May 2021

Remembering Joe Serene: It is with sadness that we share the news of the death of Joseph W. Serene. Please read more about Joe Serene here. 

Professor Peter Olmsted elected a Fellow of the Society of Rheology: Professor Peter Olmsted has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Rheology. Fellows are selected based on distinguished scientific achievement, significant technological accomplishment, and/or outstanding scholarship in the field of Rheology. More Info...

Atomic layer of hydrogen adds a new twist to nanomagnets: In this work just published in PRX, Dr. Gong Chen, Prof. Kai Liu and their team report a fundamentally new way to induce the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), a handle to introduce topology into real-space magnetic configurations. More Info...

Important Dates 
 

May 10 - 11:  Study Days 

May 11, 3PM ET:  SPS hosts a final game day/hang out on our very own virtual Reiss 5 (You can join Here!)

May 11:  Last day to withdraw from courses. Last day to request Pass/Fail. 

May 12 - May 19:  Final Exams

May 20, 3-4PM ET:  In-person social gathering for graduating students, faculty and staff (Observatory Grounds, RSVP required)

May 21, 1-2PM ET:  Physics department virtual graduation celebration. All are invited to attend.

May 24, 10am:  Undergraduate Commencement at Nationals Park 

May 24, 5pm:  Graduate Commencement at Nationals Park