SPECIAL NOTE: The Fall 2001 series is reduced in the total number of colloquia due to the refurbishment work on the Building 3 Auditorium and the consequent reduction in the number of available dates in the Building 8 Auditorium.
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| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
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September 17 (Moe I. Schneebaum Lecture) |
From Satellites to Saris: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate and Human Health |
Rita Colwell Director, NSF |
| September 24 | William Gilbert and the Dawn of Modern Science |
David P. Stern GSFC Retired, Emeritus |
| October 1 | Assembly and Advanced Servicing in Space |
Rud Moe NASA/GSFC |
| October 8 | No Colloquium (Columbus Day Holiday) | |
| October 15 | Einstein's Unfinished Symphony |
Marcia Bartusiak Author |
| October 22 | No Colloquium (Bldg 3 and 8 not available) | |
| October 29 | Creating a Bird and the Fifth Day Blues: Copying, Modeling, and Starting from Scratch |
Doug Warrick Minot State University |
| November 5 | No Colloquium (Bldg 3 and 8 not available) | |
| November 12 | No Colloquium (Veteran's Day Holiday) | |
| November 19 | The SMSI "Implant-Once-Read-Many" Real-Time Glucose Sensor |
Anthony Czarnik Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc. |
| November 26 | No Colloquium (Bldg 3 and 8 not available) | |
| December 3 | The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mission |
Liz Citrin NASA/GSFC |
| December 10 | "One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw" |
Witold Rybczynski University of Pennsylvania |
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