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Read this memo before coming to Stony Brook.
Do not forget to register for the CELT training here, and sign up for Tom Hemmick's seminar "Making your Lecture Memorable".
| Aug 18, Mon | Javits/SAC | Orientation for international students (Graduate School) |
| Aug 19, Tue | Wong Center | Orientation for international students (Graduate School) |
| Aug 20, Wed | SAC S240 | Morning: Orientation for international students
(Graduate School)
2:00pm Laszlo Mihaly: Welcome 2:10 Axel Drees: Qualifying exam 2:40 Individual appointments with members of the Graduate Committee. Form study groups for the qualifying exam. |
| Aug 21, Thu | SAC | 9:00 - 6:00 Mandatory orientation for ALL new students |
| Aug 22, Fri | S240 | 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast 9:00 Laszlo Mihaly: How does this Department work? 9:40 Peter Johnson (BNL): ARPES 10:10 Fred Walter: SMARTS telescope and observational astronomy 10:40 George Sterman: YITP 11:10 Hal Metcalf: TBA 11:40 Warren Siegel: String theory 12:10 Lunch Break 1:10 Paul Grannis (Dept. Chair): Academic honesty 2:00 Phil Allen: Electrical polarity 2:30 Peter Kahn: Research areas - Having an open mind? 3:00 Chi-Chang Kao (BNL): High pressure materials properties 4:00 Keg |
| Aug 23, Sat | Enjoy the weekend | |
| Aug 24, Sun | Enjoy the weekend | |
| Aug 25, Mon | S240 | 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast 9:00 Peter Stephens: Sex 10:00 Jac Verbaarschot: Random Matrix Theory 10:30 Bob McCarthy: How are labs done? 11:20 Break, walk up to A-129 11:30 Joe Feliciano and Frank Chin: Practical advice about the labs 12:00 Matt Eardley: Advice from a former TA 12:30 Lunch Break, back to S-240 1:00 Jim Lattimer: Supernovae and neutron stars 1:30 Kostya Likharev: TBA 2:00 Tom Weinacht: Molecular coherence 2:30 Michal Simon: Astronomy 3:00 Meet the teachers of some graduate courses (Abanov, Koch, Lattimer, Likharev, Peggs, Verbaarschot, Weinacht, Zahed) |
| Aug 26, Tue | SAC | CELT TA training |
| Aug 27, Wed | Labs SAC | 9:00 Do measurements for lab presentation Prepare for qual exam in study groups 6:00pm Dinner for grad students |
| Aug 28, Thu | SAC | CELT TA training |
| Aug 29, Fri | S240 Labs | CELT training 11:00 Meet with profs, sort out scheduling conflicts (snacks served) 12:00 - 3:00 Lab presentations |
| Aug 30, Sat | Enjoy the Weekend | |
| Aug 31, Sun | Enjoy the Weekend | |
| Sep 1, Mon | Labor day. Offices and most shops are closed. | |
| Sep 2, Tue | S240 | 6:00pm First day of Qualifying Exam |
| Sep 3, Wed | Classes start. 6:00pm Second day of Qualifying Exam. | |
| Sep 4, Thu | 6:00pm Comprehensive Exam | |
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