May 10, 2010

This is my last week in until finals week, so please let me know if you have questions about fall quarter registration or graduation issues. If you have questions while I'm away, please contact Paula Szkody (szkody@astro.washington.edu).

ASTR 425 Cosmology: We have some great news... we will be offering ASTR 425 Cosmology in fall 2010. The course will be on the time schedule soon and will most likely meet M, W 1:30-2:50 in PAA A210. I'll let you know if this schedule changes. Dr. Fabio Governato will be the course instructor.

ESS Courses: The Earth and Space Sciences department is offering some great courses in Planetarium Geology (ESS 306-summer) and Space and Plasmas (ESS 415- autumn). Check out these astronomy-related courses on the time schedule.

Summer GRE Physics Study group: Some students have expressed an interest in starting a summer Physics GRE study group. If you're interested please let me know or create a sign up sheet in the computer lab. Those taking the exam next year should seriously considering using a study guide (like this one http://staff.washington.edu/sterrs/epicschmidt.txt) that gives you some idea of what to study and how long you should be studying. The guide linked above is from our very own graduate student Sarah Schmidt.

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Barbara McArthur (University of Texas) will give a talk on "New Observational Constraints on the Upsilon Andromedae System with Data from The Hubble Space Telescope and Hobby Eberly Telescope". Join us in the foyer at 3:45pm for coffee, tea and cookies.

Page O'Announcements: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ check out the new postings (mostly class advertisements from other departments) and the important links on the right side of the page.

Have a great end of the quarter!!

Best,
Sarah

May 3, 2010

Hi everyone,

The spring quarter undergraduate meeting will take place tomorrow, (Tuesday) at 4pm in Phys/Astr B356A (aka the reading room) just off of the undergrad lab. Graduating seniors are encouraged to attend to let everyone know of your post-graduation plans! Snacks will be provided.

MRO work party: Looking for a chance to head up to Manastash Ridge Observatory? Consider joining our MRO work party! We need a group of undergrads to help up clean the observatory. Mark your weekend preference here: http://www.doodle.com/hihvzq4wk5yw43bx Questions? Contact Chris Laws (laws@astro.washington.edu).

Autumn quarter classes: Take a look at the autumn quarter time schedule to choose your classes! Let me know if you have any questions. http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/AUT2010/ Remember to run a degree audit (DARS found on myUW) to see which classes you still need to take.

Career Center: Don't forget to use the services offered by the career center. You can use their services while you're still a student. http://careers.washington.edu/

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Shelley Wright (UC Berkeley) will give a talk on "High-Spatial Resolution Observations of z~1.5 Star Forming Galaxies; Discovering Galactic Disks, Mergers and Weak AGN". Join us in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies!

See you all at the meeting tomorrow! Have a great week.
Sarah