• Physics Spring Picnic

    All Physics & Astronomy students faculty and staff are invited to the annual spring picnic held at the Hill of Three Oaks, Friday May 16 at 4 pm. Please RSVP no later than Thursday May 8 by clicking on this link and filling out the form. https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/physics/spring_picnic_rsvp/

  • T-Shirts – Let the Voting Begin!

    Designs are in. It’s time to vote. The designs are hanging outside the 2nd Olin Lounge with a number by each one. Look at them, admire them, ponder the punniness and physics behind them. Then tell me which one you like best. Vote by emailing Tiffany, coxt , the number of your choice by Thursday 5pm. Remember, if you don’t vote, then you have no right to complain about the shirt.

  • Talk by job candidate Bulmuo Maakuu

    May 7 (Thursday) noon-1pm, Olin 04

    Bulmuo Maakuu will be on campus Thursday to interview for the Visiting Assistant Professor position. He recently received his PhD from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Dr. Maakuu will be giving a sample lecture on Motion in Two Dimensions : Projectile Motion.

  • Meet the Candidate – Bulmuo Maakuu

    May 8 (Thursday) 3:45-4:45 pm, Olin 2nd floor lounge

    All physics students are invited to meet Bulmuo Maakuu, a candidate for the visiting professor position for next year. Ice cream will be served!

  • Physics Table

    May 9 (Friday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

    Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty, staff and P123 speaker Claire Pettersen at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

  • May 9 (Friday) 1:10-2:10 pm, Olin 02

    Claire Pettersen ’00, an engineer at the University of Wisconsin-IceCube, will give a talk about “Ice-Fishing for Neutrinos (and other tales from the South Pole)”