MPS Weekly Update
15 October 2015
To celebrate the recent success of Arthur B McDonald, joint winner of the
Nobel Prize for Physics, the Physics & Astronomy department held an
impromptu cake event last Friday, 9 October.
Since 2003, Dr Simon Peeters has worked on the Sudbury Neutrino
Experiment (SNO) in Canada, where Professor McDonald made his
discovery in 2002 and where he continues to carry out research.
A new online support programme
for supervisors – Supervising
Doctoral Studies – is now
available on Study Direct
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/?id=32495
‘The discovery made by SNO was a major step forward in our understanding
of something that had puzzled physicists for decades. It was thought that
neutrinos were without mass. But the experiment led by Art McDonald found
that neutrinos were able to oscillate and change their identity, which meant
that they must have mass.
‘Neutrino oscillations could potentially answer one of the really big questions
in modern science: Why is there more matter than anti-matter in the
Universe? To answer this, we need to understand the neutrino oscillations
even better than we do now and also to better understand what a neutrino
particle actually is.’
Under the canopy of one of our bespoke departmental ‘ice cream’ stands
(kindly made by Bob Woodhouse), after nigh on expert cake–cutting skills
demonstrated by not one but two caggy wefters, Dr Simon Peeters and
Dorothy Lamb, as ever all that remained after less than thirty minutes were a
few crumbs …
The cake was kindly created by Denise and her team at local firm,
Cakes the Difference.
What transport improvements
would you like to see at the
University?
An online travel survey gives you
the chance to have your say.
The survey (open until Monday 26
October) should take no longer
than five minutes of your time and completing it will put you in
with the chance of winning one of
two £100 cash prizes.
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/?id=32557
Tuesday 27 October 12pm-1pm
Seminar room, Sussex Innovation Centre
Software licensing
Please register promptly to avoid disappointment.
If you are interested in an event focussed on open source licences in
particular, please contact: Colin Hayhurst, Innovations Partnership Fellow
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Departmental seminars coming up
MASS
Astronomy
www.maths.sussex.ac.uk/seminar
Thursday 15 October 3pm in Pev 3 5C11
Dr Sara Merino-Aceituno (Imperial College London)
Anomalous energy transport in one-dimensional crystals
www.sussex.ac.uk/astronomy/
newsandevents/calendar
Friday 16 October 3.30pm in Arts C133
Sean McGee (Birmingham)
Understanding the quenching of star formation in group
and cluster galaxies
ADPE
www.sussex.ac.uk/apde/research/seminars
Monday 19 October 3pm in Pev 3 5C11
Sergey Zelik (Surrey)
Infinite energy solutions for 2D damped Navier-Stokes
equations
Student rep election results are now out
– for details of our departmental student
reps, please see
www.sussexstudent.com/news/
article/studentreps/student-reps-2015
-16/
EPP
https://epp.phys.sussex.ac.uk/epp/
Seminars_2015_16
Thursday 15 October 1pm in Pev 3 5C11
Dr Simon Peeters (UoS)
Nobel neutrinos
TPP
www.sussex.ac.uk/tpp/research/seminars
Monday 19 October 4pm in Pev 3 4C10
Luca Panizzi (Southampton)
TBA
UNIVERSITY EVENTS & INFORMATION
Friday 16 October 11.30am-12.30pm
Library Training & Viewing Room
Keep up to date in your subject
Target audience: Doctoral researchers in the early
stages from all disciplines
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=31891
Friday 16 October 11am-1pm
IT Services, Shawcross
Word 2013 – formatting tips and
techniques
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=26965
Monday 19 October 2pm-3.30pm
IT Services, Shawcross
Excel 2013 for beginners
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?id=26655
Monday 19 October 2.30pm-4pm
Barlow Room, Library
Introduction to Open Access
Publishing
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?
id=32088
Friday 16 October 1pm-2.30pm
Jubilee G23
Visualizing classroom concepts
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32334
Tuesday 20 October 12pm-2pm
Library Meeting Room
Open Access – what lies ahead?
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?
id=32095
Monday 19 October 11am-12.30pm
Suite 1, IT Services, Shawcross
Endnote – limited functionality
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=24102
Wednesday 21 October 9.15am-4.45pm
Location tbc on booking
Presentation skills live – how to stand up and stand
out
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32402
LOCAL EVENTS
Thursday 15 October 5.30pm-6.30pm
The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton
Brighton in the 1920s and 1930s: a talk by local historian Paul Jordan
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/eventscalendar?id=30119
17-18 & 24-25 October
Eco open houses
www.ecoopenhouses.org
Saturday 17 October 10am-12pm
Hove Methodist Church
Haven’t you grown? Nearly new sale
(£1 for adults, children go free)
Saturday 17 October 10.30am-2.30pm
St Martin’s Church Hall,
Lewes Road
Sea cadets autumn fair
(50p entry)
Saturday 17 October 12noon–2pm
The Bevy, Hillside, Brighton
Homemade and homegrown fayre
(Admission £1)
Saturday 17 October 5.30pm-6.15pm
St Laurence’s Church, Falmer
The Feminine Touch (free admission, retiring collection)
whatson.brighton.co.uk/at/St._Laurence_Church
Sunday 18 October 3pm-4pm
Meeting House Quiet Room
International students’ afternoon tea
Sunday 18 October 6pm
St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park
Choral evensong (free admission)
October 12-18
No excuse is usually needed
for me to include photos of
chocolate or dogs so, as it’s
National Chocolate Week
www.chocolateweek.co.uk/
this week, I can do both!
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