November 14, 2011

Hi everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the long weekend! Here are some things going on in the Department this week.

Graduate School Webinar: APS Webinars is offering an exciting, free video webinar next week, entitled, “Graduate School in Physics: a Minority Perspective,” on Thursday, November 17 at 3:00 pm EDT. Senior graduate student, Dwayne Joseph at Florida A&M University, will present his unique perspective on some of his experiences in graduate school and tips on succeeding while there. Students will learn what goes on in physics graduate programs and gather ideas for getting the most out of their experiences. This webinar will be moderated by Peter Muhoro, APS Minority Bridge Project Manager, and Arlene Modeste Knowles, APS Career & Diversity Programs Manager. Because video feeds are limited, we can only accommodate 20 students. Those interested in participating should send an email request to Bushraa Khatib (khatib@aps.org) with their name, institution, and year (e.g. junior/senior). Race/ethnicity and gender are optional. The first requests will be considered first.

Registration for ASTR 300: Astr 300 is full, but if you still want/need the course please email Dr. Toby Smith (smith@astro.washington.edu) to be added to the wait list.

Photos for undergrad board: Keep those photos coming in! The board is looking better but could still use more of you on it!

Astrobiology Seminar: Tuesday at 3pm in PAA A118, Dr. David Des Marais of the NASA Ames Research Center will be presenting a talk titled: "Exploring Mars for Evidence of Habitable Environments and Life". Coffee, tea and cookies are served at 2:30 in the foyer.

AstroLunch: On Wednesday this week at Noon in PAB B356A, Sarah Ballard (Harvard) will give a talk on "Validating and Characterizing Transiting Exoplanets from Space with EPOXI, Kepler, and Warm Spitzer". You're welcome to bring your lunch to this informal talk.

Astronomy Colloquium: Thursday at 4pm in PAA A102, Shirley Ho (Lawrenece Bekerely Lab) will give a talk on "What can you do with the Largest Multi-color image?" A talk about SDSS a cosmology. Join us in the foyer at 3:45pm for coffee, tea and cookies.

Page O'Announcements: Lots of campus events going on http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ so check them out!

Have a great week,
Sarah