12:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Open House attendees arrive at Columbia and pick up information packets at the Physics Department, 704 Pupin.
Get settled in your accommodation at the Hotel Newton, 2528 Broadway at 96th Street,
(212) 678-5000.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
With faculty members and graduate students in 705 Pupin.
5:45 PM
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 5:30 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, William Horowitz and Matthew Toups, will guide the group to Devrish Turkish Restaurant located on 146 West 4th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
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 Philip Kim
10:00 - 10:20 Research - Experimental Nuclear: Professor Brian Cole
Break - 10 Minutes
10:30 - 10:50 Research - Theoretical Physics: Professor Norman Christ
10:50 - 11:10 Research - Experimental Astrophysics and Cosmology: Professor Elena Aprile
11:10 - 11:30 Research - Experimental High Energy Particle Physics: Professor Gustaaf Brooijmans
11:30 - 11:50 Research - Experimental Atomic/ Molecular/ Optical Physics: Professor Tanya Zelevinsky
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
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.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tours of Pupin Facilities (Optional)
Visits to graduate student facilities, condensed matter research labs, and the teraflop lattice gauge computer.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Campus Tour (Optional)
Regularly scheduled campus tour leaves daily at 2:00 PM from Columbia University Visitors Center, 213 Low Library Building.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Visit Student Grad 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.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Physics Department Colloquium 4:10 PM in 428 Pupin
Professor André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
6:00 PM
Faculty/Student Dinners
Small (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.