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Field Day Champions

This year we had a great turn out with 15 teams fielded from Gross Catholic, Papillion, Abraham Lincoln, Mount Michael, St. Albert, Central Academy and Burke High School.  Teams competed in seven events: Death Star Laser Aiming, Boat Building, Chalk Talk (Space physics portrayed in film), Quiz Bowl, Circuit Building, and Toothpick Bridge Building (The complete program can be found here.

And the winners of the 35th Annual CU Physics Field Day are...

First Place: Central Academy (Team 1)

Second Place: Gross Catholic (Team 5)

Third Place: Central Academy (Team 2)

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Retreat 2004 Videos

Students prepare skits to perform at the annual Physics Department retreat.  This retreat was held in Schuyler Nebraska. Click on the links below to see some embarrasing video. You probably need to be acquainted with the faculty to get all the humor...

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CU Junior Worked With Physics Nobel Winner



BY JULIE ANDERSON


WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER


A Creighton University junior now can tell a physics student’s ultimate “how I spent my summer vacation” story.


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The Columbia is Lost...

"The Columbia is lost..."

CU Physics Grad (M.S., 1990), U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Michael Anderson was the payload commander for the Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated during its return to earth after completing a 16-day science mission. Please join us in prayer for the families and friends of the seven astronauts lost in this national tragedy.

Date: February 1, 2003

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PHY211MH Fall 2004 Rube Goldberg Machines

Christmas by Meg Marquardt and Carolyn Posey

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Haunted Lab 2002

Thanks to all who helped to make the Haunted Lab a success this year. Mike Swanger spent several hours with me during the Fall Break rearranging the tables in L18 and bringing in extra tables, cabinets, etc. Rebecca Redding was the axe-wielder (guardian of the "Dept. Head") during the visit by 5th & 6th graders from North Omaha's Sacred Heart School on Oct 28, and then again for 3 hours on Oct. 30. A special thanks to Jo Conrad who excelled as the Dept. Head NON-STOP FOR THREE HOURS on Oct. 30 as well as for part of the time on Oct. 28, and to Dr. Seger who worked her magic as Dept.

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Studying Physics at Creighton (2000)

Physics is the study of the physical universe. We study objects ranging in size from the universe as a whole (Einstein's general theory of relativity) to the smallest building blocks that make up the universe (high energy particle physics). Sometimes we work with simple models using basic mathematics (e.g. motion in free-fall) and other times the models are so complex that they can be solved only approximately with a great deal of computer power (e.g. the collision of two galaxies).

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Haunted Lab Video 2005

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Haunted Lab 2005 Slide Show (smaller, no audio)

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