Wednesday, September 24
3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 pm Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West
Speaker: P. Steinhardt, Princeton University
Title: The Endless Universe
Thursday, September 25
2:30 pm Theoretical Physics Seminar - Curia II
Speaker: M. Jamin, Heidelberg University
Title: A Novel Route to Vus
3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over
THERE WILL BE NO ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR TODAY
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Wednesday, September 24
Vegetable beef barley soup
Carved roast beef $4.75
Chicken and rice casserole $3.50
Tuna Catalina $4.75
Cordon Bleu burger $4.75
Tuna salad over fresh greens $3.75
Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu
Chez Leon
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Mike Albrow (left) and Jodi Wittlin after Monday night's Virtual Ask-a-Scientist
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Virtual Ask-a-Scientist has record number of participants
Late Monday night, Mike Albrow of PPD and Jodi Wittlin of DZero
put their typing skills to the test as they fielded questions
from a record number of participants for Virtual Ask-a-Scientist. Approximately
25 people joined the 2-hour online chat session, exceeding the usual average of 13 people.
"It was a lot of fun, but it was very intense,"
Albrow said. "I just wish that I could type faster." Wittlin also enjoyed
participating in the chat session. "I think that Virtual Ask-a-Scientist is
very positive for people who can't come to Fermilab to learn about particle
physics," she said.
The transcript for Monday's chat session will be posted on the Virtual Ask-a-Scientist
webpage in about a week.
Virtual Ask-a-Scientist is always looking for scientists
to participate in future chat sessions. If you are interested in volunteering,
contact Elizabeth Clements.
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From AIP's Inside Science News Service, September 16, 2003
Fall foliage depends on the weather, say plant physiologists
College Park, MD (September 16, 2003) -- What is fall? Air temperature starts to cool, the daylight hours shrink and nights grow longer. The most beautiful aspect of fall is the spectacular red, orange, and yellow hues of trees preparing for winter.
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From Physics News Update - AIP Bulletin of Physics News, September 17, 2003
The Fraction of Physics Graduate Students
The fraction of physics graduate students coming to the US from abroad has declined since the 2000/2001 academic year, reversing a steady climb that had been in effect since 1970. The fraction of non-US first year grad students grew from about 20% in 1970 to a peak of 55% in 2001. However, in the past two years the fraction has eased back to less than 50%, a new report shows.
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New UEC Chair focuses on visa crisis
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Sharon Hagopian
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The new chair of the Users Executive Committee, Sharon Hagopian
of Florida State University, is intent on breaking the visa logjam
for foreign researchers. "The deleterious effect of delays and sometimes
rejection of visas for graduate students, post docs, and senior scientists
is a crisis that must be solved before international scientific collaboration
has sustained permanent damage," Hagopian says.
The UEC's new members for 2003-04 are Ken Bloom (University of Michigan),
Erik Gottschalk (Fermilab), Mark Messier (Indiana University), Simona Rolli
(Tufts University), Hiroshisa Tanaka (Princeton University), and William
Trischuk (University of Toronto). Among the committee assignments, Chris
White (IIT) chairs the Users Meeting and Outreach committees, Eric Zimmerman
handles the DC trip and Leslie Groer heads up Non-US Issues.
more information
Hagopian's "state of the UEC" comments
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International Folk Dancing
International Folk Dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 25, at the Geneva American Legion Post.
Info at 630-584-0825 or 630-840-8194 or folkdance@fnal.gov.
Bible Exploration for Lunch
Discussion on 'rewards' - what they are and how to obtain
them concludes this Wednesday Sept. 24 at Noon in the
Small Dining Room (WH-1SW). Additional information at 630-840-3607 or
dykhuis@fnal.gov.
Fermi Singers
Come join the Fermi Singers! We will be rehearsing in the
Auditorium at Noon today. You bring the voice... we provide the music!
If you have any questions call or email our President Anne
Heavey.
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