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No Physics Table This Week
This week (week 4) there will be NO Physics Table. Instead, please join us Tuesday (and Thursday!) during common time to hear Physics and Astronomy students present on the research they conducted this past summer. We will meet in Olin 02; a light lunch will be provided each day.
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Student Research Presentations
This week we begin a series of presentations done by Carleton Physics and Astronomy students to showcase the research they did this past summer. This week’s talks will take place Tuesday, Oct. 8th, and Thursday, Oct. 10th at 12:00 (common time) in Olin 02. A light lunch will be provided. Please note: the Tuesday presentations will take the place of the regularly scheduled Physics Table for this week.
Tuesday’s presenters:
Ben Levy’s talk is titled: Working Towards Finding an Upper limit for Crackle in LIGO’s Maraging Steel Blade Springs
Zach Lynn will present on: Medical Applications of Atmospheric Plasmas
Thursday’s presenters:
Erin Roth will speak about Swift Satellite Monitoring of the Galactic Center: From Supermassive Black Holes to Magnetic Neutrons
Jackson Tears will talk about The Development of ZBLAN Glass
Bibek Pokharel will present his research on Investigating the Self-Organized Critical Behavior of Global Geomagnetic Systems
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Why Are There So Few Women in Science?
Follow the link for an interesting article published last week in the New York Times about research into why fewer women than men enter and stay in scientific fields.
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Click the link below to find information about workshops, job fairs, internships, etc., courtesy of the Career Center!
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TEDx at Carleton
TEDx is Coming to Carleton on Saturday, October 12
Register now to be a part of this immersive, full-day experience of enlightening talks and thoughtful conversation. 19 speakers and countless student organizers value your support and hope to see you there!
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Women in Physics!
The Women in Physics and Astronomy (WiPA) group at the University of Minnesota is hosting “Life after Undergrad”, an event for undergraduate women in physics and related fields. We would like very much to invite female undergraduate students in your department to our event. The basic information is as follows:
Date: Monday October 7th, 2013
Time: 6:15-9:15 PM
Location: Tate Lab of Physics, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, East Bank (specific room TBA)
Who: All undergraduate women currently majoring in or interested in physics or related fields (astronomy, engineering, etc)RSVP:wipa@umn.edu (preferably by Sept. 26, 2013)
Cost: FREE