Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory open house, June 11, at Cornell has programs and activities for people of all ages

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell University is hosting an open house, Saturday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the 2005 World Year of Physics. Featured will be entertaining and educational activities for visitors of all ages, and everyone is welcome.

The open house is one of a series of events during the past month sponsored by the Cornell Department of Physics and Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics (LEPP), and other Cornell outreach programs, helping mark the World Year of Physics, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's revolutionary scientific breakthroughs in the year 1905.

Among the presentations and activities at the open house will be videos and guided tours, eye-popping science demonstrations, jugglers, a physics trivia contest, public lectures and free cookies, fruit and beverages.

The laboratory is located at the intersection of Dryden Road (Route 366) and Pine Tree Road. Free tickets to the open house will be provided at the Wilson Lab entrance, and a drawing will be held and door prizes awarded. Ticket holders must be present to win.

Wilson Laboratory houses one of only 10 particle physics accelerators in the world and is the only such laboratory in the United States that is located on a university campus. 

For more information and a full schedule for the open house, visit: http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/outreach/OpenHouseAgenda.pdf.

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