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IAP 2010 Activities by Sponsor

Society of Physics Students

SPS Symposium Information Session
Todd Mooring
Tue Jan 12, Fri Jan 22, 04-05:00pm, 8-329 (PCR)

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Prereq: None

Thinking of participating in the Society of Physics Students' research symposium to be held in February? Get your questions answered at this informal drop-in event. SPS leaders and previous symposium participants will be on hand to discuss your project ideas, look at poster drafts, and whatever else you need to get ready for the symposium.

See also: SPS Symposium: How to Make a Poster
Contact: Todd Mooring, tmooring@mit.edu

SPS Symposium: How to Make a Poster
Todd Mooring
Thu Jan 28, 04-05:00pm, 8-329 (PCR)

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: None

Learn about how to make posters of your research and present them in a poster session at this presentation by physics graduate students. Graduate students will display some of their own posters, give tips on poster design, and explain what to do (and not do) at a poster session. This event is aimed at potential participants in the Society of Physics Students' research symposium to be held in February, but everyone is welcome.

See also: SPS Symposium Information Session
Contact: Todd Mooring, tmooring@mit.edu

The First Annual SPS Marathon of Fiction Science
Javier Duarte, David Ramirez
Thu Jan 14, 07pm-04:00am, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Come join SPS for TERRIBLE PHYSICS MOVIES. Let Hollywood teach you how the world really works, from sound propagating through a vacuum, trapping antimatter and carrying it around, and of course time travel!

Tentative movie list: Star Wars, Star Trek, Angles and Demons, The Matrix, and more!
Contact: Javier Duarte, woodson@mit.edu


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Last update: 19 August 2010