Dear Physics Community,

A tough week, but we are moving forward.

Here’s the word: we have been asked to submit our scheduled classes by July 7 and I have heard students will have until July 13 to pre-register.  This to me implies that we will know who is coming back for Fall by July 7, possibly earlier.

The Department has been working with SPS and PGSC to develop plans for combating racism and improving the climate.  Look for a new website in the next week.  In the meantime, Dan Kleppner suggests supporting black physicists by joining NSBP.  The ICEO is also hosting a reading group about Fredrick Douglass here.

Advisories

• Note from Maria Zuber about RAS hours over July 4
• Thesis submission guidelines for September 2020 degrees
• Immigration update
• Graduate return for graduate students here
• Note on remote appointments

Physics Department

• Community lunch talk, Thursday, 12-1:30 pm
• Graduate and undergraduate office hours, Wednesday, 4-5 pm
• New teaching tools: Canvas and Light Board here
• Science of COVID-19 from Pemo Hosoi here
• We call have dead AA and AAA batteries around, but it is hard to tell the good ones from the bad ones.  Here is a test to see which is which without a DVM.
• Never thought I’d see it category –  top quark production in heavy-ion collisions.
• The next collider – CERN puts a stake in the ground.

Have a good weekend.

Peter