Lectures cover diverse topics, interests
Religion and particle physics are the widely divergent topics of lectures scheduled for next week at WPI. Sociologist Julius Rubin will present "'Forsaken by God?' Examples from the Nineteenth Century" at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21, in Washburn Shops 221. Rubin, who teaches at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford, earned his Ph.D. at the New School for Social Research. His most recent book is Religious Melancholy and Protestant Experience in America. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Humanities and Arts Department and the Student Speakers Fund.
On Wednesday, February 22, Melissa Franklin, a particle physicist at Harvard University, will visit the Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science at Worcester. At 1 p.m., she will present "Making New Massive Particles and Measuring Old Strong Forces With Proton Beams" in Higgins House. A meeting will follow the lecture for those interested in forming an alliance of high school and college physics and chemistry teachers. Franklin, who was featured in a recent issue of Discover magazine, was a member of the team of scientists that found evidence of the top quark.
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