Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tentative Schedule
(Please visit this page periodically for more details to the schedule)
Get settled in your accommodation at the Hotel Newton, 2528 Broadway at 95th Street,
(212) 678-6500. Guests may begin checking in at 1:00 pm.
5:30 PM
Arrival
Open House attendees arrive at Columbia and pick up information packets at the Physics Department, 704 Pupin.
5:45 PM
Meet for Dinner
All Open House attendees are invited to attend a group dinner with current grad students - a chance to talk candidly about graduate student life at Columbia and in the Physics Department.
Meet in the lobby of Pupin (remember: this is the 5th Floor) at 5:45 PM. Also recall that on Sunday you can only get to Pupin by entering at the main campus entrance on 116th Street (and Broadway or Amsterdam Ave).
Your hosts will be current graduate students (TBA).
Restaurant: Havana Central located at 2911 Broadway between 113th & 114th St.
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MONDAY, March 26, 2012
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakfast
Buffet continental breakfast in room 703, Northwest Corner Building. There will be coffee, tea, bagels, OJ, etc., served.
9:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Presentations About the Graduate Program in Physics
9:15 Welcome from Professor William Zajc, Chair of the Columbia Physics Department
9:20 - 9:40 Research - Atomic /Molecular/ Optical Physics
9:40 - 10:00 Research - Experimental High Energy Particle Physics:
10:00 - 10:20 Research - Experimental Nuclear Physics:
Break - 10 Minutes
10:30 - 10:50 Research - Review of Doctoral Program: Professor Robert Mawhinney, Director of Graduate Studies
10:50 - 11:10 Research - Experimental Particle Astrophysics, CMB, Gravitational Waves and Theoretical Astrophysics:
11:10 - 11:30 Research - Experimental Condensed Matter:
11:30 - 11:50 Research - Theoretical Physics:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Buffet lunch in 705 Pupin with current graduate students and faculty.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Faculty Appointments
We will schedule appointments for you with faculty as per your
indicated interests. The schedule will be circulated on Monday morning.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Campus Tour (Optional)
Regularly scheduled campus tour leaves daily at 1:00 PM from Columbia University Visitors Center, 213 Low Library Building.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tours of Pupin Labs (Optional)
Visits to the AMO lab, condensed matter research lab, experimental astrophysics labs and the lattice gauge supercomputer lab.
2:10 PM - 3:15 PM
Theory Seminar 2:10 PM in 831 Pupin (Optional)
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Visit Grad Student Housing (Optional)
Current grad student, TBA will hold open house Monday afternoon from 3:00
to 4:00. Feel free to pay a visit on your own during these hours. All interested individuals should meet outside 704 Pupin at 2:50 pm.
4:10 PM - 5:15 PM
Physics Department Colloquium 4:10 PM in 428 Pupin
Speaker:
Title:
6:00 PM
Farewell Reception with current graduate students and faculty
This is an opportunity to chat with faculty and
students in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Meet outside of 704 Pupin at 5:45 PM to meet with group.
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