Carleton College Physics and Astronomy

Weekly Bulletin March 28 - April 4

Wednesday, March 29 3:10 p.m. Olin 109

PHYSICS COMPS TALK: Robert Early will give his talk entitled "Medical Imaging Techniques". Pre-paper on reserve in the Science Library.

Friday, March 31 12:00 p.m. CTR

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY TABLE: Meet in Olin 309 at 11:50 a.m. for the walk to the CTR or join us there. Our Physics 123 speaker, Warren Anderson, will be joining us.

Friday, March 31 1:10 p.m. Olin 137

PHYSICS 123 LECTURE: Warren Anderson ('87) who went on to complete his Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Yale and then joined the Semiconductor Division of Digital Equipment Corporation will give this week's lecture entitled: "Device Design for Advanced Microprocessors: How Much Faster Can They Go?". The paper Dr. Anderson has suggested for background reading is available on reserve in the Science Library. All are invited to these talks.

Monday, April 3 3:10 p.m. Olin 109

PHYSICS COMPS TALK: Peter Ellis will give his talk on Energy Transmission.

1. We still need graders for Physics 120. Stimulating, interesting, lucrative. Contact Bruce Thomas (x4389, BThomas).

2. Think Physics! Last spring Deborah Salon '94 started a physics discussion group that met once a week to talk about a topic chosen by one of the group members. I would like to do the same thing again this spring and I want to get an idea of how many people are interested. It would be a 1-credit S/Cr/NC class, advised by Rich Noer; time and place to be determined. Last spring someone put a short reading on reserve to be discussed each week, covering topics like women in science, career possibilities, philosophy of science, and others. Please contact Susan Thysell (thysells) or Rich Noer (rnoer) if you are interested.

3. Summer Internship Opportunities: The University of Colorado has an REU program in a wide variety of areas of physics. Application deadline is April 5. Emory University in Atlanta offers a fellowship in computational chemistry and physics (March 31).

4. Planetarium internship for seniors: The Adler Planetarium in Chicago has an opening for a graduating senior with a strong background in astronomy and an interest in the museum or planetarium profession. See the 2nd floor bulletin board or the notice in the Careers folder on vengeance.

5. A summer course in solar and stellar astronomy and astrophysics is being offered at Mt. Wilson, August 9-22. This course, not an internship: the cost is $1175. Applications are due April 15. See the bulletin board or Steve for info.

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