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02.12.10
Colloquium:
"The search for compact binary coalescence in association with short
GRBs with the first-generation LIGO and Virgo detectors"

Nickolas Fotopoulos

02.12.10
Science Bag Talk:
"Sliders, Gliders, Shapers: The Physics of Skiing"

Marija Gajdardziska

02.19.10
Gravitation and Cosmology Seminar:
To be announced

Maxim Lyutikov

06.15.10 / 06.18.10
Conference:
70 Physical Electronics Conference

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