All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, November 17

Seminar

Roberta A. Morris Lecture—Nyla Branscombe

When and why are victims expected to be more humanitarian than non-victims?

Date:
Time:
10:30 am
Location: Burnett Hall Room: 79
This event originated in Psychology.
Lecture

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture

Date:
Time:
3:30 pm
Location: Bessey Hall Room: 117
Gini Henderson, United States Naval Academy, will present “Contributions of tropical intraseasonal variability on high latitude climate.”
Colloquium

Hilkka Kenttämaa, Chem Colloquium

Date:
Time:
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 112
Professor Hilkka Kenttämaa, Purdue University, will present “Gas-phase Studies on Charged Aromatic Bi-, Tri- and Tetraradicals.”
This event originated in Chemistry.
Colloquium

Ihsan Topaloglu, Virginia Commonwealth University

An old problem resurfaces nonlocally: Gamow’s liquid drop model and beyond

Date:
Time:
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115
Abstract: The liquid drop model, an old problem introduced by Gamow for the shape of atomic nuclei and nuclear fission, has recently resurfaced within the framework of the modern calculus of variations. Namely, this model is given by a constrained …
This event originated in Math Colloquia.