modulation of Transcription Activator Function by the General Transcription Factor IIA and the Coactivator CBP/p300," Paul Lieberman, The Wistar Institute, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Once and Future Kingdoms: Mass Extinctions and the History of Life," Peter Ward, University of Washington (respondent: Lee Smolin, Penn State), 4:00 p.m., 111 Forum Building, Science Studies Program and Department of Geosciences (cny1@psu.edu).

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

"Amenable Group Actions," Nigel Histon, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"InAs/Si Heteroepitaxial MBE Growth: A Principally New Type of Quantum Dots," G. E. Cirlin, Russian Academy of Science, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Andrei Sirenko, Center for Materials Physics (865-9231).

"Selmer Groups of Elliptic Curves: III," Ken Ono, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Numerical Evolution of Dynamic 3-D Black Holes: Extracting Waves," Karen Camarda, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Separation Principles in Logic and Analysis (continued)", Stephen Simson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Talking Through Walls: Cell-Cell Interactions During Arabidopsis Reproduction," Dafney Preuss, University of Chicago, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Department of Biology (863-3892).

"Emerging Issues in Brain Iron Management" (colloquium), James Connor, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-0108).

"The Permian Extinction," Peter Ward, University of Washington, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Science Studies Program and Department of Biology (cny1@psu.edu).

"title to be announced," Mohammed Aiffa, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

"Amenability of Boundary Actions for Hyperbolic Groups," Heath Emerson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"title to be announced," Scott Ahlgren, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 106 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Vassiliev Invariants, the Space Cyl* and the Quantum Gravity Constraints," Rodolfo Gambini, Instituto de Fisica (Uruguay), 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"What Your Mother or Milton Cole Never Told You About Physisorption" (colloquium), Renee Diehl, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-9251).

"Genetic and Biochemical Properties of a Novel Metalloprotease from S. chromogenes," Songlin Zhang, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo , Department of Veterinary Sciences (863-5786).

"Avian Use of Different Successional-stage Beaver Ponds in Pennsylvania," Diann Prosser, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Robert Brooks, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"Ethics and Computing," Kevin Bowyer, University of South Florida, 4:00 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"What's New in Minitab Release 12," Gwen Stimely and Jay Aubuchon, Minitab Inc., 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Focal Conic Structures and Ginzburg-Landau Functional" (colloquium), David Kinderlerher, Carnegie-Mellon University, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, (refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in 212 McAllister Building), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

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