PAMS Focus - September 2008

PAMS Focus is the bi-monthly electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of the NC State University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS). If you have any suggestions or comments, please share them with us by e-mailing pams_info@ncsu.edu.

College honors three alumni at 2008 PAMS Awards Dinner

The College continued its tradition of celebrating the achievements of its alumni and friends at the annual PAMS Awards Dinner, held Nov. 6 at the Cardinal Club in downtown Raleigh. The 2008 honorees were

Distinguished Alumnus Award
LeRoy B. Martin Jr (MS '52 - Mathematicss

Medal of Achievement
Sherice Nivens (BS '98 - Chemstry)

Zenith Medal for Service
Nancy A. Ridenhour (BS '76 - Statistics)

For more information on the PAMS Awards and current and past award recipients, please click here.

 

Check out Scope Lecture and Realizing Possibilities videos on YouTube

Did you miss Dr. Donald Saari's compelling Scope Lecture, "Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting?" How about the "The Power of Giving," the College's tribute video to Achieve! Campaign donors? Thanks to the new NC State channel on YouTube, you can now view either video right on your computer.

To view "Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting," please click here.

To view "The Power of Giving," please click here.

You can also link to both videos - or any other PAMS communications materials - from the College's homepage: www.pams.ncsu.edu.

 

MEAS to host Darcy Distinguished Lecture on Nov. 21

The Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will host a lecture by Dr. Michael Celia at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, as part of the 2008 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture Series in Ground Water Science. Dr. Celia will speak on "Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option." For more info on Dr. Celia or the Darcy Lecture Series, please click here. For more information on the lecture at NC State, please contact Margo Hickman at 919-515-7773 or via e-mail at margo_hickman@ncsu.edu.

 

Help solve some NC State history mysteries

Do you remember freshman year like it was yesterday? Do you have a knack for remembering names and faces you haven’t heard or seen in decades?

If so, NC State University Libraries could use your help. The libraries’ Special Collections Research Center has photographic images spanning much of the university's history in its collections. For many of these images, there exists little or no information about the people, places, dates, or events depicted in them. University archivists have posted a small number of digitized photographs on their Web site with the hope that alumni and friends like you can help identify the places, faces, and scenes within them.

To view the posted photos, please click here.