January Seminar
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 -
12 Noon - 1:00pm |
"TSUNAMI EYEWITNESS"
Speaker:
Kay Ganapathi, SLAC
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| Kausalya (Kay)
Ganapathi, of SLAC's Mechanical
Design Department, was visiting her family in Chennai (previously called
Madras) and was an eyewitness to the events of December 26, 2004, when the
south Asian tsunami struck the Indian coast. There were 6 to 8 tidal waves
separated by 10 to 20 minutes that struck the port city of Chennai, the
capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, and its surrounding villages. Kay will
give her eyewitness account of the disaster and local relief efforts. She
will also present the relief project that she is beginning to organize,
sponsored by the newly formed Disaster Relief At SLAC (DRAS) organization
(http://www.draslac.org),
which is called the Tamil Nadu Relief Project.
People looking for their belongings on
Chennai Marina beach
after the tsunami of 26th December 2004. |
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
12 Noon - 1:00
pm ~
Panofsky Auditorium
SLAC, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA
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Steps to improve the climate for both women and men in
physics :
"Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining
Women in Physics" |
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