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Global Summit of Physics in Anaheim!
A few weeks ago, I attended the Global Summit of Physics in Anaheim along with my student Abby Hovorka ’26 and Eric Johnson ’25, who was reporting on work that he did as part of his internship at NIST. Attending the March Meeting is always a highlight for me, especially with students, and this year…
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APS Global Summit of Physics – Student Perspective
Students Abigail Hovorka ’26 and Eric Johnson ’25 recently traveled to Anaheim, CA for the 2025 American Physical Society Global Summit of Physics, combining the March Meeting and the April Meeting! It was amazing! Here are some perspectives from Abby and Eric! On top of all the other awesome things in the exhibit hall (cool…
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Trip to COSI in Columbus
This past Saturday, on February 22, 2025, we went to COSI! The Center of Science and Industry is an incredibly interactive science center with amazing exhibitions (the Ocean gallery was one of my favorites), life shows (rat basketball), and a planetarium (I give the seats 8/10 for comfort). We left campus at about 9 a.m.…
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CoW students at CU*iP 2025
This year, 7 of our undergraduate students had the amazing opportunity to attend the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP). There were over 200 students in attendance at Purdue University, but there were many locations around the country. Purdue was an incredible campus to visit! We were all amazed by their…
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Junior Independent Study
The junior physics majors are each working away on their “self-designed” projects. Each student develops a proposal for their own research question and spends the weeks after spring break developing a procedure, exploring their question, and then writing up their results. It’s so much fun for me as the professor to walk around checking on…
