For the week: May 21 - 28, 2006
Did You Know?
When
carried in a procession, the U.S. flag should be to the right of the
marchers. When other flags are carried, the flag of the United States
may be centered in front of the others or carried to their right.
When the flag passes in a procession, or when it is hoisted or lowered,
all should face the flag and salute.
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Colloquium: There is no Department Colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Congratulations to the following faculty, who have
received promotions: On April 30, 2006, faculty, staff, and students were recognized at the annual EMS Wilson Awards Banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn. Dennis Thomson and Jerry Harrington were among the faculty award recipients. [View Meteorology Wilson Award recipients] Todd Miner is seeking support in raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma. This June he'll be competing in a triathlon in Philadelphia to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As part of his commitment, he needs to raise $3000 and could definitely use your help! Please consider a visit to the web site (below) for an online donation. http://www.active.com/donate/tntwpawv/TMiner If you missed the Department's Annual Spring Banquet held on April 18, 2006, view some photos and see the impressive list of student awards and fellowships for the 2005-2006 academic year! [View Photos] Penn State Meteorology student and Schreyer Honors scholar, Zachary Lebo, has garnered a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2006-2007. Zachary is one of three students (one an honorable mention) to be recognized with this scholarship from Penn State and among only 323 recipients nationwide for the 2006-2007academic year. The scholarship was created by Congress to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater and to promote the study of the sciences, mathematics and engineering. Congratulations Zack! For more information visit: [Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Press Release] [Penn State Live Press Release] Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation: An Introduction with 400 Problems by Craig F. Bohren and Eugene E. Clothiaux is now available as a pre-release at Amazon.com. The updates to the Meteorology option requirements have been approved. The new option requirements are available by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/options1.html 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].
Colloquium: There is no Department Colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html
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IN THE NEWS: On April 21, The Seattle Times published an article titled, "An import from Asia: Bad air," that discussed the NASA sponsored pollution study that Bill Brune's research team participated in last month in Seattle, WA. As mission scientist, Bill Brune devised the flight plan and flew with the pilot in the C-130 cargo plane mentioned in the article. [Full Story]. Anne Thompson's research team participated in the same pollution study mentioned above, but as a ground-based team launching balloons from an outdoor testing site belonging to PNNL. Air samples were collected and processed with the instruments in the mobile laboratory built at Penn State. The Tri-City Herald published the article "Balloons measuring air quality," which also references the flight of the C-130 manned by Bill Brune. [Full Story] David Stauffer's hometown newspaper, The Standard Speaker of Hazelton, PA, has published a front page article about him and his research involving the MMS-P system developed to run in the back of a Humvee. [Read "The Winds of War"] The Express newspaper of Lock Haven, PA recently published an old photo from 1963 of the purchase of a Piper Twin Comanche aircraft by the Department of Meteorology for use in upper air research. Dr. Hosler, who was Department Head at the time, and alumnus D. Ray Booker are pictured in the photograph. [View Photograph] A Mexican newspaper, Gaceta, featured a story on the international pollution study, MILAGRO, that William Brune and Anne Thompson are involved in this Spring. The first phase this project involved a pollution study in Mexico City in March. William Brune is serving as Co-Mission Scientist for the C-130 aircraft involved in this study. You'll need to brush up on your Spanish to read this one! [View article]. "Taking it to the Extreme" -- PSU meteorology student, Brian Clark, climbs to new heights with internship at the Mt. Washington Weather Observatory [Read Article] Mapping Pennsylvania Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Demographics Workshop -- One Day Workshop: Teaches the fundamentals of how to use a Geographic Information System (ArcGIS 9.1) in a way that is particularly relevant to social service providers, planners, and researchers. For more information and instructions on how to register, visit: http://www.newurbanresearch.org 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 colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Joe Munchak has received an AMS graduate fellowship for the 2006-2007 academic year. Joe received his B.S. and M.S. degrees this spring and will be attending Colorado State to pursue his Ph.D. If you missed the Department's Annual Spring Banquet held on April 18, 2006, view some photos and see the impressive list of student awards and fellowships for the 2005-2006 academic year! [View Photos] On April 30, 2006, faculty, staff, and students were recognized at the annual EMS Wilson Awards Banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn [View Meteorology Wilson Award recipients] Todd Miner is seeking support in raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma. This June he'll be competing in a triathlon in Philadelphia to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As part of his commitment, he needs to raise $3000 and could definitely use your help! Please consider a visit to the web site (below) for an online donation. http://www.active.com/donate/tntwpawv/TMiner Zachary Byko has recently learned that he
is the recipient of a 2006/2007 AMS/Industry/Government
Graduate Fellowship. This prestigious award comes with
a stipend of $22,000 for the 2006/2007 academic year. Congratulations
Zack! Deadlines and Important Dates: Memorial Day Holiday - No Classes Monday May 29 FALL 2006 COURSES
 Colloquium: There is no Department Colloquium this week. The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Class Picture: The Spring 2006 Baccalaureate class picture is now online. [View Pictures]. Student team in Weather Comm II class develops learning module. Scott Dimmich, Adam Marcal, Beth Russell, Lindsay Schwarzwaelder, Nicholas Sette, and Shepard Stuck of the Spring 2006 Weather Comm II class have developed a web-based online teaching module to help incoming freshmen understand the Skew-T Log-P diagram. [Visit website]. Congratulations to Megan Syner and Adam Bell on their engagement on May 6, 2006! On April 30, 2006, faculty, staff, and students were recognized at the annual EMS Wilson Awards Banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn [View Meteorology Wilson Award recipients] Zachary Byko has recently learned that he is the recipient of a 2006/2007 AMS/Industry/Government Graduate Fellowship. This prestigious award comes with a stipend of $22,000 for the 2006/2007 academic year. Congratulations Zack! If you missed the Department's Annual Spring Banquet held on April 18, 2006, view some photos and see the impressive list of student awards and fellowships for the 2005-2006 academic year! [View Photos] Student Career Experience Program positions at the Meteorological Development Lab located in Silver Spring, MD. Please visit the following website for details about this COOP opportunity: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/coop/coop.htm Penn State Meteorology student and Schreyer Honors scholar, Zachary Lebo, has garnered a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2006-2007. Zachary is one of three students (one an honorable mention) to be recognized with this scholarship from Penn State and among only 323 recipients nationwide for the 2006-2007academic year. The scholarship was created by Congress to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater and to promote the study of the sciences, mathematics and engineering. Congratulations Zack! For more information visit: [Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Press Release] [Penn State Live Press Release] Todd Miner is seeking support in raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma. This June he'll be competing in a triathlon in Philadelphia to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As part of his commitment, he needs to raise $3000 and could definitely use your help! Please consider a visit to the web site (below) for an online donation. http://www.active.com/donate/tntwpawv/TMiner Plan Ahead for Meteo 414! I thought I would give you some advanced notice concerning our plans for Meteo 414, Mesoscale Meteorology. By Spring '07 we are planning to schedule the course in a newly renovated room on the first floor of Walker that will have a maximum capacity of 36 students. This spring we were able to accommodate 40 students in the course, but we will not be able to do so in the future. If you were planning to take the course in Spring '07, but could take it in Fall '06, then please do so as there are currently spaces available. We wish to make the course available to each of you who wants to take it, but to ensure that you are able to register for the course, we ask that you plan ahead and take it at the earliest possible time in which there are openings in the class. Sincerely, Professor Shirer An REU for an NSF project on Information Markets in Weather is available for a meteorology undergraduate student for academic year 2006-07. The REU student will help operate markets on high and low temperatures and precipitation levels in various cities, and will likely learn a great deal about the interaction between weather and financial markets. Potential research topics include how weather markets react to new information, and how strategies of traders differ. Interested students should send their transcripts and a statement of interest, to Dr. Kleit, 503 Walker, ANK1@psu.edu. The updates to the Meteorology option requirements have been approved. The new option requirements are available by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/options1.html 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.] Become a student member of the AMS: Deadlines and Important Dates:
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