You are undoubtedly receiving lots of catalogs this holiday season, but one that you might have overlooked in the tsunami of sales catalogs should warrant a second look.  In the past few days most of us in Physics should have received a copy of the newest issue of ASCent, the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences semi-annual publication.  There are lots of stories about what is happening in our college from the cover story about Jon Waters and the Marching Band to faculty achievements, and student and alumni news.  What could be considered astonishing to some is that there are multiple stories both brief and comprehensive about the Dept. of Physics.  If your copy has already hit the recycle bin, take a moment to click here to take a look - (click on Read Online Publication)

Page 6 - Article about the Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize of the Center for Cosmology and Astro-particle Physics
Page 17 - Science Sundays
Page 20-23 - Hunting the Higgs
Page 31 - Honors - Christopher Hirata - 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
                 Research Findings - Lou DiMauro
Back cover - But for Ohio State - featuring SCARLET Laser Lab