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Please Join our Natural Sciences Seminar on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:30 pm in the Soo Bong Chae Auditorium in the Heiser Natural Science Building. Dmitri Litvinov from the University of Houston will give a talk entitled “Nanomagnetics: Leveraging Basic Research to Develop Technologies of the Future.” This event ...is free and open to the public. Please bring a friend or colleague.

Nanomagnetics encompasses materials, devices, and systems that have their functional magnetic building blocks with dimensions smaller than the characteristic length, the domain wall thickness, of the constituent magnetic materials. Such single magnetic domain building blocks promise to enable unprecedented functionalities far beyond what is achievable in conventional macroscopic systems. This presentation will summarize state-of-the-art interdisciplinary nanomagnetics research at the Center for Integrated Nanosystems (University of Houston) including the development of nanoscale bit-patterned magnetic recording medium, nanomagnetic biosensor arrays, magnetic cellular logic, fabrication and metrology for nanomagnetic devices. A projection of relevant experiences gained in the course of the Center development onto challenges facing nanoelectronics, molecular and organic electronics, spintronics, and nanomagnetics research will be given.

Dmitri Litvinov
University of Houston
Nanomagnetics: Leveraging Basic Research to Develop Technologies of the Future
Soo Bong Chae, 3:30 pm
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Author Blake Bulter will give a lecture/reading at the Four Winds Cafe on November 21 at 5:00 pm. Blake Butler lives in Atlanta and edits ‘the online literature magazine blog of the future’ HTML Giant. He is the author of Ever (Calamari Press) and Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books). Some other work has appeared in Fenc...e, Willow Springs, New York Tyrant, and The Believer. In Winter 2010, Harper Perennial will publish his novel about young death, and in 2011, a nonfiction book about insomnia.

A fun-meant lecture about using language as hypnosis and in barking rather than a cause for nodding off. May or may include looks at work by Gary Lutz, Barry Hannah, David Lynch, Brian Evenson, Harmony Korine, Amy Hempel, Lara Glenum, Sean Kilpatrick. Will definitely involve Three 6 Mafia and a bloodbag for the groupthink moves often found in workshopping, publishing, and language at large.

What: Lecture/Reading/Q&A
Where: Four Winds Cafe
When: Saturday, November 21, 5:00 pm
Who: Blake Butler

For more information, contact the Writing Center at writing@ncf.edu.Read More

Hey all,

Just a reminder that admissions is here to help answer any admissions related questions that you may have. We've got a Facebook group, "New College of Florida Admissions" and a blog. Here's the link:

http://ncf.edu/blogs/admissions/

Keep in mind February 15 is our completed application deadline for our guarante...ed scholarship program for all admitted freshman applicants!

Sincerely,

Mitch Finer
Assistant Director of Admissions
admissions@ncf.edu
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New College alums Simon Davis ‘02 and Natalie Paul ‘09 will give a talk on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in the Teaching Auditorium at 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 21. The talk is entitled “Beyond Lie Detectors and Jealousy Centers: An Introduction to Functional Neuroimaging.” The talk is free and ope...n to the public.

The talk will provide a comprehensive introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). It will include information about physiological processes underlying fMRI, experimental design, the strengths and weaknesses of the technology, and the applications and misapplications of fMRI. It will also cover common problems with media coverage of fMRI research, and issues with using fMRI research to guide public policy.

Davis is a fourth year graduate student in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Paul is a Post-Baccalaureate Fellow at the Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center.Read More