March 23-29, 2003 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics at Northeastern University. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc@neu.edu) or FAX (617-373-2943). We cannot accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than 11:00 a.m. the Monday of the week proceeding the week of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. Monday, March 24 , 2003 Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 4:00pm Brandeis University Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium Physics Building, Abelson 131 "The importance of being random: from genetic noise to actin polymerization" Dr. Alexander van Oudenaarden Massachusetts Institute of Technology Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30pm Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 4pm University of Massachusetts at Lowell Olney 218 "Background-Free Observations of Cold Antihydrogen with a First Glimpse of its Atomic State" Professor Gerald Gabrielse Harvard University Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 4:30pm Boston University - Joint Theory Seminar Physics Research Building, Room 595 3 Cummington Street "Composite little higgs" Ann E. Nelson (U. Washington) Refreshments at 4:00 pm Call (617)353-2600 for parking at least 24 hours in advance Thursday, March 27, 2003 Thursday, March 27, 2003, 4:00 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phillips Auditorium 60 Garden Street, Cambridge "Origin of the Moon: modeling lunar forming impacts" Robin Canup Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO Tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2002, 4:15 p.m. Harvard University Duality Seminar Putnam House, Radcliffe Yard Title: TBA Asad Naqvi U Penn Refreshments will be offered in Putnam House, at 3:45 Friday, March 28, 2003