The Daily Camper 2004

July 23, 2004

July 23, 2004: Thanks for coming to
MMSS 2004! Have a safe trip home!



Math Modelers take a break from their
presentations for a good-bye picture

New Gallery (7/22) about our International Students


Crypto-lunch today (7/23) for
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Messages:
can you read the invitation?


New Photos (7/19) for Luminous Universe Gallery


Dr. Swift (l.), Dr. Whitsell (c.), Julia Plummer (f.), and Luminaries
at the Detroit Observatory, which is in Ann Arbor, not Detroit (?)

New Photos (7/23) for Luminous Universe: Nebulae Projects

New Photos (7/23) in Physics of Magic/Magic of Physics Gallery



Dr. Mira Franke and Magicians eye-balling
speed of light experiments


July 11th, 2004: Welcoming reception





Attention wanders from our speakers --
Charlie Schuster, Luminous Universe



Warren Noone, Amrit Misra and his parents --
an experienced MMSS family






Fred Becchetti, Mira Franke and some Magicians






Charmise Knox, Amanda Barczyk and
MMSS alum Mark Hamus greeting newcomers






GSI Tong Liu and MMSS family
waiting for us to get down to business






Ben Schoenfeldt and Dad Michael






Igor Dolgachev and an imaginative geometry family






James or John Burke, mother Kristeen and Aunt Lou




Course Galleries for Summer 2004


Horsing around before class


Session II: July 12, 2004 - July 23, 2004

Click here for Session I Course Galleries.


Daily Events

July 12th, 2004
Computer Orientation
1360 East Hall
9:00am (sharp) - 9:30am
All MMSS students required to attend!
You will be met by your instructor afterwards
and brought to your program's homebase.
For those of you using the UNIX machines,
and for whom they are new,
here is a convenient UNIX tutorial online.



...AND NO MP3's, OK?!

July 13th, 2004

Munch and Learn

The Scientific Method:
Puzzles to Nanoscience

Professor Mark Banaszak Holl (UM Chemistry Dept)



Hop in!

Psychology Auditorium, 1324 East Hall
Noon - 1:00pm

MMSS Public Invited!
(Parents, UM Community, etc.)


July 13th, 2004

Munch and Learn

Rescheduled for Tuesday, July 20:
Dave Burke and ice cream, starting at 6:30 PM. Details here.

July 15th, 2004

Munch and Learn

Turning Genes on with Small Molecules

Professor Anna Mapp (UM Chemistry Dept)



Anna Mapp



The Anna Mapp Lab Group (picnic '04)

Psychology Auditorium, 1324 East Hall
Noon-1:00pm

MMSS Public Invited!
(Parents, UM Community, etc.)


July 15th, 2004

Evening Astronomy Viewing

Hosted by the Luminous Universe team.

9:45-10:45 PM
Weather Permitting!


Check here for cancelation notice beforehand!

Angell Hall Observatory
atop Angell Hall,
access from 5th floor Angell Hall ---
Follow the signs to the observatory!


July 17th, 2004

Cedar Point Trip Saturday!

Roller Coaster Physicists, 2001

July 18th, 2004

Detroit Science Center Trip Sunday!



Life Sciences exhibit

July 19th, 2004

Evening Astronomy Viewing

Hosted by the Luminous Universe team.

9:45-10:45 PM
Weather Permitting!

Rule of thumb: if you can see some stars, come to Angell Hall!
LU team will make every effort to open the 'scope Monday night.

Check here for cancelation notice beforehand!

Angell Hall Observatory
atop Angell Hall,
access from 5th floor Angell Hall ---
Follow the signs to the observatory!

July 20th, 2004

College Admissions


Mara Flamenbaum
Susan Perreault

Mathematics Atrium, East Hall
11:45am (sharp) - 1:00pm
Mara Flamenbaum, University Admissions, and
Susan Perreault, LSA Admissions.


So many pizzas, so little time...


Charmise Knox feeds the crowd

UM Admissions Office
MMSS Public Invited!
(Parents, UM Community, etc.)




Pizza waiting for the talks to begin



Visiting Korean faculty with Warren Noone
after the college admissions briefing.
[l. to r.] Seon-Geum Park, Dr. Hyunsook Sung,
Warren Noone and Mi-hee Ban.

July 20th, 2004

Experimental Genetics and Aging
[Click for more details.]

Professor David Burke (UM Human Genetics Dept)



Dave Burke

For those who couldn't make the lecture,
here is a pdf file of the lecture slides.

If this file is too large for downloading,
here is a compressed version of the same slides
to download and view.







Yoda, world's oldest mouse, and
cagemate, Princess Leia.

Mathematics Auditorium, 1360 East Hall
6:30-7:30pm

Ice Cream Party afterwards
in Math Atrium!
Lecture: 6:30 - 7:30, 1360 East Hall
Ice Cream: 7:30 - 8:30, Math Atrium

 MMSS Public Invited!
(Parents, UM Community, etc.)


July 23rd, 2004

July 23rd, 2004

End of Session
Activities and Presentations
MMSS Families and Friends Welcome!


Field Biology or frisbee in a tree?

Course Galleries for the First Session,
MMSS 2004:

Session I: June 28, 2004 - July 9, 2004

  

Sampling, Surveys, Monte Carlo and Inference is supported in part by the Strategic Initiatives 2004 fund of the American Statistical Association. This support has made possible scholarships for five of our statistics students this summer. MMSS thanks the ASA for this generous support! Check their web site for their statistics programs for high school students.




Our 2004 ASA Scholars! [l. to r.] Basak Otus,
Okay Kayaoglu and Hasim Surel (all of Istanbul,
Turkey), James Reame (Howell, MI), and [2nd row]
Aravind Srivatsan (State University, AR)



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