For the activities of our SPS chapter over the 2018-2019 school year,  the SPS National Office awarded the Washington University in St. Louis SPS Chapter as a 2019 Distinguished Chapter!!All chapter award winners are recognized on the Outstanding Chapter Award page. The winners are chosen…
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SPS held elections for the 2019-2020 Academic Year Board today! Here’s our new board for the upcoming year: President: Riley Vice President: Viktoria Treasurer: Jeremy Secretary: Jonathan Historian: Abdullah Public Relations: Jason Curriculum Committee Heads: Austin & Royce Outreach Committee Head: Redoan…
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The Physics Department has approved new interdisciplinary sciences. Specifically, an Astrophysics Major and a Biophysics Track. Here’s a StudLife Article on the new major and track!

The physics department approved biophysics as a new track in the department. Special thanks to Austin Stover and Royce Dong for leading the march to get this approved and to Professor Carlsson for his guidance in implementing the track. We look forward…
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The physics department approved astrophysics as a new major in the department. Special thanks to Austin Stover for leading the march to get this approved and we look forward to all the students that decide to major in astrophysics!

The physics department has now successfully recruited two new faculty from the nuclear theory search, both of whom happen to be female. We are looking forward to welcoming Saori Pastore and Maria Piarulli to our department!

Congratulations to our SPS officers for the 2018-19 school year! President: Tyler Satchel Orden Vice President: Julia Cohen Treasurer: Ryan Wahidi Secretary: Jason Tang Historian: Viktoria Ohstrom Public Relations: Jeremy Smith and Riley Martell Webmaster: Redoan A. Salam New majors…
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Fermilab postdoctoral fellow Maria Piarulli will be joining our department in Fall 2018. The rest of the tenure-track faculty are all male, so this marks a huge step forward for the department. Congratulations! Here’s a Studlife article published today about the…
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Thanks to SPS Public Relations officer Jason Tang on leading the way to start a Peer-Led Team Learning program for introductory physics! (He did this independently of SPS – we’re not trying to take credit) This is so awesome! Thanks…
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Student Union Senator Brian Adler teamed up with SPS to pass a resolution through Student Union Senate on the preservation of departmental libraries, including physics. The text can be found at the following link: http://bit.ly/libraryResolution