• The Jerry and Jean Mohrig Lecture in Chemistry

    Thursday, April 25, 2013
    7:30 p.m.
    Olin 149

    The Carleton Chemistry Department is very pleased to welcome Prof. Robert Grubbs from the California Institute of Technology as our 2013 Mohrig Lecturer in Chemistry.  Prof. Grubbs won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 and is a leader in “green chemistry” and development of new catalysts and processes that are both useful and environmentally friendly, and he will deliver a lecture on this topic on Thursday, April 25 (see abstract below).  We hope you will be able to attend!  Refreshments will be served after the lecture.  

    “Green Chemistry and Catalysis” 

  • PHYS 123 speaker Amanda Babson

    Physics 123
    (Approx. First Half of Term)    Fridays 3:30-4:30 (6a)
    What Physicists Do
    Spring 2013
    Olin 141    1 Credit; S/CR/NC

    The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to present “Physics 123: What Physicists Do”.  This is our annual series of five lectures by guest speakers, many of whom are Carleton alums.  The series is intended to introduce students to a broad range of real-world physics and to give some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background.  Speakers will be available for informal discussions over refreshments afterward.    Questions: Jay Tasson, Olin 337, x4418, jtasson@carleton.edu.

    The speaker for April 26th will be Amanda Babson (’98).

  • Get reminders via Twitter and Facebook!

    The Carleton Physics and Astronomy Department now has it’s very own Twitter feed and Facebook page!  We’d like to be able to stay in touch with you, and to better help you remember those one-time events such as special lectures, lunches, evening get-togethers, and other things you might not remember to put on your calendar or in your phone.  You may also be captivated by fun tweets or fascinating science facts posted on the Facebook page.  Simply like our Facebook page, “Carleton Physics and Astronomy”, and/or follow us on Twitter via @CarletonPhysAst. 

  • Summer Job Opportunity

    Students!

    Are you looking for a “hands on” summer job?  This summer All Energy Solar is looking to hire solar panel installers in Northfield as part of the Solarize Northfield initiative. Training is provided. For more information, please contact Charlie Stark at cps@deskmedia.com.

  • St. Olaf Physics Professor to speak at Carleton

    Professor Bob Jacobel, professor of Physics at St. Olaf College, will be on campus Friday, April 26th to speak in the Geology department.  His presentation is titled “Water Beneath the Ice–Investigations of an Antarctic Subglacial Lake”.   He will speak at 4:30 pm in Mudd 73. Everyone is welcome!

  • Get your PhD in Scotland!

    Seniors:  If you are unsure of your post graduation plans, please consider this opportunity from Professor Nelson Christensen’s gravitational wave colleagues at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.   

     

    The Institute for Gravitational Research at Glasgow University is seeking applications for a PhD studentship starting in 2013.  They are looking for an experimentalist to take up PhD studies in Glasgow, and do research in their lab.

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