First Meeting 2011

The Society of Physics Students will be having its first meeting of the semester this Friday at 4:00 PM in Malott 3005. We are going to start the semester off by playing a cool physics card game called Quarked Rummy, a card game about particle physics. It's going to be a lot of fun!

We will be continuing our usual social period for students and faculty alike, from 4:00 until roughly 4:15 at the beginnings of SPS meetings. As usual, snacks and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you there.

Jeff Brown

SPS Graduate President

Carnival of Chemistry

This Friday at 4 SPS will be meeting to set up the demos for the Carnival of Chemistry in Malott 2074.

This Sunday November 21, the physics students will be hosting a Physics Wonder Room at the chemistry department's Carnival of Chemistry. We will need volunteers to help display and operate the various demos that we have. The fair runs from 1-4 pm on Sunday. If you want to volunteer contact SPS on Friday when we meet to setup the demos.

And as always food and drink will be provided.

November 12, 2010

Message From Greg Rudnick:

On Friday Nov. 12th we will be having a special meeting with the topic "How to be successful in graduate school". In this meeting we will have a discussion about what you need to do in graduate school that isn't part of the formal curriculum, but is crucial to being a successful scientist.

Attendance by *all* graduate students is strongly suggested. Interested undergraduates are also welcome to attend.

The meeting will be at 4pm in 3005 Malott in place of the normal SPS meeting.

Food and drinks will be provided.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Greg


We will also be discussing the upcoming physics portion of the Chemistry Fair, so make sure to come so we can plan out demos and other acticities.

September 17

This Friday, September 17, he have a great meeting for all of you. We will start the meeting at 4:00 with a student/faculty social hour. We will also be having a talk by Prof. Ralston. We will also have the official SPS mugs for sale this Friday for $8.00 each. So have some fun and come support the SPS.

Sep. 3: Elections

Hello everyone,

We will be having our next SPS meeting tomorrow (Friday) at 4:00 PM in
Malott 3005 (as usual). We will be electing student representatives to
both the graduate and undergraduate councils for the department, as well
as the departmental assembly. There will also be time after elections
for students and professors to meet and socialize, and we will be having
free pizza again.

So if you'd like to help represent physics and astronomy students to the
department, meet your professors and fellow students, or just eat some
free food, feel free to join us. Any graduate or undergraduate students
with an interest in physics or astronomy are welcome!

Thank you,
Jeff Brown
SPS Graduate President

First Meeting of a New School Year

I welcome everyone to join us at the first meeting of KU SPS this semseter. We will have pizza and ice cream, but regular ice cream isn't good enough cause we're physicists. So we will be making Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream! (And we might just have some fun with any left over liquid N2).

We hope to have lots of guest speakers, fun activities, and maybe even plan a trip of some kind this semester. To do this, we need you to come to the first meeting so that we can get your input on what you would like to see this coming semester.

Remember the meeting is:
Friday, August 27 at 4:00 pm in Malott 3005

~Eric Colangelo

Friday, April 30, 2010

Event: SPS Meeting Today
Details: We will have election of officers, Sigma Pi Sigma and maybe Physics Pictionary

Date: Today, Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: 3005 Malott Hall

SPS Today: Games and trip plans

From: Reynolds, Sarah J


Join us at SPS today (4 pm in 3005 Malott) for a relaxing break -- we'll
be eating some snacks, playing some games, talking about physics (as
usual), and discussing plans for next week's trip to the Kansas
Cosmosphere & Space Center.

If you're interested in going to the Cosmosphere next weekend, remember
to e-mail Sarah (sreynold (at) ku.edu) and let her know.

All are welcome!

Event Planning

SPS this week is a big meeting!

We have been invited by some teachers in the Lawrence area to come and help get kids interested in Science!

This Friday at 4:00 (room 3005 Malott) we will be planning these events!

We have events coming up at:Central Junior High -- Date TBD
Demonstrations to help explain material covered in Science classes!

Schwegler Elementary -- Feb 24th (evening) Demonstrations to help kick-off school science fair projects. Spend time talking with students and help them develop an idea for their own project!

2010 Douglas County Science and Engineering Fair -- Feb. 3rd & 4th
Judge entries!

Please come and help us put together some great activities!

If you cannot make the meeting and would still like to help out, please send me an email at cmart@ku.edu so that we can keep you in the loop!

Thanks,
~Chris M

First Meeting of 2010

SPS will resume meetings this Friday January 22
4 p.m. in 3005 Malott

This Week we will be having Dr. Zhao to introduce a newly opened undergraduate research position.

REU (Research Experience for Undergrads) application deadlines are aproaching fast. We will be proving some information on the application process. REUs provide an excellent opportunity to get into resaerch.

Hope to see everyone there,
--Eric C.

Physics Wonder Room

SPS this week is a big day! Meet outside Malott 2074 at 4:00 this Friday!

We will be setting up our Physics Wonder Room for the Chemistry Fair!
If you volunteered to run a demo please bring your materials with you. We will make sure we have everything we need and train everyone on their demos. If you want to help run a demo please come so that we can find a place for you to help!

For the Fair on Sunday, please show up at 11:30-12 so that we can do our final setup for the start of the Fair at 1:00.

Things will be running from 1-4 on Sunday, so even if you cannot help please stop by and see the displays from our SPS group and the Chemistry department!

If you have any questions please email me at cmart@ku.edu!

Thanks,
~Chris M

SPS 10/23: Best of YouTube Physics

Hi there physics fans!

Guess we haven't updated this much recently, but here's the current news:

Bring the links or lookup info for the most awesome physics and science related YouTube videos you know to this week's SPS meeting (Friday @ 4 p.m. in 3005 Malott). We'll view videos on the big screen and have a "swap" of our favorites!

Food will be provided -- all students, staff, and faculty are welcome, so feel free to bring a friend!

8/28 First meeting

Hello all. This year's frist meeting will be held this Friday August, 28th at 4 PM in 3005 Malott. Join us for free food, drink and a physics themed game of Pictionary. Open to all students, Physics majors or not.

--Eric

KU SPS photos online

Hello again!

We've got photos uploaded of some of our trips and activities this past year.  Check them out at our picasa photo album site -- see link on right.  If you have other photos of SPS events that you'd like us to post, just let me know.  

--Sarah 

New SPS Website

Welcome physics enthusiasts!

Alright, so we're going to make an attempt at having an actual working website where people can check out what's happening at SPS.  So we'll be posting recent and upcoming events on here, and will have links to photos, an SPS calendar, and whatever other mischief we can come up with. 

Enjoy!  

- Sarah