Friday March 14, 2014
From the head of department Faculty board reports that appointing of the new head of the Department of Physics and Technology most likely will not occur at the faculty board meeting scheduled for next Thursday, March 20th. The intention is that the appointment to the faculty board will take place as soon as possible after the committee had completed its work and passed its verdict. In case this does not occur before April 1st, the temporary department head will be Kjartan Olafsson. Have a great weekend, Geir Anton News and general information IFT open seminar All are welcome to attend the open seminar where Øyvind Grøn, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus will hold a lecture entitled: · What have we learned about relativity theory and what has relativity theory taught us? Friday, March 21, at 14:15, Auditorium B. Coffee, tea and cake from 14:00. PhD Disputation before the summer? Final deadline for submitting PhD theses is Tuesday, April 22, if the disputation is to take place during this semester. Supervisors should have ready suggestions for possible opponents at the time of submission. The last possible disputation date before the summer is Friday, June 27. Library course - PhD on Track at the Science Library, UiB In April 2014 the University Library offers PhD candidates at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences a series of courses addressing publishing issues, advanced literature searching techniques and information management. The faculty highly recommends participation! The main part of the program is held on April 8th and will include a free lunch for the participants, so please note that your registration is binding. Sign up and find out more about the Science Library here https://sites.google.com/site/phdubb/ International Summer Schools for Doctoral Students Reaching the Limits of the Sky, Astronomical Instrumentation in the 21st Century. Les informasjonsbrev. h-bar H-bar is open on Fridays from 19:00-01:00. On Tuesdays, every even-numbered week, there are organized pub-lectures at H-bar. More info at H-bars facebookside. H-bar is run by the department’s Fagutvalget and is primarily aimed at department students – but the employees are also welcome to join!
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