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Student Work in the Physics & Astronomy Department Next Year
The Physics & Astronomy Department relies heavily on our students to serve as laboratory assistants, graders, tutors, and technical assistants in support of our academic program. We strongly believe that such activities provide important benefits to you beyond the obvious monetary compensation. Seniors and recent grads will tell you that a lot of good solid learning occurs, and new insights develop. You can, and should, cite this experience in future employment or grad school applications, just as we will cite it in formulating supporting letters for you.
It is time to arrange these job positions for next year. All students who would like to work in the Department should fill out an application found here. Applications must be received by April 20, 2010.
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Summer research/education opportunity at the Soudan Underground Laboratory
Rik Gran, Carleton class of 1994 and currently a professor at UMD, is looking for a few undergraduate students who are interested in careers in science and/or science education. The position would involve working with the DNR to give science tours of the Soudan Underground Lab
and the two major experiments, the MINOS neutrino oscillation experiment and the CDMS Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, which are hosted by the lab. The interns will lead the tours, continue development of the outreach program, work on lesson plans for grades 8-12 especially for groups that visit the lab. There are also opportunities to participate in the research being done at the lab. These positions are open for the full summer. Schedules can be flexible, but our goal is to cover all tours which happen twice a day, seven days per week. There will be a team of four high school teachers and at least two undergraduate interns. The positions are for a duration of eight weeks and pay $12 per hour. Housing will be supplied, if needed. Visit www.soudan.umn.edu to learn more about the lab. Please e-mail or mail a resume and cover letter to Jerry Meier meier@soudan.umn.edu by 30 April 2010. -
Physics Table with Steve Kawaler
April 16 (Friday) noon-1-pm, LDC/’51 Dining Room
Join PHYS 123 speaker Steve Kawaler, physics students, faculty and staff for lunch at the LDC. You can meet us on third Olin for the short walk over or you can meet us there. -
PHYS 123 Speaker Steve Kawaler
April 16 (Friday) 1:10-2:10pm, LDC 104
Steve will talk about what it is like to be an astronomer at a time when his field is moving from the ground to space. As such, he’ll start with a description of the basic data wanted (uninterrupted brightness measurements of oscillating stars) and why that data is wanted. Then he will discuss how they solve(d) those problems working on the ground, and then how they have managed to move to space-based observations.