Special Seminars / Spring 2013

Talks are held on Thursdays at 4:15 pm in Pupin. Note that ALL talks must be a maximum of 30 minutes long (even if there is only one speaker). Hosts should inform speakers of this requirement.

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Date		Name		Institution		Title		Abstract		Host
January 17		Federico Lelli Saurav Dhital		Kapteyn Institute Boston University		Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies SLoWPoKES: Constraining Binary Formation Theory		Abstract Abstract		Jacqueline Jeff
January 24		Or Graur Sarah Ballard		AMNH U. Washington		Digging for buried treasure: discovery of 90 Type Ia supernovae in a spectroscopic supernova survey in the SDSS/ Exoplanet Characterization by Proxy for Kepler-61b: How a Nearby Star Bumped a Planet Out of the Habitable Zone		Abstract		Gurtina
January 31		Daniele Vigano		U. Alicante, Spain		Magneto-Thermal Evolution of Isolated Neutron Stars: Towards the Grand Unification		Abstract		Gurtina
February 7								Abstract
February 14								Abstract
February 21								Abstract
February 28		Nick Battaglia/Kim Venn		CMU/UVic				Abstract		Gurtina/KVJ and JvG
March 7								Abstract
March 14								Abstract
March 21								Abstract
March 28								Abstract
April 4								Abstract
April 11								Abstract
April 18		Raul Jimenez		Univ. of Barcelona		TBD		Abstract		Zoltan
April 25								Abstract
May 2		Federica Bianco		NYU				Abstract		Gurtina