Possibly useful information for physics majors

Off-campus summer internships/research jobs:

• List of National Science Foundation REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) sites (all fields):
  http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp
• Opportunities in astronomy (American Astronomical Society)
  http://www.aas.org/career/summer.php
• Opportunities available from Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  http://see.orau.org/Listing.aspx?Type=Undergrad
• SOCHE student research program
  http://www.soche.org/student.htm
• Another list of summer research opportunities (maintained by Joe Tenn, Sonoma State University)
  http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/advisor/SummerScienceAvailNow.html

Other specific opportunities:

• Will be posted as they come in.

Outside events related to physics (partial list):

• Ohio Section American Physical Society Meeting, Oct 19-20, Miami U, Oxford OH
• Alpheus Smith Lecture, Spring 2008, Ohio State, TBA

Journals/magazines that may be useful for initial (broad) talks:
(all of these should be available in the library; follow links to get to tables of contents)

• Physical Review Focus (American Physical Society)
• Scientific American
• Physics Today (American Physical Society)
• Physics World (Institute of Physics)
• Nature
• Science
• American Scientist (Sigma Xi)

Possibly useful references and links:

• Life After Wittenberg (or: What can I do with that physics degree).
• Macmillan encylopedia of physics, in the Science Library reference stacks (QC .M15 1996)
• Online Journals (Ohiolink)
• Online Reference Sources -- dictionaries, encyclopedias (Thomas Library)