Special Events

Professor David W. McLaughlin, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Sciences, Provost at NYU, and a 1966 Creighton graduate who was one of the first to complete our Bachelor of Science in Physics degree, will be presenting the Physics Seminar this week on Friday, April 9th, at the usual time: 12:30 p.m.  Dr. McLaughlin will be here to receive this year's Alumni Merit Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. His talk is entitled

“Modeling the Dynamics of the Cortex: Spatio-Temporal Cortical Activity”

This spring, the Creighton University Society of Physics Students (CUSPS) will again sponsor Physics Field Day, a day of activities and excitement for high school students. The theme of the 2010 Physics Field Day is Lasers! In celebration of the 50th Anniversery of the Laser. The rulebook can be found here.

Space is limited. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Cherney. The next time Creighton will offer this will be Spring 2011. More information is available here.

What: Physics Retreat: Finding Balance in Everyday Life
Who: all physics department students & professors
When: Thursday, February 4-5 2010 (evening to evening)
(all physics classes will be canceled - retreat is manditory for majors/minors)
Where: Griswold, Iowa (rides can be shared)
Why: to have fun & build department community

A physicist at the Collegium: A Colloquy between Faith and Reason
Dr. Gintaras Duda
Department of Physics, Creighton University
 

A Thermodynamic Approach to Control Gene Expression: Targeting of
DNA Intramolecular Structures with Complementary Strands
 

Research Opportunities in Polymer Science and Technology: Computer Hardware

Dr. Augustus Ouano

Nagin Cox
 NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Understanding Power Laws of Flood Data to Unlock the Physics of Floods

Ricardo Mantilla, Ph.D. IIHR- Hydroscience & Engineering

College of Engineering

The University of Iowa

On Friday September 18: Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle will hold an interactive session with students to talk about his tenure as engineer and switch to politics.