Inter-Actions 1997

Newsletter of the Carnegie Mellon Department of Physics

Table of contents

• Saxonburg Cyclotron 50th Reunion, by John Fetkovich
• Scientific Discoveries at Saxonburg, by Lincoln Wolfenstein
• Not in My Football Field, by Ed Creutz (talk given at the Saxonburg Cyclotron 50th reunion)
• Around the Department
  • Graduation May 1997
  • Honors and Awards 1996-97
• Cosmic Expansion: An Interview with Richard Griffiths and Robert Nichol
  • Richard Griffiths: The Medium Deep Survey with the Hubble Space Telescope
  • Robert Nichol: Robotic Telescope Brings the Skies to his Desktop
• Viper Telescope Unveiling Ceremony
• Undergraduate Physics Curriculum, by Reinhard Schumacher
• Retirement: Prof. Raymond A. Sorensen
• Alumni News
• Alumni Corner: "What I Got Out of Physics...and How," by Bob Englemore

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Interactions is a newsletter published yearly by the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University for its students, alumni and friends to inform them about the department and serve as a channel of communication for our community. Readers with comments or questions are urged to send them to Interactions, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Fax to 412-681-0648 or phone 412-268-2740. The Department of Physics is headed by Robert Swendsen. Steve Garoff is the associate head.

Interactions Editorial Board: Robert W. Kraemer, Helmut Vogel, Michael Widom (chair), Hugh D. Young