Dear Physics Community,

I hope everyone has had a good Spring Break.  As many may recall, MIT decided to start a week later last year and skip Spring Break, and this was awful.

In the Fall, I asked the Physics Values Committee to produce a short report about how good graduate advising in the Physics Department would look.  The PVC has done a tremendous about of work — much more than expected — and is now finishing their report.  I appreciate their hard work and the leadership of Karna, Rosaleah, and Yen-Jie.  We plan to circulate their report soon and make some provisional plans for implementing their recommendations next Fall.

The war in Ukraine grinds on, no less awful than it was in its first month.  You can help at the link below.  I hope they reach some diplomatic settlement that at least stops the carnage for a while.

Peter

Above the Fold

• MIT Ukrainian students fundraising campaign here

Announcements

• ORISE paid internships and fellowships here
• MCSC Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program here
• STEM paper competition for your students: up to $10K in prizes here
• Virtual summer schools in Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics here

Physics

• Spectroscopy of tri-layer graphene from Long Ju’s group here
• Photons think inside the box from Martin Zwierlein and Richard Fletcher’s article here,