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11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. St. Olaf Science Center 170
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St. Olaf Physics Seminar: Guest speaker Prof. Roger Stuewer will
be giving two physics-related talks at the St. Olaf Physics Seminar on Monday.
See below for details.
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noon-1:00 p.m. Commercial Tea Room
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Physics Table: We have reserved the CTR for an hour and a half on
Tuesdays this term, so that people can come for lunch as their schedules allow.
Hope you can make it!
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* FYI *
Attention physics majors...You are invited to study and work together in our Olin labs and spaces. In addition to the student lounge areas on second floor, you are welcome to use the following spaces:
Olin 308 Comps Quiet Room (primarily for seniors doing their comps research)
Olin 301 & 302 Introductory Labs
Olin 210 Phys 126 labs and Waves study space
Olin 211 Classical Mechanics study space
Olin 219 Optics lab and Quantum Mechanics study space
Although individual rooms have been designated for use by specific classes, the computers in these labs are available to all students. Feel free to use the computers in these spaces, but do not move the computers or disturb any lab equipment that may be set up. As always, be sure to close and lock the door if you are the last to leave. Thanks and have a great term.
Guest Speaker at St. Olaf: This coming Monday, 12 January, the St. Olaf Physics Department will host a visitor. Prof. Roger Stuewer, of the University of Minnesota, will give two lectures under the sponsorship of the Visiting Scientist Program in Physics of the American Institute of Physics. He is a member of the Physics Department at the U. of M., and a specialist in the history of 20th Century physics. His first talk, at 11:00, is titled An Act of Creation: The Origins of the Meitner-Frisch Interpretation of Nuclear Fission and the second, at 2:30, is The Case of the Elusive Particles: Nuclear Disintegration and the Cambridge-Vienna Controversy. Abstracts of both talks are available on the Physics Seminar web site, http://www.stolaf.edu/people/ceder/seminar.html. Both talks will be in SC170. Everyone is welcome!
* SUMMER INTERNSHIPS *
Research Experience for Undergraduate Summer Program at the Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego. No restriction for applicants mentioned. Deadline is February 20. For more info, see the bulletin board or check out the web site at: http://www-physics.ucsd.edu.
Summer Research in Physics at Oregon State University. Completion of sophomore year (junior year preferred). Deadline is March 9. For more info, see the bulletin board or check out the web site at: http://www.physics.orst.edu.
1998 Summer Undergraduate Research in Physics at the University of Michigan. Must have finished your sophomore or junior year. Deadline is March 13. For more info, see the bulletin board or check out the web site at: http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/REU
Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program at the University at Buffalo. Junior level and above. Deadline is January 30. For more info, see the bulletin board.
REU '98, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. No restriction for applicants mentioned. Deadline is February 28. For more info, see the bulletin board or check out the web site at: http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/undergrad/REU/
Summer Undergraduate Research Program 1998, the Maria Mitchell Observatory. A minimum of one year of physics is required. Deadline is February 1. For more info, see the bulletin board or contact Martha Curley at mcurley@mmo.org.
Summer Internships in Science and Engineering at SLAC. For students traditionally underrepresented in science careers. Preference is given to students with at least one year of college education and an introductory physics course. Deadline is February 10. For more info, see the bulletin board or check out the web site at: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/gen/edu/education.html.