Sunday, March 29
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 96th Street,
(212) 678-5000. Guests may begin checking in at 1:00 pm.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Arrival
Open House attendees arrive at Columbia and pick up information packets at the Physics Department, 704 Pupin.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Informal Reception
With faculty members and graduate students in 705 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). Current Graduate students, Arthur Franke and Kurt Hinterbichler, will guide the group to Victor's Cafe located at 236 W. 52nd Street.
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MONDAY, March 30
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakfast
Buffet continental breakfast in room 705, Pupin Hall. 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 Andrew Millis, Chair of the Columbia Physics Department
9:15 - 9:40 Graduate Program: Professor Robert Mawhinney, Physics Director of Graduate Studies
9:40 - 10:00 Research - Experimental Condensed Matter: Professor Abhay Pasupathy
10:00 - 10:20 Research - Atomic /Molecular/ Optical Physics: Professor Tanya Zelevinsky
Break - 10 Minutes
10:30 - 10:50 Research - Experimental Particle Astrophysics, CMB, Gravitational Waves & Theoretical Astrophysics: Professor Szabolcs Marka
10:50 - 11:10 Research - Theoretical Physics: Professor Norman Christ
11:10 - 11:30 Research - Experimental High Energy Particle Physics: Professor Emlyn Hughes
11:30 - 11:50 Research - Condensed Matter Theory and Research outside the department: Professor Andrew Millis
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Buffet lunch in 705 Pupin with current graduate students.
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.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Visit Grad Student Housing (Optional)
Current grad students will hold open house Monday afternoon from 3:00
to 4:00. Feel free to pay a visit on your own during these hours.
Specific details to follow.
4:10 PM - 5:15 PM
Physics Department Colloquium 4:10 PM in 428 Pupin
Professor Caleb Scharf, Columbia University
Title: "The New Astrobiology"
6:00 PM
Faculty/Student Dinners
Small group (1 faculty + 1 current student + 3 or 4 attendees) dinners in
local restaurants. This is an opportunity to chat with faculty and
students in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Meet in Pupin lobby
(remember that is the 5th Floor!) at 6:00 PM to meet in dinner groups.
Students going with each faculty member are assigned. See your packet
for this information.
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