DRAFT - Stanford Applied Physics and Physics Departments 2020 Open House Event Schedule

Monday, March 9, 2020

2-4pm GSAPP* Event - Hike the Dish Trail! (*Graduate Students in Applied Physics and Physics) Location: Meet in front of the Graduate Community Center (750 Escondido Rd) leaving at 2pm sharp Come explore one of Stanford’s landmarks, the Dish, amidst the rolling hills behind the Stanford campus. Get a beautiful view of the Bay Area and enjoy some mild physical activity. The hike will not be strenuous. It is around 4 miles long with some small elevation change, and water will be provided. Questions? Contact Rachel Margraf at [email protected] or 719-258-0520

6-8:00pm GSAPP Event - Celebratory Arrival Dinner with Faculty and Grad Student Hosts Location: Physics and Astrophysics Building, Room 102/103 Come enjoy a taco bar and meet faculty and current grad student hosts. Questions? Contact Varun Harbola [email protected]

8:00pm GSAPP Event - Downtown Palo Alto Outing Location: Leave from Physics and Astrophysics Building, Room 102/103 or meet at Leave from Physics and Astrophysics Building 102/103 or meet at the Tap Room (233 University Ave). Come explore downtown Palo Alto and enjoy some drinks and/or desserts. Questions? Contact Viktor Krapivin [email protected] 8pm GSAPP Event - Game Night Location: Physics and Astrophysics Building, Room 102/103 For those who want a quieter yet equally enjoyable evening, come back to campus and play board games with current graduate students and other prospective students! With games like Settlers of Catan, Oregon Trail (now a card game!), Boss Monster and more! Snacks provided. We will be watching the courtyard entrance to PAB/Varian to let people in. Questions? Contact Rachel Margraf at [email protected] or 719-258-0520

STANFORD CAMPUS WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

Go to any Stanford webpage, e.g. http://www.stanford.edu and you will be prompted to enter a guest username and password:

Username: openhouse Password: stanford2020

Account will be active from 3/3/20 through 3/17/20

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DRAFT - Stanford Applied Physics and Physics Departments 2020 Open House Event Schedule

Tuesday, March 10, 2020:

8:30am GSAPP Event - Morning Walk to Campus Location: East Campus (Rains/Escondido Village) meet at Graduate Community Center in front of Ray’s Café. West Campus (Lyman) meet at tree in the middle of Lyman Commons Join student guides to walk from the graduate residences to the Physics/Applied Physics buildings for the morning's department events. Questions? Contact Praveen Sriram at [email protected] (East Campus), or Griffin Glenn at [email protected] (West Campus)

8:45-9:45am APPLIED PHYSICS Breakfast Welcome and Orientation Events coincide - Location: Spilker Bldg, First Floor Applied Physics Lounge attend event for 8:45-9:30am PHYSICS Breakfast Welcome and Orientation your department Location: Physics/Astrophysics Building, Room 102/103

10:00-Noon Overview of Physics & Applied Physics at / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Location: Paul Allen building, Conference room 101X Aaron Roodman (SLAC/Particle Physics & Astrophysics) David Reis (SLAC/Photon Science) Marty Fejer (Department Chair, Applied Physics) Shamit Kachru (Department Chair, Physics) ~11:30am: Presentation by GSAPP representatives

Noon-1:30pm Poster Session/Lunch with Student Poster Presenters & Faculty Location: Varian and Physics/Astrophysics Bldg Lobby & Courtyard

2-5pm GSAPP Event: Chill Space Location: Spilker Bldg (AP First Floor Lounge) & Varian (room TBA) Student volunteers will be available to chat or answer questions, but you can also use this as a space to unwind, refuel, or catch up on work. Questions? Contact George Halal at [email protected]

2-3pm 2-3 & 4-5pm GSAPP EVENT Campus Tour Location: Meet in Varian and Physics/Astrophysics Courtyard Join us for a chance to see the beautiful (non-physics-related) sights Stanford campus has to offer! We’ll go on a whirlwind tour of central campus and some hidden away gems. Questions? Contact Kate Coppess at [email protected]

2-5:00pm Physics/Applied Physics/SLAC Open Offices/Open Labs Locations: Campus and SLAC - See schedule LIVE in Google Sheets On this day students who wish to go to SLAC should use Stanford’s Marguerite Shuttle to get there: http://transportation.stanford.edu/marguerite/

4:15pm Phyiscs/Applied Physics Colloquium Refreshments Location: Varian and Physics/Astrophysics Bldg Lobby

4:30pm Physics/Applied Physics Colloquium Location: Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 200 Speaker: Dr. Andrew Strominger, Harvard University – “Black Holes Critical Behavior in the Sky”

5:30-6:45pm Research Group Receptions AMO/Biophysics/Photonics/PULSE Institute - Patio, 3rd Floor of Spilker Building Astro (KIPAC) /Experimental Particle Physics - Patio, 2nd Floor btw. Physics/Astro Building and Varian Condensed Matter Physics/Theory and Experiment - McCullough Building, 3rd Floor Lobby Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics (SITP) 5:30 - 6:00 - Reception with students and faculty, Lounge area of SITP (3rd floor, Varian Physics) 6:00 - 6:45 - Meet with senior SITP graduate students to discuss research life (Varian 312) No Faculty Allowed

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DRAFT - Stanford Applied Physics and Physics Departments 2020 Open House Schedule

Tuesday, March 10, 2020:

6:45-7:45pm APPLIED PHYSICS Visiting Students Dinner with Student Hosts Events coincide - Location: Spilker Bldg, Room 232 attend event for 6:45-7:45pm PHYSICS Visiting Students Dinner with Student Hosts your department Location: Varian and Phys/Astrophysics Bldg. Lobby and Courtyard In case of rain, dinner will be in Physics/Astrophysics Building Lobby & Room 102/103

8:30pm GSAPP Event - Movie Night Location: Kennedy Great Room, Escondido Village (12 Comstock Circle) We'll hang out and watch a movie and eat snacks! Movie to be determined. Questions? Contact Connie Hsueh: [email protected], (650) 738-6900

8:30pm GSAPP Event - Annual Open House Party - PARTYtion! Location: Willis Lounge (219 Ayrshire Farm Lane) Come party with the Graduate Students of Applied Physics and Physics (GSAPP) at the PARTYtion function in Willis Lounge! We'll be chatting, dancing, and enjoying snacks and drinks. Questions? Contact George Halal at [email protected]

Wednesday, March 11, 2020:

8:30am Women in Physics Breakfast Location: Spilker Bldg, Room 232 Enjoy breakfast hosted by Women in Physics! Come meet and connect with current students, postdocs, and faculty interested in Equity & Inclusion at Stanford. Questions? Contact Irene Pu Zhang at [email protected]

8:45am APPLIED PHYSICS Breakfast Location: Spilker Bldg, First Floor Applied Physics Lounge

10am Breakfast for PHYSICS OH Guests and Tell-All Panelists Events coincide - Location: Physics/Astrophysics Building, Room 102 attend event for your department 10:30-Noon Special Session - PHYSICS Graduate Students “Tell All” Location: Physics/Astrophysics Building, Room 102 Ask a panel of current Stanford Physics grads ANYTHING you want to know about graduate student life at Stanford. ONLY STUDENTS MAY ATTEND THIS EVENT!

Panelists: Events coincide - Name Year Research Area Advisor attend event for your department

10:30-Noon Special Session - APPLIED PHYSICS Graduate Students “Life in the Bay Area” Location: Spilker Bldg, Room 232

Panelists: Name Year Research Area Advisor

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DRAFT - Stanford Applied Physics and Physics Departments 2020 Open House Schedule

Wednesday, March 11, 2020:

Noon-1:10pm Lunch with Panelists and Physics/Applied Physics/SLAC Faculty Location: Courtyard in front of Physics Main Office In case of rain, lunch will be in Physics/Astrophysics Building Lobby & Room 102/103

2-5pm GSAPP Event: Chill Space Location: Spilker Bldg (AP First Floor Lounge), Varian (room TBA) and SLAC Building 53 Lobby Student volunteers will be available to chat or answer questions, but you can also use this as a space to unwind, refuel, or catch up on work. Questions? Contact George Halal at [email protected]

1:20pm Shuttle Bus to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory departs at 1:30pm SHARP Those going to open offices/labs at SLAC can take this chartered shuttle. We will meet in the Lobby in front of the Physics Main Office at 1:15 and walk over to the bus together. Location: The shuttle will pick up students at 1:25pm at the junction between Panama and Via Ortega

The chartered shuttle will leave SLAC at 5:00 to be back on campus around 5:30. Students will be able to take the Stanford Marguerite shuttle back to campus earlier or later if they wish. See Marguerite Shuttle Schedule for detailed info. For those planning to take the shuttle to UC Berkeley, note that the shuttle will depart from the same location on campus (junction between Panama and Via Ortega) at 6pm SHARP.

Link to SLAC Open House Activities: https://sites.slac.stanford.edu/gradopenhouse/

2-5pm Physics/Applied Physics/SLAC Open Offices/Labs Locations: Campus and SLAC – See schedule LIVE in Google Sheets

5:30pm GSAPP Event – Group Dinner Location: Meet in Varian Courtyard and walk to Treehouse Meet up for a casual, concluding dinner at Stanford's favorite pan-cuisine student joint. Questions? Questions? Contact Varun Harbola [email protected]

5:50pm SHUTTLE TO UC BERKELEY (you should have signed up for this on the Open House Guest form, let us know if you did not and need a ride and we will try to accommodate you) Meet near the junction between Panama and Via Ortega Shuttle departs for UC Berkeley at 6pm SHARP The shuttle will pick up students at 6:00pm and departs immediately, so if you need to get to UCB, do not be late!

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