For the week: May 23 — 29, 2005

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Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

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

Zachary M. Byko has been selected as the recipient of a 2005/2006 AMS Undergraduate Scholarship--The Richard and Helen Hagemeyer Scholarship. More

Altoona Curve Game Outing: PSUBAMS officers are planning a department outing to an Altoona Curve game on Thursday, September 1 (7:05 p.m.). Please email Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) as soon as possible if you would like to attend so he can order seats. Tickets will be approx. $5-8 depending on where the seats are purchased. You will need to tell him in the email how many seats you need.

Science and Engineering post-doctoral and graduate students with a strong interest in careers in planetary exploration are encouraged to apply for NASA's 17th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two sessions this summer--July 25-29 and August 1-5 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The deadline for applications, which can be submitted electronically by visiting http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/pscischool/, is June 3, 2005.

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

PoEMS will be hosted by Materials Science and Engineering on Thursday, June 2 at 3:00 p.m. in 301 Steidle Building.

"In Memory Of..." Blood Drive sponsored by Hospitality Services & The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences to be held Monday, May 23 at the Nittany Lion Inn from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Tuesday, May 24 in Deike Building from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Appointments can be made at http://psuredcross.org. For more information contact Linda Spangler (863-2751).

Penn Stater Magazine Seeks Stories on Random Encounters Between Alumni: Remember the time you bumped into some travelers at a roadside stop in Austria who turned out to be fellow Penn Staters? The Penn Stater wants to hear from you...[More]

Recognizing the Best of the Science Work Force: The Emerald Honors. The MIRS (Minorities in Research Science) Conference examines and celebrates the outstanding achievements of women and men from multicultural communities who are working in private and government R&D laboratories in many areas, among them Climate and Weather Research. The conference was established by Science Spectrum magazine to recognize and pay tribute to leaders in the medical and science fields who have made a significant impact at both the national and international level. To nominate a candidate and for more information about these awards, visit: http://www.ccgmag.com/emerald. Deadline for entry is May 30, 2005.

Virtual Tour of Walker Building: Meteorology students, Thomas Harrington, Kira Altmann, and Stephanie Miller prepare a video tour of Walker Building as part of Meteo 483. [Take the Virtual Tour]

University Announces Change to Fall 2005 Semester Calendar. Beginning fall semester 2005, the first day of classes (August 30) will follow a TUESDAY class schedule. But, the Tuesday before the Thanksgiving holiday (November 22) will follow a FRIDAY class schedule. [See full announcement.]

MMS Profiler System fielded to active US Army units and approved for full rate production. A mobile, nowcasting and prediction system designed to run in the back of a HUMVEE on the battlefield, has been approved for full rate production. The MMS-P system was developed for the U.S. Army by a team of researchers at Penn State (lead PI, David Stauffer) and Smith's Detection of Maryland. [More]

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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

Ankur Desai has been selected as a 2005-2007 NASA Space Grant Fellow by the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Advisory Board and a group of selected reviewers. Congratulations Ankur! More

Science and Engineering post-doctoral and graduate students with a strong interest in careers in planetary exploration are encouraged to apply for NASA's 17th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two sessions this summer--July 25-29 and August 1-5 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The deadline for applications, which can be submitted electronically by visiting http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/pscischool/, is June 3, 2005.

Altoona Curve Game Outing: PSUBAMS officers are planning a department outing to an Altoona Curve game on Thursday, September 1 (7:05 p.m.). Please email Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) as soon as possible if you would like to attend so he can order seats. Tickets will be approx. $5-8 depending on where the seats are purchased. You will need to tell him in the email how many seats you need.

Deadlines:

May 30 Monday--Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)

June 13 Monday—applications for fall semester tuition grant-in-aid due in 313 Kern Bldg.

June 17 Friday—last date for a summer graduate to submit a draft of the doctoral thesis or eTD to the Thesis Office for format review

June 17 Friday—last date for a summer graduate to activate the intent to graduate on eLion

June 20 Monday—last date for a summer graduate to submit a draft of the master’s thesis to the Thesis Office for format review

FALL 2005 COURSES

Meteo 418W: Topics in Mesoscale Meteorology (P. Knight) [More]

Meteo 480W: Radar Observations and Analysis (P. Markowski and Y. Richardson) [More]

Meteo 532: Chemistry of the Atmosphere (A. Thompson) [More].

Meteo 597B: Advanced Oceanography: The Ocean's Role in Climate Change (D. Seidov) [More]

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

Zachary M. Byko has been selected as the recipient of a 2005/2006 AMS Undergraduate Scholarship--The Richard and Helen Hagemeyer Scholarship. More

Altoona Curve Game Outing: PSUBAMS officers are planning a department outing to an Altoona Curve game on Thursday, September 1 (7:05 p.m.). Please email Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) as soon as possible if you would like to attend so he can order seats. Tickets will be approx. $5-8 depending on where the seats are purchased. You will need to tell him in the email how many seats you need.

Class Picture Online: The class picture that was taken at graduation can be viewed by visiting the main Meteorology web site (http://www.met.psu.edu) and clicking on the image in the middle of the page, or by visiting the "Alumni" section of the Meteorology website and clicking the "Photographs" section on the right.

Virtual Tour of Walker Building: Meteorology students, Thomas Harrington, Kira Altmann, and Stephanie Miller prepare a video tour of Walker Building as part of Meteo 483. [Take the Virtual Tour]

Geotimes Fall Internship: Geotimes Magazine, the newsmagazine of the earth sciences, is now accepting applications for its fall internship. The internship is 12 weeks long and includes a $3500 stipend. You may view more information about this internship opportunity by visiting: http://www.geotimes.org/internship.html.

Deadlines:

Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes): Monday, May 30

Late Drop Deadline: Thursday, June 16

FALL 2005 COURSES

Meteo 418W: Topics in Mesoscale Meteorology (P. Knight) [More]

Meteo 480W: Radar Observations and Analysis (P. Markowski and Y. Richardson) [More]

Meteo 532: Chemistry of the Atmosphere (A. Thompson) [More].

Meteo 597B: Advanced Oceanography: Ocean's Role in Climate Change (D. Seidov) [More]


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