I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. REU deadlines are approaching so be sure you have everything in order including your letters of recommendation.
Winter graduation: Are you hoping to graduate this quarter? Have you applied to graduate? If not, please see me by this Friday, Jan. 22. You must fill out a graduation application in each department you are getting a degree in.
Undergraduate Research Symposium: If you're working on research, consider presenting your results at the UW annual undergraduate research symposium! The symposium will be on May 21 in Mary Gates Hall. We often have many astronomy students presenting posters and giving oral presentations. To participate you need to submit an application with abstract by Feb. 22 at 5pm. Check out the details here: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/index.html
Undergrad Photos: Please S\send me a photo of yourself to add to the undergraduate photo board in the Department! A few guidelines: send only photos of yourself, the photo should have you as the focus and please keep the photos appropriate for display in the Department.
Colloquium: This week at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102 Andrew Moore (Google) will give a talk on "Extreme Data Mining: Machine Learning in Adwords and Google Product Search". Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.
Exploration Seminars: Want to study abroad but don't want to miss core classes during the academic year? Apply for an Exploration Seminar! These are fun 2-4 week abroad programs where you can earn academic credit for 1 course. Check out the different countries and classes where programs are being held: http://depts.washington.edu/explore/.
Page O'Announcements: there are lots of study abroad opportunities and more listed on the Page O'Announcements: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/.
Have a great week!
Best,
Sarah
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