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Undergraduate Research Poster Session

05/15/2008

Prof. Stacie Nunes enjoys a chat with Ryan Vinson, a physics student who presented his research at the annual New Paltz undergraduate research poster session. Ryan is developing a probe to measure minute electric fields generated by the flatworm planaria. It's part of a project to investigate biogenic electric fields and their relation to wound healing.


Dr. Stacie Nunes (left) and student Ryan Vinson (right)

Sungazing at New Paltz

04/23/2008

Students in Prof. Donnelly's "Exploring the Solar System" course take some time to look at features of the Sun using special protective glasses. The overwhelming consensus is that the Sun is pretty high up in the sky, although not everyone seems to agree...


Seeing hot while looking cool

The Principle of Uncertainty

04/08/2008


Schroedinger's Cat Spotted in New Paltz

"The only problem is that since its momentum is clearly zero, we can't possibly know where it is....."



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Physics Department
Wooster Science Building 202
State University of New York at New Paltz
1 Hawk Dr.
New Paltz, NY 12561

Phone: (845) 257-3740
Fax: (845) 257-3717