TRAINING, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND GUEST SPEAKERS
NUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRY SUMMER SCHOOL - 2008

Date Time Activity

Week One

Sunday
June, 15
5:30 PM Students Arrive All Day & BBQ with school staff at Brookhaven Center
Monday
June, 16
8:30-10:30 Bldg 490 Conference Room - Welcome Breakfast, Program Overview, Lecture Orientation, Registration, General Tour of BNL
10:30-12:00 Van tour of BNL facilities (Elaine Lowenstein)
12:00-1:15 Opportunity to get BNL Photo ID’s (Building 400)
1:15-2:00 BNL Library Tour (Michiko Tanaka)
4:30-5:30 Bldg 801 Classroom - Building Orientation and key handout, Bike Sign-out
Tuesday
June, 17
9:00-12:00 Rad Worker Training Part 2 in (Bldg 134)
MUST COMPLETE PART 1 PRIOR TO PART 2!
1:30-3:30 Benchtop Dispersibles Training in Bldg (Bldg 134)
Wednesday
June, 18
1:00-2:00 Lab orientation and RWP signing
Thursday
June, 19

 

 

Friday
June, 20
12:00-2:00 Group Lunch at Kurin Restaurant
2:30-3:30 Special Topic: Carbon-14 Dating and the Vinland Map - Gar Harbottle
3:45-4:45 Discussion of Special Topics Term paper
Saturday
June, 21
7:30 pickup at dorms

NYC Trip #1: Group Tickets for the Bodies Exhibit and Liberty Island Cruise
at South Street Seaport

Week Two
Sunday
June, 22

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to beach if anyone is interested
Monday
June, 23

 

 

Tuesday
June, 24

 

 

Wednesday
June, 25
1:00- 5:00 Trip to Stony Brook. Student ID's, Library Orientation, Topic Research
Thursday
June, 26

 

 

Friday
June, 27
3:00-4:00 Special Topic: Dirty Bombs - Steve Musolino
4:00-5:30 Pizza after seminar
Saturday
June, 28
7:45 pickup at dorms NYC Trip #2: Group Tickets for the Museum of Modern Art and Top of the Rock
Week Three
Sunday
June, 29

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to SBU Library if anyone is interested
Monday
June, 30

 

 

Tuesday
July, 1

 

 

Wednesday
July, 2

 

 

Thursday
July, 3
2:00-3:30 Tour of BNL RHIC
Friday
July, 4
2:00-5:00 Holiday - BBQ and volleyball at Dr. F’s
Saturday
July, 5
8:00 pickup at dorms  Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to beach if anyone is interested.
Week Four
Sunday
July, 6

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to SBU Library if anyone is interested.
Monday
July, 7

 

 

Tuesday
July, 8
1:30 dorm pickup Tour of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
5:30-7:00 Open Pizza at Dr. F’s
Wednesday
July, 9

 

 

Thursday
July, 10
2:00-3:00 Special Topic Seminar: Nucleosynthesis - Minfang Yeh
Friday
July, 11
2:00-3:00 Special Topic Seminar: Solar Neutrino Research - Dick Hahn
3:15-3:30 NCSS Group Photograph (meet in front of building 801)
3:45-4:30 Special Topic: Stories of the Manhatten Project - Gerhardt Freidlander
5:30-7:30 Group Dinner at Lombardi’s on the Sound
Saturday
June, 12
11:00-3:00 Smith Point Beach for anyone interested.
4:30-6:30 Dinner at Dr. F’s
7:30-10:30 NY Philharmonic Concert at Hecksher Park and Grucci Fireworks
Week Five
Sunday
July, 13

 

Open Day
Monday
July, 14
9:00-11:00 Selected Topics: Lectures on Environmental Radiochemistry - Greg Choppin
Tuesday
July, 15
8:30-4:00 Environmental Radiochemistry Symposium - BLDG 490
Wednesday
July, 16
9:00-10:00 Special Topic: Accelerator Production of Radioisotopes - Leonard Mausner
10:00-11:00 Special Topic: Cyclotron Production of Radioisotopes - David Schlyer
11:00-12:00 Tour of BLIP Facility
Thursday
July, 17
8:30-4:00 Nuclear Medicine Symposium - BLDG 490  
Friday
July, 18
7:45 pick up at dorms Nuclear Tour of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
hosted by Steve Larson
Option to spend time in NYC for dinner or other activity
Saturday
July, 19
11:00-3:00 Beach option for those interested
4:00-6:00 BBQ dogs and burgers at Dr. F’s
7:00-9:00 Long Island Ducks Baseball Game
Week Six
Sunday
July, 20
 

 

Monday
July, 21
1:00-3:00 Special Topic: Workshop on Applying to Graduate School - Jolie Cizewski
3:30-4:30 Lab Cleanup and PPT Feedback
5:00-7:00 Group Dinner at Kurin Restaurant with Jolie Cizewski and Ken Czerwinski
Tues.
July 22
2:00-4:00 Pack student shipping boxes, clean classroom, turn in bikes One-on-One sessions with Dr. F to review individual student performance and grades
Wednesday
July 23
2:00-3:30 NSLS Tour (Jeff Fitts)
4:00-5:00 Bike return to classroom and hand in keys
Thursday
July, 24
8:30-4:00 Student Oral Presentations – BLD 490 (breakfast and lunch provided)
Friday
July, 25
8:30-4:30 Career Opportunities Symposium – BLD 490 (breakfast and lunch provided)
5:30-7:30 Dinner and Award Presentations - South Room Brookhaven Center
Saturday
July, 26
TBD Students return home


If you have a question that is not addressed in these pages, please send an email to rferrieri@bnl.gov.