Month: March 2019

  • The Longest Day

    John F. Lindner

    The December solstice is the longest day of the year, despite being the northern hemisphere’s shortest daylight. Earth’s sidereal day is the time to rotate 360° with respect to distant stars, about 23 hours and 56 minutes, and its solar day is the time between successive noons, about 24 hours. Earth’s obliquity (tilt) and revolution (orbit) require…

  • March Meeting — Guest Blog by Carlos Owusu-Ansah ’21

    Susan Lehman

    I thought the March APS meeting was fantastic. It felt great to present our research findings to people who cared about what Dr. Lindner and I were working on at the College. I attended fun talks about astronomical phenomena and learned many cool things about the evolution of our solar system. It is easy to…

  • March Meeting — Guest Blog by Katie Shideler ’21

    Susan Lehman

    Having never been to a physics conference, or even to the city of Boston, attending the annual American Physical Society’s March Meeting was all around a new and incredible experience. Being able to present my research to physicists from across the globe was nerve-racking but very insightful to get opinions of others who are far…

  • Wooster in Boston

    Susan Lehman

    As mentioned earlier, I’m at the APS March Meeting in Boston this week.  There’s so much to say about all the talks that I’ve been to, etc, but in this post I’m just going to tell you about all the amazing Wooster connections! First off, of course, we have five students here this year from…

  • March Meeting 2019 Boston

    Susan Lehman

    I’m currently in Boston for the 2019 March Meeting, which is as exciting, overwhelming, and exhausting as usual! You may remember last March Meeting, we were in LA, which was naturally nice and warm.  Boston welcomed the March Meeting with one of the first big snow storms of the season — about 8 inches of…

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