The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S25-20    2025-May 19

          Editor: Daniel Friedan        Publisher: Christina Pettola
Contributions should be sent to newsletter@physics.rutgers.edu


ANNOUCEMENTS:
128th Statistical Mechanics Conference
TODAY AND TOMORROW MAY 19-20, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, 110 FRELINGHUYSEN ROAD, ROOM 114
Please visit our website both for registration and presenting a short talk at https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/statistical-mechanics-conference/icalrepeat.detail/2025/05/18/2333/-/128th-statistical-mechanics-conference



SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIUM:
     Seminars and colloquia are being conducted either in-person, on the web, or hybrid. 
     See below the events listing for pages giving instructions for connecting to the web seminars.

HET  Tues May 20 	Akshay Ghalsasi, Harvard
2:30   385E and Zoom    "Majoron Echoes of Leptogenesis"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f

MPS  Wed May 21		Camillo De Lellis, Institute for Advanced Study
10:45   Zoom		"Besicovitch's 1/2 problem and linear programming"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98500395202?pwd=OGNlGX4B6K2SZkWtoobaRugK4rIzHJ.1


*********Partial List of Next Week's Seminars**************

MPS  Wed May 28		Senya Shlosman, BIMSA, Skoltech Center of Advance Studies
10:45   Zoom		"KPZ scaling and the Tracy-Widom distribution in the 3D Ising model"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98500395202?pwd=OGNlGX4B6K2SZkWtoobaRugK4rIzHJ.1


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The departmental calendar of colloquia and seminars is
        https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/events-calendar/

For instructions for connecting to the web seminars, see

     AST        Astrophysics Seminar                         https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/astro/seminars
     CCB        Chemistry & Chemical Biology                 https://chem.rutgers.edu/
     CMS        Condensed Matter Seminar                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/seminars/condensedmatter
     COL        Colloquium                                   https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/colloquium
     CQB        Center for Quantitative Biology              https://cqb.rutgers.edu/
     DELTA-P    Developing Educators and Leaders 
                       Among TAs in Physics                  https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/321686/
     GAP        Geometry & Physics Seminar
     HET        High Energy Theory Seminar                   https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/het/seminars
     HEX        High Energy Experimental                     http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/seminars
     HON        Honors Seminar
     I2I        Invitations to Industry
     IQB        Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine       https://iqb.rutgers.edu/seminars
     JPAS       Junior Physics & Astronomy Seminar
     LSM        Lab for Surface Modification                 https://lsm.rutgers.edu/events/
     MiPA/EIJC  RU Minorities in P & A /                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/rumipa/eijc.html
                       Equity & Inclusion Journal Club                                      
     ML         Machine Learning Group Meeting
     MPS        Mathematical Physics Seminar                 https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-webinar/range.listevents/-
                                                             https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-in-person-seminar/range.listevents/-
     MSE        Materials Science & Engineering              https://mse.rutgers.edu/
     NPS        Nuclear Physics Seminar                      https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/np/seminars
     PAER       Physics and Astronomy Education Research
     PCS        Physical Chemistry Seminar                   https://remsinglab.com/pchemseminars
     PhyLT      Physics of Learning Theory                   https://nilavam.github.io/phyML/index.html
     SIP        Seminar in Physics                           http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/grad/634/
     SPS        Society of Physics Students Talk Series      http://sps.physics.rutgers.edu/
     SSPAR      Student Seminars in P & A at Rutgers         http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/gso/SSPAR/