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Dr. Lewis will visit Carleton from Harvard on Tuesday and Wednesday the 18th and 19th. On Tuesday, he will give a talk on his research during common time (noon – 1 pm) in Anderson 036. Lunch will be provided.
Dust to Dust: Measuring the Properties of Stellar NurseriesStars form in massive, cold regions of space filled with hydrogen and shrouded in dust. Our ability to create a theory on how stars form is dependent on how well we know the places where stars form. These regions, called Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), have been studied for over half a century. In work today, we look at and uncover some of the details about some of the limitations present in how we measure the properties of these clouds. In particular, we will look at the molecular gas (through carbon monoxide) and dust. We find that much is hidden from us deep within the clouds because the gas we are trying to measure is frozen out of view, and we show that how we measure the properties of GMCs can have a significant systematic effect on what we measure those properties to be. -
Alum Becky Anthony talks about Engineering
Becky Anthony will be visiting Carleton on Friday, Oct. 21 and would love to talk to any and all students who are interested in engineering! You can either join the crew to have lunch with her (12:30), or come meet her in the Ground State after lunch (about 1:30pm) to ask questions and hear about engineering after Carleton. Email Trenne to let her know which you’d like to do.
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U of MN internships for summer
A U of MN faculty member, after having PHAS grads work with him, would like to hire more Carls for the upcoming summer. The deadline isn’t until February, but the earlier he can secure his candidates the sooner he can apply to be their mentor.