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Connecticut College Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics hosting spring lecture series

February 27, 2008

NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Connecticut College Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics is hosting a series of three lectures throughout the spring. All will be held in the Olin Science Center, room 111, at 3:30 p.m., and are free and open to the public.

The seminar schedule is as follows:

- Feb. 29, "The Mechanical Properties of Light," by Jack Harris, assistant professor of physics at Yale University.

- April 11, "New Superconducting Detectors for Astronomy," by Dan Prober, chair of the Applied Physics Department at Yale University.

- April 25, "The Life and Works of Henri Pitot," by Claude Thiébeaux, chair of the Physics Department at the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne.

For more information, call (860) 439- 2328.

Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 41 states, the District of Columbia and 42 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu