The Department of Physics and Astronomy would like to thank George Heilborn, a graduate of Northwestern's physics program, for his generous support of the Heiborn Symposium at Northwestern University. We have benefited greatly from this program over the years. George Heilborn created this endowment in the memory of his parents Walter and Christine Heilborn in 2000 in order to strengthen the the Physics program at Northwestern for the benefit of faculty, students, and other departments in the Chicago area.
The department of Physics and Astronomy has decided to change the format of our yearly Heilborn lectures to yearly Heilborn Symposium starting the academic year 2009/10. We plan to focus on a different topic every year during the Heilborn week.