September 29-October 5, 2002

Weekly Calendar

October 2, Physics Table, Wednesday, Noon-1 pm, LDC 113, Join the Department staff for lunch and great conversation. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the dinning hall or you can meet us there.

October 4, Goodsell Open House, Friday, 8-10pm, Goodsell Observatory, Goodsell Observatory will hold an Open House Friday, October 4, 8-10 PM. View stars, galaxies, and nebulas through the Observatory telescopes if clear. The meteorite collection, newly and beautifully documented by Carleton geology majors Amelia Doebbert '03 and Hilary Gittings '02, will also be on display.

The observatory holds open houses the first Friday of every month (except July 4 next year). The events are cancelled if it is cloudy.

October 4, Physics Picnic, Friday, 4:30-7:30pm, Hill of 3 Oaks

Congratulations to Brian Joyce and Maurice Clark on the acceptance of their article, "Asteroid Lightcurve Photometry From Goodsell Observatory," by the Minor Planet Bulletin. It will appear in the December 2002 issue. Look for a copy on the bulletin board in 3rd Olin Lounge.

Nate Hultman, Physics '96, will speak Wednesday, October 2, 4pm in Goodsell 03, on "International climate Policy and The Market For Carbon: Current Status, Financial Aspects, and Ethical Perspectives." Nathan E. Hultman is a doctoral candidate in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics with a concentration in Environmental and Technology Studies (1996) from Carleton College. After doing climatological research at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, he spent a research year as a Fulbright Fellow at the International Meteorological Institute at Stockholm University. He received his M.S. in climate sciences at Berkeley (1999) for a combined ecosystem field measurement and carbon flux modeling study at a field site in the Sierra Nevada and has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory investigating energy technology cost trajectories. Hultman's current research focuses on international climate policy, financial risk, and emissions trading, though his research interests also include renewable energy technologies and policies; electricity and energy markets; and equity implications of atmospheric property rights allocations. He has attended the UN Conferences on Climate Change at Kyoto, Buenos Aires, the Hague, and Marrakech, Morocco. He was an author of a policy piece on climate equity in the journal Science and serves on the advisory board of the non-profit organization EcoEquity. Hultman is also Energy Commissioner to the Mayor of the City of Berkeley.

$2,000 Lotze Scholarship "The American Association of Physics Teachers is offering a $2,000 scholarship for future high-school physics teachers. This scholarship, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, is available only to U.S. citizens attending a U.S. school. Undergraduate students in, or planning to enter, physics teacher preparation curricula and high-school seniors planning to enter such curricula are eligible. Successful applicants, normally one per year, will receive a stipend of up to $2,000. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years.

Applications will be accepted at any time and will be considered for to the Executive Board at each AAPT Winter Meeting.

Applications for which all materials, including letters of recommendation, received by DECEMBER 1 will be considered for recommendation at the following January meeting of the AAPT Executive Board. The application is online at:http://www.aapt.org/aaptgeneral/lotze.html http://www.aapt.org/aaptgeneral/lotze.html. You may also request materials from: AAPT Programs Department, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3845; 301-209-3344; fax 301-209-0845; aapt-prog@aapt.org. "

Fall All-Science Poster Session This year’s Fall All-Science Poster Session for presentation of undergraduate research results in Math/CS and Science is scheduled for Friday, October 4, 3;30 TO 4;30 pm in the Hulings Atrium. As always, an array of refreshments will be available through the poster session. If participating, you should come to the atrium at least 20 minutes in advance to set up your poster.

The deadline for materials to be included in Radiations is noon Thursday prior to the week you would like the information to appear.