Dear Physics Community,
Wednesday, 8:15 am – Here we are, as expected, with the Presidential election a tossup. Please keep in mind the process is slow and formal (timeline here). There may be court challenges and recounts of various kinds that formal prescribed processes required – pay attention to these and not what candidates, campaigns, or pundits are saying. I’m limiting my exposure to the election to checking twice a day, and you may wish to consider doing this as well. I am also taking things more slowly and concentrating on the most important things and people around me for the rest of the week.
Good luck to all of us,
Peter
Above the Fold
- Deer Island COVID-19 wastewater monitoring has turned over and is decreasing. The amount of Sar-COV-2 RNA in our wastewater leads the case rate by 5-7 days, so I am hoping the current surge turns over soon.
- Reboot week Nov. 2-11, stress reduction
- Chancellor’s announcement about Spring term
Announcements
- “The Age of Living Machines” by Susan Hockfield wins the American Institute of Physics Communicating Science Award
- Nominate a college for an MLK award
- New holiday break Dec. 24-Jan 1, official announcement here
- APS Women in Physics grants for students and faculty here
- Joint School of Science and School of Engineering class “New class on modeling using machine learning: 6.883J/2.168J/… J” here
- Video and Poll from MIT Divest about fossil fuels companies: Video link: https://youtu.be/1H9e_aae- Poll link: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6X1CGkItBnoNDLv
- Call for proposals: experiential learning here.
- Tenure track position Cal State Long Beach here
Physics
- Quanta article on the black hole paradox with Netta
- Radcliffe Institute Talk, “Unraveling the Mystery of Cosmic Acceleration,” here