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Information for Speakers
This web page provides information to speakers (and other visitors) for the Nuclear Physics Seminars held under the auspices of the Center for Nuclear Studies.
For additional information, please email cns@www.gwu.edu.
Organisers
The CNS Nuclear Physics Seminars are organized by

    Dr. Mark Paris (theory, 202-994-8419, 703-726-8390),
    Dr. Anna Micherdzinska (experiment, 202-994-6579),
    Dr. Matthias Schindler (theory, 202-994-3864),
    Dr. Harald W. Griesshammer (theory, 202-994-3849).

If you have any question about the schedule or require a projector, computer projection panel or other equipment please contact one of the organisers in advance of the talk.
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General Format
The regular CNS Nuclear Physics Seminars are held (almost) every Tuesday at 16:00 in Corcoran Hall 106. Occasionally, we also have seminars on other days and/or times. The recommended seminar format is a 45-minute talk during which questions from the audience are encouraged. The setting is relatively informal and prefer to allow for extensive discussions after the speaker completes their presentation.

The audience consists of theoretical and experimental nuclear physicists. About half of the audience are graduate students who are either already working on a project in nuclear physics or have an interest in doing so in the future. We ask you to include some background material and provide a pedagogical introduction to the subject matter of your talk to make the main points of your talk clear to the non-expert.

The seminar room is equipped with an overhead projector, LED projector with connected computer, an opportunity to plug-in your own laptop, a green laser-pointer, and black/white-boards. We encourage you bring a .pdf version of your talk on a memory stick or other portable storage device. This has proven to be a reliable and quick method of transportation and hook-up. With your permission, we will also upload this version on the seminar website for future reference.

We can connect your laptop, but allow for extra time and have a back-up .pdf file ready just in case. We advise to use your own laptop if you are using a PowerPoint (.ppt file) presentation, due to unreliability when it comes to font embedding on different platforms.
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Where to Find Us
The GW Department of Physics is located at
  Corcoran Hall
       725 21st Street, N.W.
 The George Washington University
Washington, D.C. 20052
USA		 Click on image for high-resolution map of Northwest Washington, DC Map of northwest Washington, DC,
the general area where GW is located.
A Google map indicating the department
and nearby metro station and restaurants
is available here.
phone/fax ++1-202-994-6276/-3001

  Corcoran Hall houses the GW Physics and Chemistry Departments. Its location is marked by an "x" on the map here. Click for larger imageThe main entrance to the building is on 21st Street, across from Lisner Auditorium. The Departmental Office is on the ground floor, in Room 105, to the right as one comes in through the main entrance.


The Nuclear Seminar lecture hall, Corcoran 106, is located on the ground floor; as is a smaller seminar room, Corcoran 104. 

In the streets around Corcoran Hall, there are metered parking spaces. There is also a visitor's parking garage on H Street, between 21st and 22nd Streets. (Note: Speakers will be reimbursed for their parking fees.)

The closest Metro Station is Foggy Bottom/GWU, on the Blue and Orange lines. Situated across the corner of 23rd and I Streets, it is only a little more than three blocks away.

Some seminars are coordinated with the joint seminars of the Experimental Nuclear Physics Group and the Theory Group for Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei of the University of Maryland at College Park (directions). The UMd and GW Physics Departments are a metro-ride apart (about 30 minutes door-to-door).

Additional information is found here:

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Reimbursements, Visa, etc.
If we have agreed to reimburse you for your expenses, please make sure that you collect all original receipts. Unless we have agreed to pay you a per diem, we regret we cannot make any payments without original receipts.

If we pay for your travel, you may avail yourself of GW-approved travel agents who bill us directly.

Non-US citizens must be in possession of a valid visa allowing them to receive reimbursements, typically a B-1 business visa. Please note that federal regulations do not permit us to make any payments to foreign nationals without a visa of this type. (A B-2 tourist visa is not sufficient.)

Foreign participants in the CNS Visiting Scholars Program will need a J-1 visa. We will provide assistance in obtaining this visa.

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Hotel Information
If we have booked a hotel in your name, it is very likely one of the following. Please note that most hotels require arrival before 6 pm for reservations to stay active.
One Washington Circle Hotel
One Washington Circle, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037		 (202) 872-1680
(800) 424-9671		 Click for larger Map of Hotel Location The location is given on this map, within walking distance of the
GW Physics Department (725 21st Street, between G and H Streets) and the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station.
The George Washington University Inn
824 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037		 (202) 337-6620
(800) 426-4455		 Click for larger Map of Hotel Location The location is given on this map, within walking distance of the GW Physics Department (725 21st Street, between G and H Streets) and the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station.
State Plaza Hotel
2117 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC		 (202) 861-8200
Fax: (202) 659-8601		 Click for larger Map of Hotel Location The location is given on this map, within walking distance of the GW Physics Department (725 21st Street, between G and H Streets) and the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station.
Hotel Lombardy
2019 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006		 (202) 828-2600
(800) 424-5486		 Click for larger Map of Hotel Location The location is given on this map, within walking distance of the GW
Physics Department (725 21st Street, between G and H Streets) and the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station.
The River Inn
924 25th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037		 (202) 337-7600
(800) 424-2741		 Click for larger Map of Hotel Location The location is given on this map, within walking distance of the GW
Physics Department (725 21st Street, between G and H Streets) and the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station.
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GW-approved Travel Agents
If your host has agreed to this procedure, you may make your travel arrangements through the GW-approved travel agent who will bill us directly. (If this link should be broken, send email to cns@www.gwu.edu.)

This is how it works:

  1. You call the travel agent and make your booking, informing the travel agent that this will be billed directly to GW.
  2. Email your host the details of your booking, with a booking code or confirmation number.
  3. Your host will fax a travel authorization to the travel agent.
  4. The travel agent will mail the tickets to you.
[Please note: When making airtravel arrangements it is generally much better to fly into Washington's Reagan National Airport (DCA) instead of Dulles International Airport (IAD). The former is only a short Metro ride from GW, whereas the latter is 35 miles away. However, if your destination is GW's Northern Virgina Campus, then IAD is much closer. Click here for more information on DCA and IAD.]
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