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March 28, 2007

Seminar Today - Thursday

Title #1: "Observations of Eclipsing Binary Stars"  
               by Kellie Fletcher
 
Title #1: "Measuring the Astronomical Unit "  
               by Jose Salazar 

TimeThursday @ 4pm  - March 29th

Place: Science Room 334

All students and faculty are welcome to attend our seminars.  
Refreshments will be served. 
 

 
News about Paul Driskell  
 
I am sorry to report that Paul Driskell has passed away.   He graduated from SFA with an MS in physics in the fall of 89.  The Department of Physics and Astronomy sends its deepest sympathies to his family.  
http://www.legacy.com/HoustonChronicle/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86895875 
 

 
Science Stuff  
    
How supernovas are made    
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=fee40f12-e612-4446-ba2e-6e0d5cb01ac3&f=06/64&fg=email
 
 
 
Auroras: Dangerous Beauty   
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=e3302f09-7e87-44fc-a944-521e6a619aa1&f=06/64&fg=email 
 
Movie:  This looks fake but it`s real. 
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/stereoimages/preview/preview_transit.shtml 
 
Movie: History of AT&T   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFtcp4mNzA 
 
Join the World-Wide Hunt for Stars, March 8 - 21, 2007!!  
http://www.globe.gov:80/globeatnight/ 
 
New Horizons: Io
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/missionPhotos/pages/030107.html 

Movie: Grape Plasma Microwave Fireball 
http://www.break.com/index/grape_plasma_microwave_fireball.html  
http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/ 
 
Movie: Excellent Size Comparison of Planets  
http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=-3974466981713172831  
 
Movie: Ship floats on nothing 
http://www.glumbert.com:80/media/float  
  
Movie: An Orbcomm communication satellite passes in front of the Moon  
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/23jan_ltps.htm?list184210 
  


Scholarships and Fellowships
   
Summer Workshop/Course
http://www.physics.aamu.edu/WorkshopForm.html
 

TCU REU 
http://www.phys.tcu.edu/REU/index.html

Women in Physics
http://www.womeninphysics.org
 
NSF REU Program
http://www.baylor.edu/casper/index.php?id=20535 
 
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
http://www.krellinst.org/csgf  
 
REU at UNT 
http://www.phys.unt.edu/REU  
  
Summer Undergraduate Research Focus 
http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/surf/ 
http://www.mse.gatech.edu/surf.html 
 
REU in Biostatistics
http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/sibs/SIBSbrochure_2007.pdf  
 
Summer Research at Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.sure.gatech.edu  
 
REU in Las Vegas
http://www.physics.unlv.edu:80/reu/  


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Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu

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