Thanks to everyone that made it to the undergrad meeting last week. We covered classes for the year as well as discussed some upcoming "new" classes. The Department will be converting some special topics courses, previously listed under ASTR 497 to designated course numbers. This will be beneficial so rather than "special topics" showing on your transcript it will say "Numerical Methods in Astronomy" for example. This will not be retroactive, so if you've already taken special topics courses, they will remain on your transcript listed as "special topics". Let me know if you have questions about this. I will send out a final list next quarter.
Undergraduate Photos: Have you noticed the Department photo directory in the seating area on our floor? We need to add more undergraduates to this board! Please send me a digital photo of your self and I will put them up. Photos will be cropped and must be approved before going on the board, so please send nice pictures of yourself where you are easily seen.
Movie Night Oct. 30: Join the undergrads this Friday for a pre-Halloween movie night! We'll meet around 5pm in the computer lab. RSVP on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=158213123411&index=1
Page O'Announcements: Check out the blog for information on a study abroad for physics students: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/2009/10/rise-research-internships-in-science.html See the entire blog here: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ Included on the right of the page are links to help find a job.
Winter Classes: Take a look at the winter time schedule to set your classes for next quarter. http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2010/ Stop in to see me if you have questions about what you should be taking.
Astrobiology Seminar: Tuesday Oct 27 at 2:30pm, Jade Bond (Univ of Arizona) will give a presentation on "The Diversity of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets". The talk will take place in Phys/Astr A118.
Astrobiology Public Lecture: Tuesday, Oct 27 at 7:30pm, Keith Benson will give a talk on "Charles Darwin and Evolution Theory". The talk will take place in Kane 120 and free tickets are available here: http://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/PubLec_tickets.html
Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Gerhardt Meurer (Johns Hopkins Univ) will give a talk on "Star Formation Scaling Relations in HI Selected Galaxies'. Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.
Have a great week!
Best,
Sarah
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