Welcome back! I hope you all had an enjoyable spring break and are ready to start the new quarter. Please read on for information about the new way to log in to the astronomy computers, a spring career fair and more!
New Computer Login: Starting immediately, you will now log in to the astronomy computers using your UW NetID and your UW NetID password. We have merged your astro account with your UW NetID account so everything you had on your astronomy computer should still be accessible. Please let me know if you cannot log in to the computers.
Building Use Permits: If you have keys to the Physics/Astronomy building, please remember to pick up your quarter building use permit from the astronomy main office. These quarterly permits are required when you are in the building after hours (building hours are 7am-7pm) and on the weekends.
Extrasolar Planets course: This special topics course meets on Wed and Fri from 10am-11:20. The course is listed as ASTR 497A (sln 10597). For thousands of years, humanity has pondered the possible existence of planets and life beyond our own Solar System. Yet is has only been the last decade that we been able to find evidence that extrasolar planets, planets found around stars other than our Sun, do exist. This course will cover extrasolar planet detection techniques, characteristics of the known population, and how studies of extrasolar planets have changed our views of planetary system formation and evolution. This course will also focus on the science behind the planned searches for Earth-like planets and life beyond our Solar System.
Spring Career Fair: Wednesday, April 14 from 3-7pm in the HUB Ballroom. More than 90 companies will be present to recruit UW graduates. For a complete list of the more than 90 attending organizations, and tips on how to prepare, please visit http://careers.washington.edu/Spring-Career-Fair.
Astronomy Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Brant Robertson (CalTech) will give a talk on "Forthcoming Constraints on High-redshift Galaxy populations from WFC3". Please join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies!
Have a great first week back.
Best,
Sarah
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