Radiations

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Carleton College

October 28-Nov 3, 2001

Weekly Calendar

Thursday, Nov 1, 12:00-1:00 pm 113 LCD, Physics Table, Join the department staff for lunch and good company. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the new dinning hall or you can meet us in room 113 at the Language Center Dining Hall. Students off-board are invited to bring their lunch.

Friday, Nov 2, 3:30-4:30 pm Olin 02, Fall Seminar, Matt Hahn, Neutrino Oscillations; Suzanne Rousseau, CPT Symmetry and Optical Pumping; Andrew Eppig, Stop-and-go, Ebb and Flow: Kinesin Mobility and the Brownian Ratchet.

Friday, Nov 2, 3:30 pm Olin 149, "How We Got Here: Carleton Science Faculty Discuss Their Academic and Professional Choices." Carleton College’s chapter of Sigma Xi invites the Carleton community to attend a panel discussion with representatives from the science departments. Susan Singer (Biology), Chuck Carlin (Chemistry), Bereket Haileab (Geology), and Arjendu Pattanayak (Physics) will be discussing their personal journeys into science and the life choices that led them to Carleton. This is an opportunity to hear about the various trajectories that have brought the panelists to where they are now, and to discuss with them the possibilities available in science. Food and drink will be provided.

Friday, Nov 3, 7-9 pm Goodsell Observatory, Goodsell Open House, Friday night is Open House at the Goodsell Observatory. The dome(s) will be open from 7-9 pm and open to everyone and their brother. Dress accordingly. The event will be cancelled if it is cloudy. If you have questions, contact Jesse Ball email: jball@carleton.edu, phone x5719.

Comps Information, Comps information is now on the Physics web page at: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/fcompsinfo.html

Future Fall Friday Seminar: 11/09, Tim O'Connell, Fitting of a Simple Mathematical Model to a Complex Simulation; Doug Sigford, Students of the Solar Wind: A Scientific and Academic Endeavor; Henry Brock, Raising Walls and Food for Forty, Carpentry and Camp.

University of Chicago Materials Center REU Program, with support from the National Science Foundation, offers the opportunity to gain valuable research experience working with faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics. Interdisciplinary approaches to cutting edge materials problems will be emphasized. http://physics.uchicago.edu/reu_sum.html Application deadline: February 15, 2002.

University of Chicago Physics Department Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Minorities and Women. For more information see: http://physics.uchicago.edu/reu_sum.html Deadline: February 15, 2002

The Institute for Astronomy Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa expects to offer six research assistant positions for the summer of 2001. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via email, reu@ifa.hawaii.edu, or at this mailing address: REU Program, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822. Applications for the 2002 program are due January 21, 2002. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/reu

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Summer Intern Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center in Cambridge, MA. Research areas: observational and theoretical cosmology, extragalactic and galactic astronomy, interstellar medium and star formation, laboratory astrophysics, supernovae and supernova remnants, planetary science, solar and stellar astrophysics. For more information and application materials, see web page at http://hea-www.harvard.edu/REU/. Deadline: February 12, 2002

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summer REU sponsored by NSF for women and minorities. Ten students will be recruited with priority given to women and minorities who are physics majors. For further information, contact Dr. Robert Wood, e-mail: chunnaic@uwm.edu or check-out the web page for the application packet at : http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Physics/ . Application deadline: March 31, 2002.

Past and Current REU Information: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/finternships.html