Physicist Dr. Brian Schwartz will speak at BHSU Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Laboratory Theatre in the basement of Pangburn Hall. The program will also feature a reading by BHSU theatre students from Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen.
The fourth annual Neutrino Day science festival will be held Saturday, July 9, at the Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake in Lead.
Black Hills State University and research institutes around the world opened their doors and invited high school students to become particle physicists for one day in March.
Dr. Kara Keeter, an Astroparticle Physicist at Black Hills State University, will describe the importance of the research that she and her research partners are pursuing at deep underground science laboratory (DUSEL) Feb. 18 at 11:30 a.m. in the Jacket Legacy Room. This is the first presentation in the spring Lecture and Lunch Series program at BHSU.
A presentation on the past and future of the Homestake Mine will be presented by Steven T. Mitchell and Dr. Jose Alonso Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Adams Museum at 1 p.m.
Black Hills State University students will be doing increased genomics and biomedical research as a result of a multi-million dollar grant.
South Dakota high school students will have the rare opportunity to be involved in national physics research at the Sanford Lab thanks to an outreach program through Black Hills State University. This summer two high school physics teachers, one from Hill City and one from Aberdeen, participated in a national research and study program known as QuarkNet that is designed to get high school teachers, and ultimately high school students, involved in particle physics research.
Black Hills State University students are assisting with the increasing information technology (IT) needs at the Sanford Lab at Homestake in Lead. This summer students and staff from the Network and Computer Services Office at BHSU visited the lab to access its IT needs. NCS members participated in a surface tour, which included a tour of the data center.
Neutrino Day 2009 is set for Saturday, July 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sanford Underground Lab at Homestake in Lead.