Radiations Newsletter

Check out all the electives the PHAS department will offer next year, including two NEW (*) courses!

Fall                                          Winter                                            Spring
ASTR 110 Intro to Astro         ASTR 110 Intro                               ASTR 113 Observational
ASTR 113 Observational        PHYS 343 Electronics                  ASTR 232 Astrophysics
PHYS 238 Soft Matter *         PHYS 3xx Particle & Nuclear *    PHYS 234 Computer Simulations
PHYS 341 Waves                                                                          PHYS 352 Advanced E & M
PHYS 346 Thermal/Stat Mech                                                                   

Come to the department picnic! 

We’ll gather Friday, May 10th from 5-7 pm on the Hill of Oaks.  RSVP to Trenne (tfields@carleton.edu) with your student ID number and dietary preferences by TODAY!  We need 3-4 students to help with moving food and set up.  Please also indicate in your email if you can help! 

Did you hear about the EHT (Event Horizon Telescope)???  A very hard-working team has imaged a black hole for the first time!  Alum Andrew Chael was on that team.  He’s coming to campus to talk about it, and YOU SHOULD BE THERE! 

Tuesday, May 14th at 7 pm in Olin 149.  Come hear about alumni making history!

Don’t forget that this Sunday will be Mother’s Day!  Call your mother, grandmother, auntie, sister, or friend who is a mom and say hello!

Dr. Kennda Lynch, astrobiologist, will give a talk TODAY, April 15th, in Olin 149 at 3:30 pm.  Everyone is invited! 

The physics & astronomy department is looking for a couple of students who are interested in reflecting on their academic experiences, both curricular and co-curricular, and professional goals through the process of building an electronic portfolio of their work. These ePortfolios will be an opportunity to think about how you can articulate and demonstrate the skills that you have built during your time at Carleton for an external audience (e.g., potential employers). You will receive IT support for putting together your portfolio and be paid for the time it takes to assemble your ePortfolio. In return, we ask that you provide the department feedback on the process. This work will primarily occur during fall term, although we will ask you to begin assembling materials to include in the ePortfolio this spring. Please contact Melissa Eblen-Zayas or Marty Baylor to ask questions or to express your interest in participating (deadline for expressing interest is Monday, April 29 at noon).

Drop by the 2nd Olin lounge on Wednesday May 22nd from 4:15 – 5:15 pm for tea!  Chat about diversity and diversity issues.  Everyone is welcome!  Contact Emily Schwartz (schwartze@carleton.edu) with questions.

The Teaching Experience for Undergraduates (TEU) Science program at Trinity College has some positions still open in this summer’s program.  Applications will be accepted through Thursday, April 18th.

The TEU program at Trinity provides a rich summer experience for undergraduates interested in secondary science teaching careers.  Students, check out this wonderful summer opportunity! Full information about the TEU program can be found at teu.vassar.edu.

Wednesday, April 17th / 3:30-4:30 pm / CMC 206:  Careers in Software Engineering with Oliver Heywood ’15.  Are you interested in becoming a software developer?  Oliver Heywood ’15 (Physics) and Alexa Rarick will be hosting a session on careers in software engineering and will be sharing information about internships available at Four51.  RSVP via the Tunnel.  Sponsored by the Career Center.

Physics faculty, staff, and current majors are needed to create a critical mass large enough to welcome our newly-declared sophomore majors!  We’ll meet in the 2nd Olin lounge on Tuesday, April 23rd in place of Physics Table so that everyone can meet everyone else. (That’s at NOON!)