TALKS ----- Tuesday, December 2nd: Tiffany,Chelsea Experimental tests of relativity Woldesenbet,Addis Inflation Kandhasamy,Shivaraj Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Wu,Meng-Ru Neutrino signatures in BBN, CMB, and P(k) Thursday, December 4th: Zhang,Jianjie Observational evidence of the existence of dark matter Wahl,Theodore Direct DM searches Luo,Feng Supersymmetric DM Tuesday, December 9th: Raach,Catherine Observational tests of Omega_matter and Omega_Lambda (paper+talk) Cheesbrough,Vanessa Observational tests of Omega_matter and Omega_Lambda (paper+talk) Vonderharr,Thomas Observational tests of the Hubble parameter DeWahl,Kathleen Lyman-alpha forest probe of the large-scale structure Bao,Chaoyun Observations constraints on the epoch of reionization PAPERS ARE DUE THE DAY OF THE FINAL EXAM (Dec 17) ------------------------------------------------- Mcgranahan,Kathryn Baryonic vs. non-baryonic DM Lundquist,Michael Biasing in galaxy distribution Delgado,Jennifer Observational tests of Dark Energy Klein,Jeffrey Observational consequences of inflationary models Berg,Danielle String Theory and connection to Cosmology Koth,Karl Ronald Topological defects focusing on cosmic strings Toth,Derrick CP violation and baryogenesis Shi,Shanxu GR, Friedman equation, and f(R) theories of gravity Mehner,Andrea CMB WMAP results Simones,Jacob Measurements of CMB polarization Kosowski,John The search for gravitational waves Raach,Catherine Observational tests of Omega_matter and Omega_Lambda (paper+talk) Cheesbrough,Vanessa Observational tests of Omega_matter and Omega_Lambda (paper+talk)