For the week: August 8 — 14, 2005
Did You Know?
The
energy released by the three space shuttle main engines at their full
power--calculated in watts--
is equivalent to the same amount of energy created by 13 Hoover Dams.
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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 Jingqiu Mao will take his Oral Comprehensive Exam on Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in 529 Walker Building. "Measurement and Modeling of OH Reactivity in Atmosphere." A reception to welcome the new graduate students to the Department will take place on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 3:00 p.m. in 529 Walker. Ph.D. Thesis Defense: Young Kwon will defend his Ph.D. thesis on Tuesday, August 30 at 9:30 a.m. in 529 Walker. The title of his talk is "Dynamic instabilities and energy conversion processes in hurricane core regions." Ken
Davis will head the U.S. DOE Northeastern Regional Climate Center
at Penn State. Penn
State's center is one of four regional centers formed under DOE's
National Institute of Climatic Change Research (NICCR). The DOE
Regional Centers will distribute about $8 million over the next
five years through a system of peer review proposals. [Full
Story from Penn State Live] NOAA
30th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop:
October
24-28, 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
The July 13th issue of the EMS Dean Files is chock full of news. [View the Dean Files]
NOAA
30th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop The American Geological Institute has announced it's "theme" for Earth Science Week (Oct. 9-15) and new national contests for 2005. For more information about Earth Science Week activities and contests visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/ 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.] Altoona Curve Game Outing: PSUBAMS officers are planning a department outing to an Altoona Curve game on Thursday, September 1 (7:05 p.m.) and Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) is still trying to estimate the number of tickets needed. Please email him as soon as possible if you would like to attend so he can order seats. Tickets will be approx. $5-7 depending on where the seats are purchased and if you are a PSUBAMS member. You will need to tell him in the email how many seats you need. 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] 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 Jingqiu Mao will take his Oral Comprehensive Exam on Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in 529 Walker Building. "Measurement and Modeling of OH Reactivity in Atmosphere." New Graduate Student Orientation will take place on Friday, August 26th starting at 8:30 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. Ph.D. Thesis Defense: Young Kwon will defend his Ph.D. thesis on Tuesday, August 30 at 9:30 a.m. in 529 Walker. The title of his talk is "Dynamic instabilities and energy conversion processes in hurricane core regions." A reception to welcome the new graduate students to the Department will take place on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 3:00 p.m. in 529 Walker. NOAA
30th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop Information for Job Seekers: The Nittany Lion JobLink, Career Services' online job posting service, has been replaced by Nittany Lion Recruiting. This new service will not be operational until August 15. Until it's up and running, jobs can be searched using MonsterTRAK (www.monstertrak.com) (PSU password is "psujobs"). On Aug. 15, you are encouraged to go to www.sa.psu.edu/career and click on the Nittany Lion Recruiting logo and then on Students and Alumni links where you can request an account. Deadlines:
Meteo 580: For those students who still need to take Meteo 580 (Communication of Meteorological Research) this coming academic year, it is being offered in Fall 2005 as well as Spring 2006. The class meets on Friday from 1:25 - 2:15 p.m. FALL 2005 COURSES
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 New
Student Orientation: Tours of the National Weather Service and AccuWeather will be held on Tuesday, August 30 from 6-9 p.m. Sign-up sheets will be available at the student orientation. TOTEMS--Total Orientation To Earth and Mineral Sciences--for first-year and transfer students entering the College this Fall will be held from August 23-26. [More about TOTEMS] Fall 2006 Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Undergraduate Fellowships: The EPA, as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering undergraduate fellowships for bachelor-level students in environmentally related fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is Nov. 3, 2005. The Agency plans to award approx. 15 new fellowships by July 21, 2006. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for a three-month summer period. [Link to full announcement] Information for Job Seekers: The Nittany Lion JobLink, Career Services' online job posting service, has been replaced by Nittany Lion Recruiting. This new service will not be operational until August 15. Until it's up and running, jobs can be searched using MonsterTRAK (www.monstertrak.com) (PSU password is "psujobs"). On Aug. 15, you are encouraged to go to www.sa.psu.edu/career and click on the Nittany Lion Recruiting logo and then on Students and Alumni links where you can request an account. NOAA
30th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop Deadlines:
FALL 2005 COURSES
SPRING 2006 COURSES
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