Monday, December 5
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	High Energy Physics Seminar Lauritsen 469 Dissipative effects in the Effective Field Theory of Inflation Diana Lopez Nacir, Univ of Buenos Aires,
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Astronomy Tea Talk Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium Infrared Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres Ian Crossfield, UCLA,

Tuesday, December 6
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium "Dwarf spheroidal galaxies: a landmark for galaxy formation"
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Applied Physics Seminar Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room) Thermionic and photon-enhanced emission for solar thermal energy conversion Nick Melosh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Exploring Protein Energy Landscapes by NMR Relaxation Peter E. Wright, Cecil and Ida M. Green Investigator, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA,

Wednesday, December 7
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room) Shocked Molecular Gas in Compact Groups: Can it Affect Galaxy Evolution in Dense Environments? Phil Appleton, IPAC,
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Astronomy Colloquium Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium The Demographics of Exoplanets with Gravitational Microlensing Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University,
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Frances H. Arnold: "Design By Evolution: Engineering Biology in the 21st Century" Beckman Auditorium

Friday, December 9
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	High Energy Theory Seminar Lauritsen 469 Topic to be Announced Peng Zhao, DAMTP, Cambridge,