Here's the group photo from our meeting. Thanks to all the participants
for making it a great success; thanks to the Rowan University's Offices
of the President and Provost for all their planning help and sponsorship;
thanks to TJ Wark, Steve Noonan and Cathy Markel for all the help
"in the trenches"; and much thanks to Frank Maloney for
all the pictures!
You are invited to the Fourth Annual Philadelphia Area Astronomers Meeting (PAAM4). This informal meeting will be held Saturday, November 22, 2003, in our brand new Science Hall at Rowan University.
The meeting will provide participants with time to present a short talk on their current work so we can all keep abreast of the astronomical research occuring in our area. This is an opportunity for us all to get to know one another and for past participants to reconnect.
Everybody is strongly encouraged to speak. Titles such as "My Current Astronomical Interests" or "What I'm Up To Right Now" are excellent (and even encouraged). Talks can be up to about 10 minutes long, but there's no lower limit on their length. Faculty, postdocs, and students (both graduate and undergraduate) are all strongly encouraged to attend and participate.
The session room is equipped with a computer projector for electronic slide presentation. An overhead projector is also available.
Registration Includes: Continental style breakfast, coffee, juices, lunch, and refreshments — all will be provided free of charge thanks to our sponsors!
However in order to get an accurate count of participants so that all will be fed, it is imperative that you send an email to Dave Klassen so that we know that you're coming. Please indicate a title for your short presentation.
Here is the list of folks who are on the current mailing list. Please check it over and let Dave know if there are any changes in your information. If you are not on the list, or you know of someone who should be on the list but is not, also, send me an e-mail. All updates will be done as quickly as possible.
All talks will be given in Science Hall, room 126. Breakfast, refreshments and lunch will be in the Science Hall atrium. You can download a detailed program with complete presentation schedule.
There are several fine dining establishments in and around Glassboro so you can plan on sticking around and continuing your discussions over a meal and glass of your favorite beverage. A map with non-university endorsed suggestions will be provided when you sign in.
If you are interested in some local entertainment, we would like to point out that the Rowan Department of Theatre & Dance is presenting Velocity of Drops, directed and choreographed by faculty member Paule Turner, in collaboration with Jorge Cousineau and Heidi Barr, Velocity of Drops is an original, multidisciplinary work of dance theatre inspired by the new science building and its debut on campus.
Turner notes that the work is intended to illuminate the connections between the worlds of science and the arts. He pointed out that a significant part of the mission in both disciplines is to "advance the understanding of the universe in which we exist." He also described Velocity of Drops as being about "time and space and how we perceive things - and how we are as humans." The text for this original piece is adapted in part from the book Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman.
The cast includes two narrators: Harmony Ingraham and Adam Joseph; as well as 12 dancers: Sara Biddle, Alison M. Christiano, Amanda Coppola, Rebecca Coyle, Arielle deRouen, Stephanie Garland, Megan Holliday, Nicholle Kelly, Michael Lee, Deborah Morford, Desiree Papadakis and Emmy Rushton.
Turner conceived this new show with Cousineau, who designed the set, lighting and video projections; and Barr, who designed the costumes. The stage manager is Stephanie Wojcik.
Tickets for Velocity of Drops are $3 for students, staff, alumni and seniors; and $7, general admission. For more information, call the box office at extension 4545.
Rowan is in Glassboro, New Jersey right along highway 322, and can really only best be reached by car — carpooling is highly encouraged. Please see this page for directions and maps. Note that in our current version of the campus map, Science Hall does not exist. We're that new! Science Hall is located in that open space bounded by Westby, Bosshart, Savitz and Robinson Halls.
Free, no-tag-necessary, parking is available in Parking Lot A which is on the above campus map. The lot directly accessible from from highway 322. In Lot A, park as close to the building end as possible, head away from the street, toward the sidewalk and building (Westby Hall). You will see a Campus Map kiosk and from there, Science Hall is visible. Head over two the main entrance in the Atrium and there will be a table with your nametag and schedule waiting for you. The volunteers at the table will direct you towards breakfast and coffee.
Although everyone probably knows this, all bridges into New Jersey are tollways; the toll is paid one-way (leaving) and is $3 for standard passenger cars and trucks.
The first three PAAM's were phenomenal successes!
PAAM1, was held on the University of Pennsylvania campus in the year 2000. Here's a photo of some of the participants.
PAAM2 was held the following year on the Drexel campus. Please visit Michael Vogeley's PAAM2 web page for all the information on that meeting.
In 2002, we all went to Villanova University for PAAM3. You can see all the details on that event at Larry DeWarf's PAAM3 web page
