February 2, 2009

Thanks to everyone that filled out the meeting survey. The winter quarter undergraduate meeting will be this Thursday at 3pm in Phys/Astr A216. Please join us to talk about courses, computer lab and many other topics. Snacks will be provided.

Some other things to consider this week:

WiSE Conference: The Women in Science and Engineering conference is Sat. Feb. 7 from 8:30am-5pm at the HUB. This conference is a great chance to see what women are doing in the sciences and meet some amazing women over lunch! Find out more here: http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/studentprogs/wise.html/. Let me know if you are interested in going.

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Liliya Williams (Univ of Minnesota) will be giving a talk on "A new statistical evidence for substructure in lensing galaxies?". Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.

Planetarium Volunteering: Are you interested in volunteering to give outreach planetarium shows? There once was a list of people interested but no one knows what happened to it so I'm making a new one. It's best that you've taken Ana's 270 class (offered this spring), but if you haven't and are still interested, please email me: philrose@astro.washington.edu.

For those who don't know:
We give planetarium shows to school groups and other groups studying astronomy. We write our own shows (I'm starting to compile scripts for help). The level of the talks are never higher than astro 101/150 levels. Shows range from 30-50 minutes and take place Fridays from 10-2.

Undergraduate Research Symposium: Mark you calendars for May 15, 2009! The Undergraduate Research Symposium is your chance to show off your research. Sign up for a poster or a presentation. The deadline to apply is Feb. 20. There are also workshops available to help you design your poster and prepare your presentation. We have a great history of participation so let me know if you have any questions. For more information: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/index.html.

Spring registration: There are a number of changes that need to be made to the spring quarter schedule and I will update everyone at the meeting. Please review the note section of the time schedule for classes at it will update you on time/location changes.

Have a great week and please let me know if you have any questions about class schedules for the spring!

Thanks,
Sarah