Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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

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