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Albert Holland Prize for Public Presentations of Physics 2004

The winner of the 2004 Albert Holland Prize is Pria Young!

The seventh Albert Holland Prize competition was held at 7:00 pm on Monday, April 19, 2004. An audience of students, faculty, and community members heard an array of impressive students lectures. Each lecture derived an important result in Physics. The six student contestants represented the diversity of the Hobart and William Smith Natural Science Division. The contestant and their lectures were:

• Sean Kipperman, a sophomore Physics Major Interference Patterns and Anomalies of Light
• Derrick Moore, a junior Mathematics and Physics major Construction of Schrodinger's Equation
• Ariana Nussdorf , a sophomore Chemistry major Weight of the World
• Suzanne Opalka, a sophomore Geoscience major
  The Deeper They Go, the Higher They Blow: The Buoyant Rise of Magma in Volcanoes
• Helen Young, a sophomore Physics major From Fermat's Principle to Snell's Law
• Pria Young, a sophomore Chemistry major
  Why is a Rainbow?

Prof. Ted Allen moderated the event. The judges were Prof. Michael Faux (Physics), Prof. Jim Crenner (English and Comparative Literature), and Prof. Margaret Weitekamp (Women's Studies) .

Pria Young was chosen the winner! Congratulations to all the contestants!

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For more information, contact: Donald Spector, Professor of Physics/Philip J. Moorad '28 and Margaret N. Moorad Professor of Science, ext. 3594, 106 Eaton Hall Dept. Secretaries: Ann Warner 781-3586 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Laura Sposato* 781-3587 (1 - 5 p.m.) FAX: (315) 781-3860