Radiations Newsletter

April 18 (Friday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty, staff and P123 speaker Sue Coopersmith at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

The Soudan Underground Lab in Northern Minnesota has two or three positions available as an science outreach undergraduate intern. The duties will be to give daily science tours and develop outreach materials targeted at grades 8-12 as well as the general public including posters, exhibits, and demonstrations involving cloud chambers and cryogenics that relate to the MINOS and NOvA neutrino experiments as well as the Dark Matter and cosmic ray experiments. You will join the lab staff, on-site physicists, and three high school teachers. Positions are paid for 8 weeks starting mid-June, and can include housing if needed. Visit www.soudan.umn.edu and contact Bill Miller miller@soudan.umn.edu to express your interest prior to 30 April 2008.

April 11 (Friday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty, staff and P123 speaker Cliff Frohlich at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

We are looking for a tutor for PHYS 131. The work will happen during class, period 5A. If you are interested and can work at that time, please contact Arjendu.

April 4 (Friday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty, staff and P123 speaker Craig Heinke at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

March 6 (Thursday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty and staff at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over or you can meet us there. All are welcome.

Interested in becoming a better science communicator? Wondering how writing practices differ from discipline to discipline? Eager to describe your scientific discoveries with effectiveness and style? Then our new course called Writing Science is just for you. We will explore how science is written for a variety of audiences – from scientific journals to the popular press. Through class discussions and opportunities for writing and speaking, we will exchange our science stories and create poster presentations and on-campus science journals.

IDSC 209 (that’s short for Interdisciplinary), Writing Science, is a sophomore priority course taught by Carol Rutz, Director of the Writing Program and Cindy Blaha, Physics & Astronomy Professor. It will be held 5th period in Olin 02. Feel free to call either Cindy (x4429) or Carol (x4082) with questions

November 16 (Thursday) 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

Plan to have lunch with physics students and staff at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:55 for the short walk over, or you can meet us there.