Category: Students

  • March Meeting 2017 – Guest Blog by Michelle Bae ’19

    Susan Lehman

      March Meeting 2017 — New Orleans!   When we arrived at the hotel I had a mini scream-out-of-excitement inside. Yes, because it was fancy and was my first time seeing a bathtub since winter break, but mostly because there was a sign for the times for the APS meeting shuttle in the lobby, and people were…

  • March Meeting 2017 — Cool Science Equipment – Guest blog by Zane

    Susan Lehman

    Guest Blog by Zane Thornburg ’18 I think besides my presentation, my favorite experience from this year’s APS March Meeting was my interaction with the wonderful scientists from TeachSpin. They had a booth in the Exhibit Hall that was open the whole week. I remember walking up to it on Monday simply because of our school’s use…

  • March Meeting 2017 – Presenting at the Meeting – Guest blog by Zane

    Susan Lehman

    Being an undergraduate presenter in a room full of research faculty Guest Blog by Zane Thornburg ’18 For this year’s APS March Meeting, I decided that it would be a great idea to give an oral presentation on my summer REU research with Dr. Paul Bonvallet on Osorb from this past summer. I didn’t give…

  • Wooster Physics at the University of Oregon

    Susan Lehman

    Last week I had a wonderful trip to the University of Oregon in Eugene to give a colloquium for the Department of Physics.  This was my first visit to the university, and actually my first visit to Oregon at all! Wooster Physics and Oregon Physics are connected in a number of ways — Dr. Leary…

  • PhysCon 2016: A Wooster Student in San Francisco –Guest Blog by Zane Thornburg

    Susan Lehman

    When I began studying physics, I had no idea that scientists travel so much. In the fall of 2016, I attended the Quadrennial Physics Congress, PhysCon. Before I get to talking about the conference itself, I think it is worth mentioning that this was the farthest I have ever traveled, so I had a lot…

  • Maggie Lankford `16: National Finalist for Top Award in Undergraduate Physics Research!

    Cody Leary

    I’m excited to report that Maggie Lankford, who graduated summa cum laude this year as a Wooster physics major, has been selected as a finalist for the American Physical Society’s LeRoy Apker Award– known as the preeminent honor for undergraduate physics research in the United States!  Maggie received this recognition for work reported in her Senior Independent Study thesis, entitled “The Production…

  • Commencement Weekend

    Susan Lehman

    It was a beautiful weekend for Commencement this year.  With the record number of majors (20 physics majors!!) graduating, we tried hard to get some group photos, but of course we knew it was hopeless to get absolutely everyone looking into a camera all at the same time. Sunday of commencement weekend, we were able…

  • April Whirlwind – Part 2!

    Susan Lehman

    In addition to the outreach events in April, we also had a lot going on to finish up Senior IS — the senior research project or thesis that all Wooster students complete. You might think that IS Monday is the end of IS, but after handing the thesis in, students also defend their thesis in…

  • April Whirlwind – Part 1!

    Susan Lehman

    Whew!  So much happened here in April, I’m just barely catching my breath now! We had two great outreach events early in April.  The second weekend of April was the Expanding Your Horizons event, with a variety of science workshops for 5th & 6th grade girls.  This is a massive event, coordinating presenters from all over the…

  • Dream a Little Dream of Physics — guest blog by Justine Walker

    Susan Lehman

    Dream a Little Dream of Physics – Fulfilling a Dream at the World’s Largest Meeting of Physicists           I don’t dream small. Ever since I was a young girl, I dreamed of a bright, big future for myself. Framed on my desk at school is a picture I drew from the prompt “A scientist is…”…

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