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REMINDER: TheoryNet Meeting Sat. 9/26 at 10AM
Hello all,
This is just a reminder that our fall meeting will be held this coming Saturday (9/26) at 10AM on the Northeastern campus. We meet upstairs in the Dana Research Building in room number 218.
If you haven't been here before, please see http://www.campusmap.neu.edu for directions -- Dana Building is on Forsyth street, number 57 on the map and Room 218 is on the second floor. There is public parking available in the Renaissance Park Garage off Columbus Ave, number 62, for a reduced weekend rate of $6/day. Note also that we are next door to Ruggles Orange Line T/MBTA commuter station.
On the Agenda:
1) (Re) Introductions
2) Reports from late Spring visits
3) Plans for 2009/10
4) Joint Fall Meeting of the New England Sections of the APS and AAPT (UNH, 10/16 & 10/17, see announcement below)
5) Website update
Of course, if you have colleagues interested in Theorynet, please bring them along.
See you all on Saturday!
--
Brent Nelson
Department of Physics
Northeastern University
110 Forsyth Street
111 Dana Research Center
Boston, MA 02115
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
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Joint Fall Meeting of the New England Sections of the APS and AAPT
October 16-17, 2009
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
In recognition of the International Year of Astronomy, the theme of the meeting will be
"Our
Universe - 400 Years After Galileo." Invited talks have been selected
to cover topics related to this theme and to the interests of both APS
and AAPT. Invited talks will take place on both Friday afternoon and
on Saturday morning. Contributed talks will be presented on Saturday
morning. Contributed papers will be on display both days. AAPT
workshops will be offered on Saturday afternoon.
BANQUET SPEAKER :
"After 400 years, some of us still get it wrong: Science Errors on TV (A Personal Experience)"
by Prof. Neil Comins (University of Maine)
INVITED TALKS :
"Professor Galileo’s 21st Century Syllabus"
by Prof. Timothy Slater (University of Wyoming)
"Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope: First Year Highlights"
by Dr. David J. Thompson (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
"Imaging the Interstellar Wind and the Boundary of the Heliosphere
in the “Light” of Neutral Atoms using the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)"
by Prof. Eberhard Möbius (University of New Hampshire)
"Galileo’s Ideas Might Have Been Better Received If He Understood Cognitive Science"
by Dr. Stephanie Slater (University of Wyoming)
"NASA's Kepler Mission: A Search for Habitable Planets"
by Dr. Andrea Dupree, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Further meeting information can be found at the conference web site :
Meeting registration (early registration deadline of Oct 1) is available at :
Workshop registration will be made available at a later date, once the workshop schedule is complete.
APS abstract submission (with a due date of September 25) is now open at :
AAPT
abstract submissions and proposals for workshops (both with a due date
of September 25) should be submitted via email to BOTH Mark McConnell (
mark mcconnell unh edu) and Martina Arndt (
marndt bridgew edu).
Workshop
proposals should include : title, brief description, time needed (if
different from the nominal two hour time slots), maximum number of
participants, and any other special requests.
APS
provides the opportunity for its student attendees to submit for
reimbursement of personal expenses related to participating
in/attending the workshop. Each student participant can be reimbursed
for personal expenses totaling up to a maximum amount of $100.
Allowable expenses include airfare, taxi, car rental, mileage,
shuttles, lodging and meals, conference registration, and banquet
tickets.
For further information, you may contact Mark McConnell (chairman of the local organizing committee) at
mark mcconnell unh edu.