UA Professor on the Radio Tomorrow and other News

TAPT,

 Some news from J.D.: U of A Physics Assistant Professor Sam Gralla will by on the noon newscast on AZPM, tomorrow, March 25, talking about gravitational waves and his work. A longer version is also available online: https://radio.azpm.org/arizonascience/

Registration is open for the Tucson Modeling Physics Mechanics Workshop. A flyer is attached. Cost will be $250. The workshop is partially supported by a Pima Community College grant through our STEM HSI initiative. I am attaching a flyer with all the information, including a link to sign up. Any questions, please email me.

We are meeting at J.D. Garcia’s house on Saturday, April 9, to hear a timely talk on dark energy and gravitational waves. Our speaker is Eduardo Rozo. Here is his abstract: 

Understanding Dark Energy, or How to Blow the Universe Apart

 Gravity pulls.  However, when it comes to the Universe as a whole, the data is unequivocal.  Gravity is blowing up the Universe, making it expand faster and faster.  I will discuss the evidence for dark energy, and the ongoing experiments designed to help us understand how this may be happening.  I will finish by briefly discussing the recent LIGO results, and the implications of these results for dark energy studies.

 We’ll meet as usual at 8:30 am for potluck breakfast, coffee and physics. I’ll send directions in a week or so. Plan to join us – everyone welcome. Bring a friend or colleague.

 Hope to see you soon!

Karie