For the week: May 30 — June 5, 2005
Did You Know?
The
common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet
light.
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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 Alumnus Paul Tag (‘66, ‘68, ‘77) has recently completed his first novel, which was published by iUniverse. The novel, titled Category 5, is an espionage thriller that revolves around meteorology, and in particular, hurricane modification. Some of the background and action in the story takes place at Penn State during the early 1980s since the protagonist is a meteorologist and a Penn State graduate. Four years ago Paul retired from his career as a research meteorologist at the Naval Research Laboratory in order to write fiction. Interested alumni can read more about Paul and the novel by visiting: www.paulmarktag.com or www.category5thenovel.com. 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.
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]
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.] 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 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. Alumnus Paul Tag (‘66, ‘68, ‘77) has recently completed his first novel, which was published by iUniverse. The novel, titled Category 5, is an espionage thriller that revolves around meteorology, and in particular, hurricane modification. Some of the background and action in the story takes place at Penn State during the early 1980s since the protagonist is a meteorologist and a Penn State graduate. Four years ago Paul retired from his career as a research meteorologist at the Naval Research Laboratory in order to write fiction. Interested alumni can read more about Paul and the novel by visiting: www.paulmarktag.com or www.category5thenovel.com. Deadlines:
FALL 2005 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 Alumnus Paul Tag (‘66, ‘68, ‘77) has recently completed his first novel, which was published by iUniverse. The novel, titled Category 5, is an espionage thriller that revolves around meteorology, and in particular, hurricane modification. Some of the background and action in the story takes place at Penn State during the early 1980s since the protagonist is a meteorologist and a Penn State graduate. Four years ago Paul retired from his career as a research meteorologist at the Naval Research Laboratory in order to write fiction. Interested alumni can read more about Paul and the novel by visiting: www.paulmarktag.com or www.category5thenovel.com. 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. The deadline for applications is June 13, 2005. Deadlines:
FALL 2005 COURSES
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