Frontiers in Physics
A Symposium Sponsored by
The City College of New York and
The Sternberg Presidential Fund for Excellence
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010
The Harmonie Club
4 East 60th Street
New York, NY
PROGRAM
Frontiers in Physics
The City College of New York and
The Sternberg Presidential Fund for Excellence
The Harmonie Club
4 East 60th Street
New York, NY
FRONTIERS OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
DAVID GROSS
Frederick W. Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics
Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara
GRAPHENE: MAGIC OF FLAT CARBON
ANDRE GEIM
Langworthy Professor of Physics
Director, Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
QUANTUM INFORMATION & THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
ANTON ZEILINGER
Professor of Physics, University of Vienna
Scientific Director, Institute of Quantum Optics & Quantum Information,
Austrian Academy of Sciences
ELECTRON TUNNELING IN BIOLOGY
P. LESLIE DUTTON
Eldridge Reeves Johnson Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Johnson Foundation for Molecular Biophysics
PRESENTATION OF HONORARY DOCTORATE OF HUMANE LETTERS TO
SY STERNBERG, ‘65, FORMER CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF NEW YORK LIFE
President Robert E. Paaswell, The City College of New York
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, The City University of New York
INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY: IS OUR UNIVERSE PART OF A MULTIVERSE?
ALAN GUTH
Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
with an introduction by Michio Kaku
Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, The City College of New York
