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American Red Cross Blood Drive - $5.00 SUBWAY giftcard for those who come to give
The final Blood Drive of the academic year is next Friday, May 25 in the Atrium of the PRB. Sign up to give the gift of life by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org sponsor…

Jason Ho to be recognized at International Conference on Frontiers of Cold Atoms and Related Topics
Professor Jason Ho will be honored at a banquet at the Serenade Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong tonight (May 15, 2012) on the occasion of his 60th birthday as part of the International…

John Beacom elected to office in the American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics
John Beacom, Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), has been elected to a four-year term in the Chair…

50th Smith Lecture - May 10, 2012 - featuring 2011 Nobel Laureate - Adam G. Riess
The 50th Alpheus Smith Lecture will be presented by Adam G. Riess on May 10, 2012 - "Supernovae Reveal an Accelerating Universe." This lecture is open the General Public - all are welcome!…

Physics exceeds goal on most recent BLOOD DRIVE
We were recently notified that we collected 126.7% of our goal during the March 14, 2012 Blood Drive held in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building. The Americian Red Cross has asked us…

Brutus demonstrates good lab practice
Brutus Buckeye demonstrates good lab practice by wearing safety goggles made by Pete Gosser in the Physics Machine Shop.
Go BUCKS!

NMS Undergraduate Research Forum
The Natural and Mathematical Sciences 2012 Undergraduate Research Forum will be held in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building on April 20, 2102. This forum is for undergraduate…

Graduate Students, Sara Rajaram and Justin Young receive NSF Graduate Fellowship Honors
In addition to the senior undergraduates who were awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships, two current OSU graduate students were also honored by the NSF. Sara Rajaram received an NSF Graduate…

Department of Physics hosted theSpring Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society last weekend (April 13-14)
The Ohio Section of the American Physical Society met at Ohio State on April 13 and 14, 2012. The theme of the meeting was Biophysics. Plenary speakers included: Yann Chemla…