If you would like to have lunch with Physics students, faculty, and staff, during which you might discuss some physics, we have an app for that!

May 13th (Tuesday) Noon-1pm, LDC Class of '51 Dining Room is when and where you should be.  Meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 to enjoy a companionable walk over or just meet us there.

Carleton is currently engaged in creating a Facilities Master Plan for the campus. The Science Planning group is charged with determining what investments in facilities are necessary for the College to maintain its historic leadership in undergraduate physical and biological science education. Getting input from current students is a crucial part of that process. To that end, student representatives from the DCC as well as SDAs will be facilitating a student conversation about classrooms, labs, research spaces, and social/study spaces in the department to find out what about those spaces works well, and what doesn't.

Physics 123
(Approx. First Half of Term)    Fridays 3:30-4:30 (6a)
What Physicists Do
Spring 2013
Olin 141    1 Credit; S/CR/NC

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to present “Physics 123: What Physicists Do”.  This is our annual series of five lectures by guest speakers, many of whom are Carleton alums.  The series is intended to introduce students to a broad range of real-world physics and to give some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background.  Speakers will be available for informal discussions over refreshments afterward.    Questions: Jay Tasson, Olin 337, x4418, jtasson@carleton.edu.

The speaker for May 10th will be Jill Bingham '04.

"Ultrasonic Wave Propagation:  Modeling and Use in Nondestructive Evaluation of Aircraft Parts"

April 30th (Tuesday) Noon-1pm, LDC Class of '51 Dining Room

Join physics students, faculty and staff for lunch at the LDC.  Meet us on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk over or meet us there.

Physics 123
(Approx. First Half of Term)    Fridays 3:30-4:30 (6a)
What Physicists Do
Spring 2013
Olin 141    1 Credit; S/CR/NC

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to present “Physics 123: What Physicists Do”.  This is our annual series of five lectures by guest speakers, many of whom are Carleton alums.  The series is intended to introduce students to a broad range of real-world physics and to give some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background.  Speakers will be available for informal discussions over refreshments afterward.    Questions: Jay Tasson, Olin 337, x4418, jtasson@carleton.edu.

The speaker for May 3rd will be Kris Storvick.

"The Intersection of Law and Physics:  A Career in Patent Law"

Goodsell Observatory Open Houses are the 1st Friday of each month. Dress warmly, as the domes are not heated. Canceled if skies are cloudy.

How to get to Goodsell Observatory:

Driving directions to Carleton College

Campus Map

(Goodsell is in the northeast corner of the main campus)

Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Olin 149

The Carleton Chemistry Department is very pleased to welcome Prof. Robert Grubbs from the California Institute of Technology as our 2013 Mohrig Lecturer in Chemistry.  Prof. Grubbs won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 and is a leader in “green chemistry” and development of new catalysts and processes that are both useful and environmentally friendly, and he will deliver a lecture on this topic on Thursday, April 25 (see abstract below).  We hope you will be able to attend!  Refreshments will be served after the lecture.  

“Green Chemistry and Catalysis” 

Physics 123
(Approx. First Half of Term)    Fridays 3:30-4:30 (6a)
What Physicists Do
Spring 2013
Olin 141    1 Credit; S/CR/NC

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to present “Physics 123: What Physicists Do”.  This is our annual series of five lectures by guest speakers, many of whom are Carleton alums.  The series is intended to introduce students to a broad range of real-world physics and to give some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background.  Speakers will be available for informal discussions over refreshments afterward.    Questions: Jay Tasson, Olin 337, x4418, jtasson@carleton.edu.

The speaker for April 26th will be Amanda Babson ('98).

Professor Bob Jacobel, professor of Physics at St. Olaf College, will be on campus Friday, April 26th to speak in the Geology department.  His presentation is titled "Water Beneath the Ice--Investigations of an Antarctic Subglacial Lake".   He will speak at 4:30 pm in Mudd 73. Everyone is welcome!

It's time to continue on with the process of selecting a new Visiting Professor!  Hopefully you made it to some of the candidate presentations--now come let us know what you think.   Please join us Thursday, April 11th at noon in Olin 101 to talk about the three candidates over lunch.  Here's your chance to help shape the department.  Take this opportunity to voice your opinion on YOUR Physics future.  

Physics 123
(Approx. First Half of Term)    Fridays 3:30-4:30 (6a)
What Physicists Do
Spring 2013
Olin 141    1 Credit; S/CR/NC

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to present “Physics 123: What Physicists Do”.  This is our annual series of five lectures by guest speakers, many of whom are Carleton alums.  The series is intended to introduce students to a broad range of real-world physics and to give some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background.  Speakers will be available for informal discussions over refreshments afterward.    Questions: Jay Tasson, Olin 337, x4418, jtasson@carleton.edu.

The speaker for May 12th will be Paul Grossi ('89).