• NO Physics Table this week!

  • LTC Session on climate action

    From the LTC:
    Hello everyone,
    I hope the term is starting to settle down into a pattern!  I want to make sure you know about the important upcoming LTC session:
    Climate Action Plans and Course Collaborations [Read more and rsvp]
    Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
    12:25 – 1:25 pm Presenters: Beth Kallestad (Program Coordinator,City of Northfield),
    Alex Miller (Sustainability Program Coordinator), Martha Larson (Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainability), Erica Zweifel, (CCCE Program Manager)Students are welcome to attend, so please publicize this to your courses and programs.
    Looking forward to seeing you there!
    Best,
    Victoria

    Victoria M. Morse (she/her)
    Director, Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching 

  • 2020 Chesley Lecture

    Please join us Friday, October 9 at 4:30 PM on Zoom for the 2020 Chesley Lecture featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer.

  • Winter Break research funding available (note application dates!)

    There is funding available to support student research in the STEM disciplines during winter break 2020.  Brief descriptions and links to the application forms are given below.

    *Student Research with Carleton Faculty (Towsley Endowment)

    Application Deadline: Friday, October 23, 2020,  5:00 PM

    What: The Towsley Endowment provides financial support for Carleton students working with Carleton science and math faculty during winter break. Awards fund student winter stipends ($480/week for full time work) for up to 3 weeks.  Money for supplies is also available, typically up to $150 per student. Note that students must work full time in order to qualify (i.e. they must not hold another job during the award period).

    Who: Carleton faculty in science and math departments and programs, including visiting faculty and faculty on continuing appointment, are eligible to apply. These include Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Math, Neuroscience, Physics and Astronomy, Archaeology, and Psychology.

    Some of the application questions include: Project title, description of your project, faculty and student development goals, mentoring plan, how many weeks and total amount of funds requested, other potential sources of funding, and other info relevant to the proposal.

    More details are available in the application form.

    **Student Research at Another Institution (Kolenkow-Reitz Fellowship)

    Application Deadline:  Friday, October 23, 2020,  5:00 PM

    What: The Kolenkow-Reitz fellowship provides research support for Carleton students working with non-Carleton science and math faculty at another institution during the winter break.  These research opportunities are intended to encourage Carleton students’ development as scientists and their exploration of mathematics and the sciences as a possible career. Awards fund student stipends ($480/week for full time work) for up to 3 weeks during winter break. Additional expenses up to $150 can be requested to help defray travel or research supply expenses.  Note that students must work full time in order to qualify.

    Who:  Carleton students are eligible to apply for this funding. Before applying, students should have already contacted and discussed the nature and timing of their project with the person they are planning to work with as well as a faculty member at Carleton who can vouch for the project and its alignment with their professional development goals. Because the intent of the fellowship is exploration in STEM fields, priority is given to students who have completed coursework related to the proposed research, but who have not yet had a significant funded research experience (7 or more weeks). Please note that students previously supported through the Kolenkow-Reitz Fund (winter break or summer) are less likely to receive funding, but are still eligible to apply.

    More details are available in the application form.

    Questions?  Contact Amy Csizmar Dalal

  • Job Post from a PHAS alum

    From David Steussy, ’04 Physics grad:

    Job Title: Operations Associate

    Job Description:

    Armatus Capital Management, an investment advisor in Minnesota, is seeking a qualified individual to join their small, dynamic team. This person will assist operations with regular accounting tasks while working to improve related processes. The role includes additional duties supporting multi-strategy research and trading when possible. This is a full-time, work-remotely position.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Assist and streamline regular accounting procedures, including broker reconciliation and financial statement preparation
    • Design and implement tools and processes to improve operating efficiencies and lower costs

    Secondary Responsibilities:

    • Reading, analyzing, and reporting on company filings for investment purposes
    • Assist in the design of trading strategies and tools to enable those strategies
    • Additional support duties as necessary throughout the operations of the company

    Required qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree
    • Excellent reading comprehension skills
    • Strong quantitative skills
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel
    • Basic programming knowledge
    • Ability to self-direct and prioritize tasks, both educational and work-related

    Desirable qualifications:

    • Ability to apply cross-disciplinary knowledge to a task
    • Working knowledge of financial math and accounting principles
    • Some experience with Visual Basic for Applications

    Who we are:

    • Armatus Capital Management is a small investment advisor based out of Chanhassen, MN, founded in 2002.
    • For more information, contact David Steussy

     

  • Physics Hackathon

    From Carleton Physics Alum Alice Curtin ’19:

    Hi all,

    Hope this email finds you well!
    I am reaching out helping because I am helping to organize the McGill Physics Hackathon. This is a friendly hackathon where participants can build projects related to physics. Due to COVID-19, the hackathon will be held completely online this year from November 7th-8th, 2020. Normally, ~200 people participate in person but I assume it will be higher this year because it is not all remote and we are reaching universities outside of Montreal.
    I am sending along some of the information on the Hackathon.
    The website with more information about the Hackathon is here, and interested students can register here. There is a $5 registration fee (mainly to assure people who sign up will actually attend but if people can’t pay there is possibility for it be waived).
    On a more personal note, I am up at McGill in Canada doing my MsC in physics (and will start my PhD next year!). The program is really nice — not quite as connected of a community as at Carleton but very close! Everything is remote now although Montreal is slowly reopening. How are things in MN?

    Best,  Alice

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