Wunch @ Princeton

The goal of Wunch talks is to encourage the interaction of Peyton and Jadwin residents in their scientific areas of interest. In addition, it should give everybody (students in particular) a chance to present their research without having to travel hundreds of miles to another institution. Visitors are also welcome to give talks.

The talks are held in room 33 (Old Tea Room, in the basement of Peyton Hall) on Wednesdays, at 12:30pm. They are rather informal, so leave time for questions throughout. Please try to keep your talk to about 50 minutes, including questions.

Most importantly, everybody is supposed to eat lunch through the talk! From this old tradition comes the name Wunch. The traditional food of Wunch is made of (sort of) healthy hoagies from Hoagie Haven that you can order by following the instructions on the Order Food webpage.

For those who are interested in giving a Wunch Talk, first look at the current schedule, pick one to four empty dates that are comfortable for you and send them to me. I will rapidly respond to your e-mail to confirm your date.

It is a good idea to send the title of your talk a week before it. It is the only way you will make sure it is properly advertised in the weekly talks announcement sent to people with interests in astrophysics in the Princeton area. Finally, you should send me an abstract for your talk at least two days before your scheduled performance.

A few rules apply:

• First come, first served.
• Priority goes to those who have not given a talk recently.
• There should be an almost equal number of talks for faculty, postdocs and students.
• There is unfortunately no money in Wunch to pay for travel, so visitors need another source of funding.

You now know everything about Wunch! So, go grab an empty slot for your chance to give a Wunch Talk this semester.

If you have any questions/feedback/problems, do not hesitate to contact me.