On 30 March 2022 Lincoln School of Maths & Physics and the University of Lincoln Maths and Physics Society hosted the  Physics Movie Night, the first such event after the pandemic. It took place for most of its time in the Stephen Langton Building Lecture Theatre and finished for the last 10 minutes in our own INB3305 room in the Isaac Newton Building. The movie screened was Interstellar, which was the subject of discussion in our 3rd year Physics module “Physics of the Universe”. The night started at 6:30pm with a discussion and pizzas.

Lincoln School of Maths & Physics and the University of Lincoln Maths and Physics Society are happy to invite you to the Physics Movie Night, the second one after the pandemic.

Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Film: Contact (1997)
Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey
IMDB: 7.5/10; Awards: 15 wins & 27 nominations
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Details: 2h 30min, PG
Where: The Swan, Lincoln 
Time:  Doors open 19:30

A fascinating film about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

The night will start with a discussion and pizzas.

You are welcome to read  a short introduction to the Lincoln Astronomical Society given by Dave Castledine almost 6 years ago at the previous screening of this film.

Spaces are limited and the access is by the reservation through University of Lincoln Maths and Physics Society .

In the university-wide Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme (UROS), the in 2021 are students of School of Mathematics and Physics:

Roksana Kulengowska, with project “Calculating the Hill Sphere of Known Exoplanets: Which Exoplanets Could Host Moon Systems?“, under supervision of Dr Phil Sutton, and

Christopher Denison, with project “Lamellar Block Copolymers Under Shear Flow“, under supervision of Dr Marco Pinna & Dr Javier Diaz.

These wins continue the successful participation of our students in previous years: in 2020 one of the two runners-up for People’s Choice Award was

Henry Macpherson, with project “Mathematical modelling of polymer capsules“, under supervision of Dr Martin Greenall (https://staffnews.lincoln.ac.uk/2020/11/30/uros-award-winners/)

The 2021 winners were announced at the on-campus UROS Celebration event on the 11th November, in Skal Tipi:

an astro-chat with

Professor Don Kurtz

Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK

Friday, 24 September 2021

7:00-8:00 pm

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