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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999

EVENT: "Various Career Choices with Foundations in Physics"
TIME: 9 a.m. to noon
VENUE: Camille O. Hanks Cosby Academic Center
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
SPEAKER: Dr. Elvira Williams, physics, North Carolina A&T State U.,
& a panel of graduate students
CONTACT: Natarajan Ravi
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA 30314
phone: 404-215-7852
NOTES: To run concurrently with a college admissions
fair at Spelman College's Manley Center


EVENT: The African-American Presence in Physics Exhibit
TIME: 11:00-1:30 pm
(will be on display all day beginning March 1)
VENUE: Atlanta University Center
Robert W. Woodruff Library- Second Floor
SPEAKER: Sponsored by The National Society of Black Physicists
DESCRIPTION: The exhibit features brief scientific biographies
and photographs of 38 African-American physicists.
CONTACT: Ronald Mickens
Clark Atlanta University
404-880-6923
NOTES: Exhibit on display March 1-April 2, 1999.
Also exhibited at the Auburn Avenue Research Library of African-American Culture & History from February 17-March 12.


EVENT: "The Influence of Physics on Developments in Other Disciplines During the 20th Century"
TIME: 2:00-3:45pm
VENUE: Camille O. Hanks Cosby Academic Center
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
SPEAKERS: Dr. Leon Lederman, Director Emeritus, Fermi Laboratory
Dr. Mario Molina, Institute Professor and Nobel Laureate, MIT
Dr. Charles Townes, Nobel Laureate, Physics, U.C., Berkeley
CONTACT: Lisa Oliver
Physics Dept.
Morehouse College
phone: 404-681-2800 ex. 2507
NOTES: Symposium to be followed by a reception at The Cosby Center, Spelman College


EVENT: "Extrasolar Planets" (talk followed by astronomy open house)
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
VENUE: Physics Building lobby, University of Georgia, Athens
SPEAKER: Prof. L. Magnani
CONTACT: Loris Magnani
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-2876