• APS Minority Scholarship

    The American Physical Society has a scholarship program for minority undergraduate physics majors  The purpose of the program is to significantly increase the level of underrepresented minority participation in physics in the US.

    Any African-American, Hispanic American, or Native American U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is majoring or planning to major in physics, and who is a high school senior, college freshman, or sophomore is eligible to apply for the scholarship.  Engineering physics and applied physics majors also welcome to apply.

    Deadline: Friday, February 3, 2012

    More information and the application can be found at http://www.aps.org/programs/minorities/honors/scholarship/index.cfm.

  • Opportunities for Students to Practice Public Presentations

    The Speakeasy will continue to offer assistance with comps talks, student presentations, and all other public speaking events this term. Coaching is available in all areas of presentations including posture, articulation, projection, body language, eye contact, command of material, and effective use of visual aids. The Speakeasy coach can also work with students on the material of the presentation, including content, organization, flow, and clarity. Students Diana Fraser (’14) and Shavera Seneviratne (’13, English) staff the Speakeasy.

  • Physics Table

    January 10 (Tuesday) noon-1pm, LDC Shearer Dining Room Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty and staff at the LDC at noon.  We can meet on 3rd Olin or you can meet us there.

    Please note the change in day and room from fall term!

  • Summer Science Fellowship

    Are you a first or second year Carleton student interested in majoring in the sciences or math? Consider applying for a Summer Science Fellowship. This program aims to broaden participation of historically underrepresented groups (including gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, and disabilities) in the sciences and math by providing research opportunities for two summers as well as mentoring activities. The application deadline is January 13th. More information and the application can be found at http://serc.carleton.edu/cismi/students/summer_fellows.html

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