Welcome to 2011 and the start of winter quarter! I hope you all had a restful and happy winter break. Take a look at what's happening this week in the Department.
AAS Meeting: The American Astronomical Society meeting starts this weekend! For those of you attending/volunteering be sure you take a look at the science program ahead of time so you know how to plan out your schedule. http://aas.org/meetings/aas217/Science_Program I like using the program planner feature. Enjoy talking about research and networking next week!
Building Permits/Keys: If you have building keys you are required to have a new building permit every quarter. Please stop by the front office to pick yours up today!
ASTR 499- Research: Don't forget to pick up your pink research forms if you are registering for ASTR 499. While Sun. Jan. 9 is the last day to add, drop, or change classes on MyUW without a fee, you need signatures and add codes by the end of day Friday this week.
REU: Want to work on astro research this summer? Consider applying for a research experience for undergrads (REU)! The National Science Foundation sponsors REUs at institutions around the country. Browse through the list today: http://staff.washington.edu/sterrs/links.htm Application deadlines are often mid-Jan thru mid-Feb.
Astro Lunch: We get two speakers this week at AstroLunch. Today at Noon in the reading room (B356A) Steven Finkelstein (Texas A&M) will give a talk on "Finding and Understanding Galaxies at z>7". At 12:30, Keekly Finkelstein (Texas A&M) will give a talk on "Spitzer Observations of Star Formation in Galactic HII Region Environments". Feel free to bring your lunch to this informal talk series!
Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Michael Shull (University of Colorado) will give a talk on "Observational and Theoretical Studies of the Intergalactic Medium". Coffee, tea and cookies are served in the foyer at 3:45pm; join everyone for some great conversation before the lecture.
Page O'Announcements: Looking for campus events, a job or a scholarship? Check out the announcement blog: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ There are also important links for astro majors on the right side of the page.
Have a great first week of the quarter!
Best,
Sarah
AAS Meeting: The American Astronomical Society meeting starts this weekend! For those of you attending/volunteering be sure you take a look at the science program ahead of time so you know how to plan out your schedule. http://aas.org/meetings/aas217/Science_Program I like using the program planner feature. Enjoy talking about research and networking next week!
Building Permits/Keys: If you have building keys you are required to have a new building permit every quarter. Please stop by the front office to pick yours up today!
ASTR 499- Research: Don't forget to pick up your pink research forms if you are registering for ASTR 499. While Sun. Jan. 9 is the last day to add, drop, or change classes on MyUW without a fee, you need signatures and add codes by the end of day Friday this week.
REU: Want to work on astro research this summer? Consider applying for a research experience for undergrads (REU)! The National Science Foundation sponsors REUs at institutions around the country. Browse through the list today: http://staff.washington.edu/sterrs/links.htm Application deadlines are often mid-Jan thru mid-Feb.
Astro Lunch: We get two speakers this week at AstroLunch. Today at Noon in the reading room (B356A) Steven Finkelstein (Texas A&M) will give a talk on "Finding and Understanding Galaxies at z>7". At 12:30, Keekly Finkelstein (Texas A&M) will give a talk on "Spitzer Observations of Star Formation in Galactic HII Region Environments". Feel free to bring your lunch to this informal talk series!
Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Michael Shull (University of Colorado) will give a talk on "Observational and Theoretical Studies of the Intergalactic Medium". Coffee, tea and cookies are served in the foyer at 3:45pm; join everyone for some great conversation before the lecture.
Page O'Announcements: Looking for campus events, a job or a scholarship? Check out the announcement blog: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ There are also important links for astro majors on the right side of the page.
Have a great first week of the quarter!
Best,
Sarah
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