Past Lectures

September 28, 2002
Searching for Ripples in Space-time: Fulfilling Einstein's Vision
Prof. Peter Saulson (Syracuse University)
November 16, 2002

Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe (view slides)

Prof. Mark Trodden (Syracuse University)
February 8, 2003

The Case of the Missing Antimatter
Profs. Marina Artuso, Steven Blusk, Tomasz Skwarnicki, Sheldon Stone and J.C. Wang (Syracuse University)
April 26, 2003

Black Holes: the One Hour Tour

Prof. Donald Marolf (Syracuse University)
October 4, 2003
`Catch a Falling Photon, Put it in Your Pocket.': The Science of Solar Energy
Prof. Eric Schiff (Syracuse University)
December 13, 2003
Chaos: Snowfall, Dirty Dishes, and the Paths of Planets
Prof. Alan Middleton (Syracuse University)
February 28, 2004
Astrochemistry and Astrobiology: Exploring the Chemical Factories of Interstellar Space
Prof. Gianfranco Vidali (Syracuse University)
October 23, 2004
Soft Matter: Geometry and Materials (download powerpoint)
Prof. Mark Bowick (Syracuse University)
January 23, 2005
Physics and Society: from Individual Enabling Technologies to Global Crisis Communications
Prof. Edward Lipson (Syracuse University)
April 9, 2005
A Celebration of Einstein's "Miracle Year"
Prof. Peter Saulson (Syracuse University)
October 22, 2005
Matter, Forces and Einstein's Dream
Prof. Simon Catterall (Syracuse University)
January 28, 2006
What We Always Wanted to Know About the Universe
Prof. Cristian Armendariz-Picon (Syracuse University)
April 29, 2006
How to Make Electrical Circuits Behave Like Atoms
Prof. Britton Plourde (Syracuse University)

The Physics Department at Syracuse University is the recent recipient of a grant from the Internships in Public Science Education program of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation. This lecture series is partly supported under this grant.