Radiations Newsletter

Volume 12, Issue 1

Thursday, September 15, 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113
Plan to have lunch with physics students and staff at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk to the dining hall or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

September 22
Horst Stormer, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at Columbia, will be giving a public lecture on nanoscience at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse. We would probably leave campus between 2 and 2:30 pm, have dinner in LaCrosse after the talk, and return late in the evening (between 9:30 and 10). If you are interested in going to this talk, let Melissa know as soon as possible so that we can make appropriate travel arrangements.

September 23, 3:30-4:30p.m Olin 02
This is an important meeting for senior majors to discuss your senior year and preparing for life after Carleton. (That means mainly comps, and applying for jobs or grad school.) Any juniors thinking about doing comps this year should also attend.

Set aside Friday afternoon, October 7 (3:30-8:00) for the annual Phun Physics Picnic on the Hill of Three Oaks. Two seniors are needed to plan the festivities. Please see Mary in Olin 331 if you can help .

Welcome to the Physics Department! Please check with you supervisor soon to arrange your work schedule. Timesheets will be kept in a binder on a shelf outside the department office (Olin 331). We are looking forward to another great year. Any questions ask Arjendu or Mary.

Student Departmental Advisors for 2005-06 are Ben Diehl and Sara Vigeland. SDAs are available to all students, especially new students who want to talk to a knowledgeable and experienced upperclass student about physics and astronomy courses and registration. Please give them a call if you want the real scoop from a student’s perspective.

September 27&28

The annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College is on Cosmology (it is actually called “The Legacy of Einstein”) this year. We have purchased 40 tickets and have chartered a bus to take us there on Tuesday, September 27. The bus will be leaving from Sayles Hill at 8:00am and returning at approximately 5:30. On Wednesday, September 28 vans will be taken so meet on third Olin at 7:55am. It promises to be an outstanding set of lectures. Among other luminaries, cosmologists George Ellis and Kip Thorne will speak. Arjendu, Cindy, Joel, and Rich will be going, along with Cindy’s Cosmology Seminar students. If you want a ticket and a ride for either or both days, contact Mary. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first served basis. For more information on the conference, see <http://www.gustavus.edu/events/nobel/2005/>.

September 30, 3:30-4:30 pm, Olin 02

This is a meeting for Sophomores to help answer questions about the major and the department, and to welcome you to Olin.

All Science and Math Sigma Xi Poster Session is scheduled for Friday, October 21 from 3:30-4:30 in Hulings Atrium. Students who did summer research at Carleton or elsewhere will be presenting their results in poster format. Please come support them! You are welcome to come and go over the hour. Everyone is strongly encouraged to attend and talk with some of the presenters about their projects. You’ll learn a lot of new and interesting science and math.
If you did research somewhere last summer (at Carleton or elsewhere), please consider presenting a poster. In many cases, students use a poster that that is already prepared. If you did summer research at Carleton last summer, please talk to your summer research advisor if you need advice about (or funds for) making your poster. If you do present, please show up 10-15 minutes early and find a place to mount your poster. Your poster can be up to 42″ tall and 4-5′ wide. Supplies for attaching your poster to easels will be provided in Hulings.
Co-sponsored by Sigma Xi and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to Carleton.

Welcome to the Physics Department. Please check with you supervisor soon to arrange your work schedule. Timesheets will be kept in a binder on a shelf outside the department office (Olin 331). We are looking forward to another great year. Any questions ask Arjendu or Mary.