Dear All,
The Physics 15c poster session is starting at 4:30 today in Science Center
306. Everyone is cordially invited. Food will be served. I hope to see
you there.
Mara
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Professor of Physics
Harvard University
17 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
If you are doing research through Phys 90r this semester, this google form replaces the old paper form:
https://forms.gle/YgQhmxz4f54CvAT8A
Please fill this out as soon as your 90r research plan is settled. This is just an internal physics form, so don’t forget to officially sign up for 90r in your crimson cart. Let me know if you have any questions.
I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. The new semester is fast approaching, so here we go...
This email is relevant to the Physics and Chem/Phys concentrators among you. It's a long email, but please pay special attention to the "YOUR TASK" item below.
THE SHORT VERSION:
Email your concentration advisor and set up a zoom meeting sometime between Mon 8/16 and Wed 8/25 (Thurs 8/26 is the course registration deadline). Your advisor will lift the hold on your crimson cart (sometimes called “study card”). More info on the various dates can be found here: https://college.harvard.edu/guides/course-preview-period
THE LONG VERSION:
(1) A picture of your Individual Concentrator Advisor should show up in your my.harvard list of advisors. If it doesn't, or if there are any issues (you want to change advisors, etc.), please let me know right away. (However, I’ll be away from 8/14 to 8/21.)
(2) All of you automatically have Prof. Georgi (Head Tutor) and me (Co-Head Tutor) as academic advisors. You can talk with us about anything at any time, ranging from course selection, to future plans, to lab work, to concentration requirements. Our office hours are posted at:
www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi>
and
https://scholar.harvard.edu/david-morin/office-hours, zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95258793192?pwd=cEViNis1d1ozNDk3MmdpWjRyOVY1QT09<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_j_9525…>
We encourage you to drop by zoom, but email also works.
(3) In addition, we give all of you another faculty advisor. The purpose of this Individual Concentration Advisor is to act as a mentor, and to help you down the Physics or Chem/Phys path. However, concerning concentration requirements, Prof. Georgi and I have seen all the ins and outs and variations on these, so we encourage you to save such questions for us. In short, when talking with your faculty advisor, you can pretend that there are no course numbers or requirements to worry about. Just get some real physics advice about what subjects are good to know, what lab experience is good to have, etc. You can view your faculty advisor in my.harvard.
(4) YOUR TASK: Email your faculty advisor to set up a meeting to discuss your classes and future plans and such. In addition to providing you with advice, your advisor will also provide you with the necessary electronic signature on your crimson cart.
If you'd like to also meet with Prof. Georgi and/or me, by all means stop by zoom, but please do so in addition to (not instead of!) seeing your individual advisor.
NOTE: Occasionally more than one email is needed to set up a meeting with your advisor. All of us let an email slip away now and then. So don't hesitate to send a second email after a day or two if you haven't heard back. Also, ***PLEASE CC THE FACULTY ASSISTANT** for your advisor on your FIRST email, unless you're sure that your advisor will get back to you right away (and definitely cc if a second email is required). This person can be identified by clicking on your advisor on the page:
www.physics.harvard.edu/people/faculty<http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/faculty>
The Faculty Assistant is listed below the advisor's research blurb. If you have trouble getting a response from your advisor, let me know, and we can always switch advisors.
(5) The Physics FAQ page is:
https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/faqs-concentrators
Please let me know if there's a topic you would like added.
Enjoy the last few days of summer!
DJM
For the SENIOR Physics and Chem/Phys concentrators among you (but also for non-seniors, for future reference):
I checked through all of the seniors' records and emailed you of any remaining concentration requirements. But just as a double check, in case I missed anyone, here are some general comments and caveats:
1. Even though I checked through things, you should also check through the requirements listed in the Handbook.
2. Ignore the "Advising Report" in my.harvard, as far as the Physics concentration reqs go. It may very well say that some requirements aren't satisfied when in fact they are. The information I emailed to you supersedes the Advising Report. (However, the Gen Ed part of the Advising Report is probably correct, so you _should_ pay attention to that.)
3. Students who skipped 15b and/or 15c (and took an approved substitute instead) are still required to do the labs, on a pass/fail basis. (But no need to do the 15b lab if you took AP50b or PS12b.)
4. The secondary-field information isn't recorded in the system, so I didn't take that into account in my assessment of any remaining requirements. If you are doing a secondary, be aware that only one course can double count for concentration and secondary. (In contrast, there is unlimited double counting in joint concentrations.)
5. Similarly, for the very few students doing the AB/AM program, the system sometimes doesn't show which courses are bracketed. Be aware that bracketed courses can't count for the undergrad part of the degree.
For those of you who are planning to do research this coming summer, this email contains important information, as does the physics summer-research webpage:
https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/summer
You can do research either with a Harvard professor, or in a program somewhere else. For the latter case, there are a zillion REU opportunities listed at:
https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nsf.gov_crssprgm_r…>
And others are listed on the above summer webpage.
In you want to do research with a Harvard prof, your main task is to find an advisor by searching the faculty webpage:
https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/faculty
and sending out emails. Feel free to look in related departments too. Stop by office hours if you have any questions about contacting profs. Once you find a lab (let me know if you have any trouble with this), the funding is guaranteed to work out, with the following caveat: Assuming that the usual number of students apply for Physics Dept funding (pieced together with HCRP and faculty funding), we'll been able to give awards of about $5000 (total from all sources). In the event that the number of students increases significantly, the amount will probably be more like $4500. Additionally, as we did last year, we’ll be able to give supplements based on the level of financial need. The standard time span is 10 weeks of full-time work (don't try to add on a summer course).
If you are planning on heading to grad school, my personal recommendation is to do at least one summer of research with a Harvard prof, and then another summer either here or elsewhere. Variety can be nice - it's good to see some other places in the country/world. But it’s also certainly fine to spend all your summers here. Try to bookend at least one of those with a semester or two of research, so that you have a longer total time in the lab.
You should strongly consider applying for PRISE (for research here) and for the Herchel Smith fellowship (for here or elsewhere). See the above summer webpage. These deadlines are early. If you get one of these, then there is no need to apply to Physics or HCRP. Because of this, the Physics application purposely won’t be available until early March. I’ll send out a link to a google form then.
If you're a first-year who is going to be a Physics or Chem/Phys concentrator, then you're certainly eligible for Physics Dept funding (item #3 on the above summer webpage).
Let me know if you have any questions.
Office hour schedule:
https://scholar.harvard.edu/david-morin/office-hours
DJM
This email is a reminder about the Physics Department's rule for the 15b and 15c labs. This rule applies to Physics concentrators, Chem/Phys concentrators, and students completing a Physics secondary:
If you skip 15b and/or 15c and satisfy the E&M and/or waves requirement by taking an alternative course (approved by Prof. Georgi or me), then you must still complete the 15b and/or 15c labs at some point, on a pass/fail basis. (However, you don't need to do the 15b lab if you took AP50b or PS12b.)
You can complete the labs in a future semester if you wish, but my recommendation is that you do them at the same time you take the alternative course. (Students in 15b and 15c must of course do the lab when taking the course.)
To schedule your lab time, please email, as soon as possible:
15b: Dr. Carey Witkov (witkov(a)fas.harvard.edu)
15c: TF Kristine Rezai (kristinerezai(a)gmail.com)
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Hello,
the Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) would like to invite you to a lunch time panel discussion on the graduate school application process from both the students’ and admission team’s perspectives. Topics of discussion may range from graduate school application requirements, post-undergraduate options, to graduate student life. If you are currently on campus this summer for research, we hope you can join us for this enriching conversation on Wednesday, June 29th from 12PM - 1:30PM in Jefferson 250. Lunch will be provided. Please submit questions via this Google Form<https://forms.gle/ViytmbtqXes7pP3y7> by Sunday, June 26.
Feel free to reach out to ann_quaicoe(a)fas.harvard.edu with any questions you may have.
Best,
Ann
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Ann Quaicoe
Harvard Quantum Initiative
Staff Assistant
33 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Maxwell-Dworkin 111
P: (617) 496-2361
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From: Brown, Vanessa <vanessa_brown(a)condenast.com>
Hello!
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From: Nataliya Yufa <info(a)cambridgemathcircle.org>
The Cambridge Math Circle (CMC) is hiring camp counselors for in-person
camps in Cambridge, MA this summer. CMC is a local non-profit, co-founded
by MIT and Harvard alums, focused on bringing fun, challenging math to kids
in the Cambridge area, with a focus on those underrepresented in STEM. The
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- In-person full-day camp dates: June 30th-July 8th, and August
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If interested, please contact Nataliya Yufa at
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Co-founding director
The Cambridge Math Circle
www.cambridgemathcircle.org
