MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

"Charge Ordering, Orbital Ordering, and Insulator-to-Metal Transitions" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Phillip B. Allen, State University of New York, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Dynamics on Lorentz Manifolds," Scot Adams, University of Minnesota, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Electrohydrodynamic Convection in a Neumatic," Tom Mullin, University of Manchester (England), 3:30 p.m., 316 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Mushroom Green Mold Epidemic in North America: Introduction of a New Pathogen," Xi Chen, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The Enzymology of Amidated Hormone Biosynthesis," David J. Merkler, Duquesne University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Martin Bollinger, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

"Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Engineering," Tony Mikos, Rice University, 11:15 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, host: Costas Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-9958).

"Boundary Amenability for Word Hyperbolic Groups," Scot Adams, University of Minnesota, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Colossal Magnetoresistive Properties and Synthesis of Manganese Perovskites," Benny Chan, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

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

"The Mysterious Analogs of the Kac-Moody Cocycle for Higher-Dimensional Gauge Groups," Jean-Luc Brylinski, Penn State, 1:00 p.m. 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Frege's Logical Foundation for Mathematics," Mark W. Schmitt, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Physiological and Fitness Consequences of Wolbachia Infection: The Quid Pro Quo of Symbiosis," Timothy Karr, University of Chicago, 2:30 p.m. (refreshments at 2:15 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, , host: Andrew G. Clark, Department of Biology (863-3891).

"Curves over Finite Fields with Many Rational Points: III," Hiren Maharaj, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Modeling and Adaptive Solution of Oxidation in Composite Material," Mohammed Aiffa, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Vitamin E and Immune Response in the Aged: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications," Simin Meyadini, Tufts University, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-0108).

"Miscellaneous Physical Applications of Dynamics," Mark Levi, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 325 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

"Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil," Amy Bonser, Penn State and Exxon Research & Engineering, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

"Halo Gas and Dust at Low Redshift," Blair Savage, University of Wisconsin, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

"On the L1 Mean of Some Trigonometric Polynomials," Antal Balog, Hungarian Academy of Science, 11:15 a.m., 106 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Structure and Function of Yeast TATA Binding Protein Dimers," Madhusmita Mitra, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Einstein Equations with Asymptotically Stable Constraint Propagation," Simonetta Fritteli, Duquesne University, 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Chemical Vapor Deposition" (colloquium), Roy Gordon, Harvard University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-6123).

"Isolation of Virulence Factors from Predominant Staphylococcus aureus," Chunlei Su, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"On Poisson Diffeomorphisms," Augustin Banyaga, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Plant Communities", Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina, 3:45 p.m. (refreshments 3:30 p.m.), 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Marc Abrams, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology/School of Forest Resources/Life Sciences Consortium (865-4901).

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

"Evolutionary Ecology Across Three Trophic Levels: Goldenrods, Gallmakers, and Natural Enemies," Warren Abrahamson, Bucknell University, 11:00 a.m. (coffee at 10:45 a.m.), 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building , host: Bruce McPheron, Department of Entomology (865-3088).

"Quantum-Mechanical Simulations of Dynamics of Large Clusters and of Macromolecules," Benny Gerber, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)/ University of California, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

"Exploration of Mars," Steven Squyres, Cornell University, 2:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

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