Radiations Newsletter

volume 16, Issue 12

January 13 (Wednesday) 3:10-4:20pm, Olin 04

At the request of the Department Curriculum Committee, Physics & Astronomy faculty will be giving a series of talks on there current research interests and projects.  The second talks in the series will be given by Arjendu, John and Bill.  All physics interested students are encouraged to attend.  Refreshments will be served!

The American Physical Society Committee on Minorities in Physics has a scholarship program for African American, Hispanic American and Native American students. The Scholarship consists of $2,000 for new recipients and $3000 for renewal recipients. The application deadline is February 5, 2010. More information and an application can be found at www.aps.org/programs/minorities/honors/scholarship.

The Department of Physics & Astronomy is proud to offer the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program, which supports female science majors who are pursuing summer research projects in physics, astronomy, and computer science as well as cross-disciplinary research projects in computational physics, geophysics, biophysics, computational chemistry, and physical chemistry. The awards will be given annually to eight women in Physics & Astronomy and Computer Science or related fields. Each recipient will be paid a stipend of $4200 for 10 weeks of summer research, with additional funds allotted for research expenses and travel to meetings to present results.  The CBL Research Scholars will take part in cohort activities such as summer lunch meetings, presentation of a poster on their research at Carleton’s annual poster session and participation in related CBL activities throughout the academic year following their summer research.

To be eligible, the applicant must be:

• Female interested in physics, astronomy, computer science or related fields.
• U.S. Citizen
• Preference is for 1st or 2nd year students

The application deadline is January 15, 2010.  The application and more information can be found here.