What were Egon and Ray working on at the university?
We get to see Peter's negative reinforcement experiment with the flash cards in Ghostbusters, and I assume that is a study related to his degrees in psychology and parapsychology.
Do we ever find out what Egon and Ray were working on before being kicked out?
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The Ghostbusters film is somewhat unusual in that it spawned two separate novelisations. The Mueller version gives us a little more background about Egon and Ray's work at the university.
- Egon is (or rather was) a teaching Professor of Physics until he managed to get a grant to study parapsychology.
Spengler shook his head. They were worse than graduate students. “No. No water. There’s nothing you can do.”
After some time at the university, Egon, Ray and Venkman created a department for the phsyical study of Parapsychology, largely as a backwater for their pet projects; Egon and Ray to study ghosts and Venkman so he can take advantage of impressionable 18 year olds. They're each Professors in this dept.
The senior Dr. Stantz plied Peter with alcohol while encouraging him to talk about their work in parapsychology, a subject that brother Carl held in equal repute with Communism and homosexuality.
- Egon's scientific experiments are varied and highly esoteric.
He had been the first scientist to hypnotize a hamster by subjecting to it low-frequency radio waves. Peter tried it later and found that it also worked on coeds. Egon, in an attempt to build a death ray, had come up with a sonic gun that had little effect on people but set off soft-drink cans at a hundred yards. After the night that Peter had gotten drunk and taken it down to the local Coca-Cola warehouse, Egon had insisted on dismantling it.
Interestingly, all three of the Ghostbusters seem to have dual PhD's; Egon in Physics and Parapsychology, Venkman in Psychology and Parapsychology and Ray in Engineering and Parapsychology although it's possible that all three managed to secure their second PHD while at the university.
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What did Egon Spengler study?
Egon was very interested in paranormal phenomenon, and worked with Ray Stantz and Peter Venkman at Columbia University's Paranormal Studies Laboratory in Weaver Hall. He and Ray studied paranormal literature in their spare time and were interested in theories of reincarnation.What did the Ghostbusters study?
Interestingly, all three of the Ghostbusters seem to have dual PhD's; Egon in Physics and Parapsychology, Venkman in Psychology and Parapsychology and Ray in Engineering and Parapsychology although it's possible that all three managed to secure their second PHD while at the university.What university did the Ghostbusters work at?
When we first meet the Ghostbusters, they are working at Columbia, specifically at "Weaver Hall" as researchers in the Department of Psychology. In actuality, Weaver Hall is Columbia's Havermeyer Hall. In addition to this exterior shot, Havermeyer Hall houses one of the most popular lecture halls used on film.What are the Ghostbusters jobs?
Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at a university in New York City where they studied the occult. They decide to set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists for money.Ghostbusters - The Private Sector
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