Hi folks, It occurs to me that not everyone who reads this list is or ever has been a user of NSLS, so you may not be aware of an upcoming event. This summer, Simon Bare and I are running a course on EXAFS Data Collection and Analysis at the NSLS. The course will be July 14-17 and will include lectures, beamline practicals, and lots of time in front of computers using atoms, feff, ifeffit, athena, and artemis. The speaker list includes eight 75 minute lectures on a variety of topics covering most aspects of XAS measurement and EXAFS analysis. The speaker list is really great this year and includes some familiar names from our little list, including Matt, Simon, Shelly Kelly, Scott Calvin, and John Rehr. Last year's course was lots of fun for everyone involved. Here is the URL: http://nslsweb.nsls.bnl.gov/nsls/org/workshops/exafs/exafs_workshop.htm We have limited space and received about a factor of two too many application last year. Still, it would be great to see some of you folks this summer at the NSLS! Or you might pass the URL along to someone else in your research group who is looking for an intense but fun introduction to XAFS. Regards, B -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- ravel@phys.washington.edu Code 6134, Building 3, Room 222 Naval Research Laboratory phone: (1) 202 767 5947 Washington DC 20375, USA fax: (1) 202 767 1697 NRL Synchrotron Radiation Consortium (NRL-SRC) Beamlines X11a, X11b, X23b, X24c, U4b National Synchrotron Light Source Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 My homepage: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/