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Patricelli Lab Pumpkins 2011 Edition

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2011 Lab Pumpkins

2011 Lab Pumpkins

This week we indulged in our principal lab tradition, the carving of the pumpkin. As you can see, another great round of artwork. Mine is the owl on the left.

Otherwise, there’s been a lot going on of late. I’ve been doing a lot of reviewing recently- an NSF full proposal and several manuscripts . My labmates have also been really productive, so I’ve gotten to view drafts of a software manual, a graduate school admissions proposal, and an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG).

We are starting to think about next field season already! Field assistant ads will probably go out within the next couple of weeks.

I’m also going to start finding away to post my Matlab code here on the website. I’m definitely a hack when it comes to coding, but I’d guess some of the things I’ve figured out may be useful to someone else.

I can’t believe it is almost November already!

Pumpkin Outreach

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Durham-themed Pumpkins

Durham-themed pumpkins

If you’ve followed my website in previous fall seasons, you’ll know that I am an enthusiastic pumpkin carver (see, for example, the 2010 and 2009 lab pumpkin party pumpkins). This year I got a special request for an early pumpkin. My father is involved in starting a history museum in Durham, North Carolina called the Museum of Durham History. As a way to promote the museum, they are having a Carve Durham contest to see who can make the best Durham-themed Jack-o-Lantern. To help out with some examples that they could advertise in advance of the contest, I carved a historic mill at West Point on the Eno, and the neon sign from a beloved local diner. Of course they’ve already gone completely rotten. Not sure yet what I’ll carve next.