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On Tuesday, March 6, Professor Brian Greene will present two talks at the University of Notre Dame. Greene teaches mathematics and physics at Columbia University, and is the author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos.

"The State of String Theory" will be presented at 4:00 p.m. in Room 105 of Jordan Hall of Science. This is a special Department of Physics colloquia and seating is very limited.…

The past decade has seen the emergence of the field of spintronics, aimed at increasing the efficiency of information processing and computer memories. The idea behind spintronics is to harness the magnetic property of the electron, referred to as its spin. This property can then be used, in addition to the electron charge, for increasing the functionality of the semiconductor computer chip, in terms of its capacity to store and process information.…

The Notre Dame extended Research Community (NDeRC) will gather education and research professionals for the fifth annual Collaborating for Education and Research Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 25) in the Jordan Hall of Science at the University of Notre Dame.…

Dr. Brian Schmidt, a member of the team that won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, will deliver a lecture titled "The Accelerating Universe" on Monday, February 27. This event is sponsored by the John A. Lynch Lecture Series and being coordinated by the University of Notre Dame's Department of Physics.…

On Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Carey Auditorium of the Hesburgh Library, Fr. Jose G. Funes, S.J. will present "Why Science and Faith Matter to Each Other." This is sponsored by the Nieuwland Lecture Series.

Father Funes participates in the unique work for the Catholic church in Rome: the Vatican Observatory. In this lecture, he will speak about this crossroads of science and faith and how important it is to promote dialogue between them.…