For the week: January 9 — 15, 2006
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You Know?
According
to an astute Weekly News reader:
The FAQ section of http://www.muppetcentral.com reports that Sesame
Street's Ernie and Bert were
not named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver from the 1946
movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
Even though many people believe they were named after these characters,
Sesame Street writer
Jon Stone has attested that this similarity is purely a coincidence.
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Colloquium: There is no department colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquia schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html A special seminar will take place next Monday, January 16 by Prof. Mike Montgomery of Colorado State University. His talk titled "Hurricane Isabel (2003): Into the Belly of the Beast," will be held on Monday, Jan. 16 at 11:00 a.m. in 112 Walker. Judges sought for the Twenty-first Annual Graduate Exhibition. Those faculty and students willing to participate as judges for this year's Exhibition will need to complete an online judging form. The deadline for judges' registration is Tuesday, March 7, 2006. For all the details, view the following announcement. (This link will open in a separate window.) [View full Announcement] The Meteorology Department will be phasing in a new required three-credit course, Principles of Atmospheric Measurement, Meteo 440W, beginning in the Fall '06 semester. Meteo 440W will replace the two 1-credit courses, Meteo 445 and Meteo 446, but the total number of credits to graduate (121) will not change. Please view the announcement regarding the prerequisites and who should register for it and when. (This link will open in a separate window.) [440W Course Announcement]. Congratulations to Michael Mann and his wife Lorraine on the birth of their daughter, Megan Dorothy Mann, on December 23, 2005. Megan weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 20 inches long.
Colloquium: There is no department colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquia schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html A special seminar will take place next Monday, January 16 by Prof. Mike Montgomery of Colorado State University. His talk titled "Hurricane Isabel (2003): Into the Belly of the Beast," will be held on Monday, Jan. 16 at 11:00 a.m. in 112 Walker.
Earth and Mineral Sciences Library Spring 2006 Video Series (held Wednesdays at 12:15 in 105 Deike. [View List] Buy an EMS Dining Card and support the EMS United Way campaign. Cards cost $10 each and are good for freebies and/or discounts at a variety of restaurants and vendors around town.
IGARSS
2006: International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium &
27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing Two meteorology students, Ankur Desai and Julie Malingowski, take awards at the inaugural EMS Museum Photo Contest. [Photos & More info] Dennis Thomson has been recognized by Penn State Residence Life for developing personal connections with first year students and making a positive impact by serving as a mentor and support system for them. He was nominated for the Residence Life "Making the First Year Count" award by an upperclassman resident assistant who was asked to reflect on his or her freshman year and identify a faculty member who was instrumental to their success during their first year. He was presented with the award at a luncheon reception on December 8th. Some bugs have been discovered in the new Degree Audit system, but they can be fixed. If you notice anything unusual on your Degree Audit, don't panic. Stop by to see Rhonda Spychalski in 502 Walker Building and she can fix anything that might be amiss with your Degree Audit. Fifty years after Charles Hosler and his group of graduate student researchers, Richard Hallgren, D. C. Jensen, and L. Goldshlak, studied the dynamics of ice surfaces, it has become an active research topic. Research studies conducted by Hosler's group are referenced on p. 52 in the December 2005 issue of Physics Today in an article titled "Why Is Ice Slippery?" [View Article] View the photos from the Fall 2005 Graduation Reception on December 17th. [View the Photo Gallery]. Archived News: The weekly news is archived. See the link at the bottom of the page to access the archives.
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Colloquium: There is no department colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquia schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html A special seminar will take place next Monday, January 16 by Prof. Mike Montgomery of Colorado State University. His talk titled "Hurricane Isabel (2003): Into the Belly of the Beast," will be held on Monday, Jan. 16 at 11:00 a.m. in 112 Walker. Judges sought for the Twenty-first Annual Graduate Exhibition. Those faculty and students willing to participate as judges for this year's Exhibition will need to complete an online judging form. The deadline for judges' registration is Tuesday, March 7, 2006. For all the details, view the following announcement. (This link will open in a separate window.) [View full Announcement] View the photos from the Fall 2005 Graduation Reception on December 17th. [View the Photo Gallery]. Mark your Calendar for Meteorology Career Days 2006. We've set the dates for Wed. April 5 and Thurs. April 6. Beginning Fall '06 electronic dissertations will no longer be optional. Doctoral candidates will be required to submit their final thesis as an eTD. For more info, please visit: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/current/thesis.html Writing Assistance for Graduate Students: Although he doesn't tutor graduate students in writing, Joe Schall, the EMS undergraduate writing tutor, has prepared a list of writing resources for graduate students. The list of writing resources is also linked from the Meteorology graduate program web page. [Writing Assistance for Graduate Students] The first PSUBAMS meeting of the spring 2006 semester will be held on Thursday, January 12 at 6:00pm in 26 Hosler Bldg. We are lucky to have as our featured speaker a graduate of the Penn State Meteorology program, ENS Matthew Glazewski. He will be speaking about NOAA Corps., a uniformed, yet unarmed, branch of the US Service. Matt will share his experiences aboard the ship he was assigned to, as well as speak to the wide ranging scope and benefits associated with NOAA Corps. Here's a link to learn more about NOAA Corps. http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov. Also, we hope to finish calendar distribution at this meeting. If you ordered a calendar and have yet to pick it up, please come and do so. We still have extra calendars to sell, so if you did not order a calendar and you are interested in purchasing one, please contact me or attend this meeting. Payment will be collected upon picking up the calendar, which is $10/desk calendar and $22/wall calendar. Everyone is invited to this meeting, both new and old members of PSUBAMS! If you have never attended a PSUBAMS meeting, start the semester off on the right foot by making this your first! Questions, contact Zack Byko, zmb102@psu.edu. The Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Program (BART) is accepting applications for Fellowships. Students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and enrolled in any doctoral program in the U.S. are eligible to apply. Fellowships include an annual stipend of $30,000, up to $2000 for equipment and supplies, and support for travel to the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) and to a professional conference. For more information visit the BART web page at http://www.bart-umich.org. Applications are due in February 2006. The National Science Foundation and the Institute of International Education announce the opening of the Central Europe Summer Research Institute (CESRI). CESRI will provide awards for U.S. Graduate students in the sciences and engineering with a high-quality international summer research experience in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia. Competition for Summer 2006 is now open and full CESRI program information application materials can be found online at www.iie.org/cesri. The deadline is February 6, 2006. Graduate Exhibition 2006! Next year's Graduate Poster Exhibition will be held at the HUB on Sunday March 26, 2006 and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. An online entry form and complete guidelines for participants can be found on the Graduate School homepage at http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/exhibition/. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and each college is guaranteed 10 poster spaces. Entry forms will be accepted beginning on January 2, 2006 and continuing until 5:00 p.m. on February 10, 2006. An informational meeting for potential exhibitors will be held on Wed., January 18 from 5-7 p.m. in 112 Kern. [Announcement about Information Session] 9th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium at Penn State to be held March 17 & 18, 2006. This student-run symposium is aimed at fostering interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration between environmental researchers at Penn State and local Universities. Poster and oral sessions are open to graduate and undergraduate students. For more information visit: http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG_symposium College Teaching, HIED 546 (3 credits), Spring 2006. This course has been designed for graduate students and beginning college faculty who see teaching as a vital part of their professional practice. The main objective of the course is to explore issues related to teaching by conjoining theory and practice. More information about this course can be found by visiting: http://research.cas.psu.edu/gradstudents/courses/HIED546.pdf Applications are now available for 2006/2007 AMS Scholarships and Fellowships. For more information about these fellowships including deadlines, visit www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html Deadlines and Important Dates:
SPRING 2006 COURSES
Colloquium: There is no department colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquia schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html A special seminar will take place next Monday, January 16 by Prof. Mike Montgomery of Colorado State University. His talk titled "Hurricane Isabel (2003): Into the Belly of the Beast," will be held on Monday, Jan. 16 at 11:00 a.m. in 112 Walker. Competition/award
opportunities in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences: The
following list of opportunities all have deadlines
of February 15, 2006. More information about each of these opportunities
can be found by visiting: http://www.ems.psu.edu/students/awards.html
and
The first PSUBAMS meeting of the spring 2006 semester will be held on Thursday, January 12 at 6:00pm in 26 Hosler Bldg. We are lucky to have as our featured speaker a graduate of the Penn State Meteorology program, ENS Matthew Glazewski. He will be speaking about NOAA Corps., a uniformed, yet unarmed, branch of the US Service. Matt will share his experiences aboard the ship he was assigned to, as well as speak to the wide ranging scope and benefits associated with NOAA Corps. Here's a link to learn more about NOAA Corps. http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov. Also, we hope to finish calendar distribution at this meeting. If you ordered a calendar and have yet to pick it up, please come and do so. We still have extra calendars to sell, so if you did not order a calendar and you are interested in purchasing one, please contact me or attend this meeting. Payment will be collected upon picking up the calendar, which is $10/desk calendar and $22/wall calendar. Everyone is invited to this meeting, both new and old members of PSUBAMS! If you have never attended a PSUBAMS meeting, start the semester off on the right foot by making this your first! Questions, contact Zack Byko, zmb102@psu.edu. Two meteorology undergraduate students, Joshua Walker and Amber Ortega, have been accepted into the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (also known as the McNair Scholars Program). This program is designed to prepare minority students in all disciplines for a Ph.D. program and was established in memory of Ronald E. McNair, the African-American astronaut who died in the Challenger space shuttle accident. This internationally-renowned program is available to students at nearly 200 universities and consists of GRE preparation, summer research, and a chance to network with thousands of other Ph.D.-bound students. Congratulations to Joshua and Amber on their acceptance into the McNair Scholars program. [More about the McNair Scholars Program.] The Undergraduate Exhibition will be held Wednesday, April 5, 2006, in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. This annual event is open to all Penn State undergraduate students, with entries judged in seven categories: Arts and Humanities (including Visual Arts), Engineering, Health and Life Sciences, Performance, Physical Sciences, Public Scholarship, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The deadline for submitting entries is February 17, 2006. More information can be found at http://www.psu.edu/oue/exhibition.htm. 9th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium at Penn State to be held March 17 & 18, 2006. This student-run symposium is aimed at fostering interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration between environmental researchers at Penn State and local Universities. Poster and oral sessions are open to graduate and undergraduate students. For more information visit: http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG_symposium Mark your Calendar for Meteorology Career Days 2006. We've set the dates for Wed. April 5 and Thurs. April 6. The University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) welcomes applications from students interested in participating in their Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Biosphere-Atmosphere studies. Students will get "hands-on" experience and training in field biology, atmospheric chemistry, and atmosphere-ecosystem interactions. Students who will be juniors or seniors in Fall of 2006 are eligible to apply. For more information [click here]. View the photos from the Fall 2005 Graduation Reception on December 17th. [View the Photo Gallery]. Do you have an interest in improving your communication skills? Have you a passion for broadcast meteorology and television production? If so, then please consider joining Campus Weather Service Video Operations during the Spring 2006 semester. We will be having our organizational meeting on Monday, January 9 at 7:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. This meeting is for anyone interested in participating next semester, regardless of previous experience. There are plenty of opportunities in CWS Video for everyone, both old and new members, so please come on out, help CWS, and bolster your communication skills. If you are interested in CWS Video Operations but cannot attend this meeting, please contact Zack Byko, zmb102@psu.edu. Udall Scholarships: In 2006, the Foundation expects to award 80 scholarships of up to $5000 and 50 honorable mentions of $350 on the basis of merit to sophomore and junior-level college students. Students must be nominated by their institution. Contact the Undergraduate Fellowships Office in 212 Boucke to apply for nomination. For more information about the Udall Scholarship, visit: http://www.udall.gov/index.htm. Campus deadline is February 1, 2006. Become
a student member of the AMS: Applications are now available for 2006/2007 AMS Scholarships and Fellowships. For more information about these fellowships including deadlines, visit www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html Deadlines and Important Dates:
SPRING 2006 COURSES
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