January 31, 2011

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend! Please read below for a research funding opportunity, lectures and more!

Undergraduate Research Symposium: Feb. 25 is the deadline to apply for the Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium is your opportunity to showcase your research by presenting a talk or poster. Check out the website for more information about the symposium: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/index.html Talk with your research adviser soon about participating.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program: The Washington NASA Space Grant provides funding for summer research! SURP is a 9 week on-campus research opportunity. The application due date is April 15. Details can be found here: http://www.waspacegrant.org/u-gradsum.html

2011-2012 Astronomy Course Offerings: For those uber-planners out there, you can now view a listing of the astronomy courses planned for 2011-2012. Check out the course offerings page here: http://staff.washington.edu/sterrs/YearTS.htm Let me know if you have any questions about these courses.

Astrobiology Lecture: Wed., Feb. 9 at 6:30pm in Kane 120, William Martin (U. Dusseldorf) will give a talk on "The Origin of Life". This is a free lecture, but you must pre-register here (http://www.ess.washington.edu/mindlin/). Hydrothermal vents sit at the evolutionary interface between geology and microbiology, breathing new life into one of biology's most significant questions: how did carbon dioxide, rocks and water transition into living things? Professor William Martin of the University of Düsseldorf will share his vision of how and life life on Earth likely originated in hot water gushing through fissures and fractures in the ancient seafloor.

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Nathaniel Butler (Univ. of California, Berkeley) will give at talk on "Toward Time-Domain Classification of Transients". Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.

Page O'Announcements: Don't forget to check out the Page O'Announcements when you needs ideas for something to do for the weekend, a class to register for or if you're looking for a job: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/

Have a great week!

Best,
Sarah