Here is an announcement we recently received for summer research opportunities back in my home town.
Caltech is excited to announce two summer research opportunities available to continuing undergraduate students. Questions about these programs can be directed to Carol Casey at casey@caltech.edu or (626) 395-2887.
The Department of Astronomy has several openings for Instructional Aides (IAs) for Spring Semester 2016. IAs assist professors with copying and distributing class materials, setting up computers and A/V equipment, and in some cases grading or assisting in answering student questions in the lab sections. The pay is $9.00 per hour, and this is a great opportunity to learn more astronomy and to contribute to the teaching mission of the department.
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Dr. Kip Thorne
For decades, the physicist behind the movie Interstellar and “The man who imagined wormholes,” has imagined, reinvented and changed the ways prominent physicists and just plain folks think about the workings of the universe. Hear him speak about the stranger-than-fiction science of general relativity that is the underpinning of one of the century’s must-see movies, on the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s incredible discovery.
The 53rd annual Alpheus Smith Lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 18, at 8:00 p.m. in 131 Hitchcock (2070 Neil Avenue).
Dr. Prescod-Weinstein