Physics Events

The Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence and dotDemocracy present the 2014 Weingartner Digital Citizenship Forum. This event will host panelists discussing the impacts of the Internet on democracy.

Dr. D. Chris Benner, College of William & Mary, Title of Talk: Methane in the Outer Solar System: A Century and a Half Later

Through this annual event, students pursuing Honors projects have the chance to present their work to faculty members and their fellow students. {{http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/honors/currentstudents/colloquium/schedule/index.php, See Full Schedule}}

Rachel Taverner and Jesse Evans each present their Physics Honors Research.

Title: Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of Delay Differential Equations

Speaker: Mordechai Feingold, Caltech, Title of Talk: Newton and the Origin of Civilization

Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center will be displaying a 1687 copy of Sir Isaac Newton's "Principia," plus Galileo's "Dialogo," work by Aristotle and other notable scientific works.

Ceremony to celebrate the planting of a direct descendent of the apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation. The tree is a gift of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, propagated and donated by Bill Mackintosh.

Arlo Hollingshad and Nicholas Penthorn will each present their Honors Physics research.

Anne Mennen will present her Honors Physics research.

Join entrepreneur Rob Cotter, founder of Organic Transit, as he describes his efforts to create a zero-emissions, solar-powered bicycle as a new model for environmentally friendly urban transportation.

Students who have conducted research in the sciences will present their work at the 20th Annual Science Symposium.