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Events During the Week of December 13th through December 20th, 2020
Sunday, December 13th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar; Academic Calendar; Commencement; Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar
Monday, December 14th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar; Monday Science Seminar; Monday Science Seminar w/ Dr. Veronica Allen (Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center); Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Place: Zoom:; Speaker: Veronica Allen, Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center; Abstract: My talk will be about my work in observational studies of the formation of the prebiotic molecule formamide (NH2CHO). I use ALMA observations of galactic star-forming regions comparing formamide to its potential precursors to understand which reaction pathways are dominant.; Host: Snezana Stanimirovic & Melinda Soares-Furtado; Add this event to your calendar
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar; Department Meeting; Department Meeting - CANCELLED; Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm; Place: CANCELLED; Speaker: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair, UW-Madison; CANCELLED; Host: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair; Add this event to your calendar
Thursday, December 17th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar; Cosmology Journal Club; Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Abstract: Cosmology Journal Club is back! We will be having virtual meetings this semester.

Each week, we start with a couple scheduled 15 minute talks about one's research, or an arXiv paper. The last 30 minutes will typically be open to the group for anyone to discuss an arXiv paper.

All are welcome and all fields of cosmology are appropriate.

Contact Ross Cawthon, cawthon@wisc, for more information.; Add this event to your calendar
Friday, December 18th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Summary period (exams); Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*; Add this event to your calendar; Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); Observations of Hawking radiation: the Page curve and baby universes; Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Place: For zoom link, sign up at:; Speaker: Henry Maxfield, University of California, Santa Barbara; Abstract: I'll discuss recent progress in black hole information, using semiclassical gravity to compute the entropy of Hawking radiation and finding the "Page curve" associated with a unitary quantum system with density of states given by the Bekenstein-Hawking formula. I will formulate this in terms of an operationally-defined notion of entropy, using a Lorentz-signature gravitational path integral in asymptotically flat spacetimes. I'll then explain the Hilbert space interpretation of these calculations, which requires the introduction of a Hilbert space of baby universes, and results in superselection sectors for asymptotic observers.; Add this event to your calendar; Department Coffee Hour; Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Place:; Abstract: Join us weekly for an informal virtual coffee hour! Catch up with others in the department, tell us how things are going, and impress everyone with your Zoom background skills. Coffee Hour is open to any and all faculty, staff, and students in the department. Sometimes we have a topic, and we'll try to get that topic posted here in advance or sent out by email before each coffee hour.; Host: Department; Add this event to your calendar; Academic Calendar; Graduate School Fall 2020: Master's degree deadline; Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Abstract: Degree candidates must complete all steps: CONTACT: 262-2433, gsacserv@grad.wisc.edu URL:; Add this event to your calendar
Saturday, December 19th, 2020: No events scheduled
Sunday, December 20th, 2020: Academic Calendar; Official degree conferral date on diploma for students graduating at the end of Fall term 2020; Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.* CONTACT: 262-3811, registrar@em.wisc.edu URL:; Add this event to your calendar; Academic Calendar; Graduate School Fall 2020: Doctoral Degree Deadline; Time: 11:55 pm - 12:55 am; Abstract: Degree candidates must complete all steps: CONTACT: 262-2433, gsacserv@grad.wisc.edu; Add this event to your calendar

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Events During the Week of December 13th through December 20th, 2020