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Monday, May 15, Olin 149, 7:30 pm
Professor Robert Kirshner, the Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University will give a public talk entitled The Accelerating Universe: Einstein’s Blunder Undone. Professor Kirshner is an author of over 200 research papers dealing with supernovae, the large-scale distribution of galaxies, and the size and shape of the Universe. His work with the “High-A Supernova Team” on the acceleration of the Universe was dubbed the “Science Breakthrough of the Year for 1998” by Science Magazine. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, named a Caltech Distinguished Alumnus in 2004, and elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2005. He is currently President of the American Astronomical Society. Kirshner is a frequent public lecturer on science. He is the author of the award-winning popular-level book “The Extravagant Universe:exploding stars, dark energy, and the accelerating cosmos”.
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Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14. Don’t forget to call your Mom and tell her that you love and appreciate her – that’s all she really wants for Mother’s Day.
In honor of Mother’s Day here is some timeless motherly advice:
- Always change your underwear; you never know when you’ll have an accident.
- Don’t make that face or it’ll freeze in that position.
- Be careful or you’ll put your eye out.
- What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
- You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
- Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
- If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
- Don’t put that in your mouth; you don’t know where it’s been!
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Physics Table
Friday, May 12, LDC 113, Noon-1:00 pm
This Friday, David Cardoza, who is just finishing his PhD in optics in the Physics and Astronomy Department at SUNY Stony Brook, will be visiting the department. David, who is very anxious to find out what teaching and doing research is like at a small liberal arts college, will be joining us at Physics Table and will then be giving a talk at 4A in Olin 04. Join Physics and Astronomy faculty, staff, students and David Cardoza for lunch at the LDC at noon. Meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk to the dining hall or you can meet us there. All are welcome.
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Friday, May 12, Olin 04, 1:10-2:10 pm
David Cardoza, who is just finishing his PhD in optics in the Physics and Astronomy Department at SUNY Stony Brook, will be giving a talk entitled “Controlling Molecular Reactions Using Ultrafast Laser Pulses”. All physics students are strongly encouraged to attend this talk. -
Spring Picnic
Mark your calendars! The date for the Physics and Astronomy Spring Picnic has been set for Friday, May 26 at 4 pm at the Hill of Three Oaks. Look for more information coming soon.
