Our 10th annual Pumpkin Drop was a spooky success! This year’s event actually landed on Halloween, so we saw a lot of cool and amazing costumes. This year’s fillings included fake blood, green oobleck, and colorful powder. We finished with a pumpkin piñata provided by Professor Fenton where many rummaged …
Using liquid nitrogen provided by Dr. Mourigal, SPS continues our Ice Cream Social tradition in the Howey Courtyard for the School of Physics. Faculty and students had the choice of vanilla or almond milk, and toppings like strawberries, pineapple, chocolate chip, and syrup. Thanks to everyone who came to enjoy …
This year, SPS’s formal revolved around video games we all love: Minecraft, Stardew Valley, and more. Our Formal Committee Chairs aimed for a cozy night of fun and celebrations, and our DJ made sure to amplify the vibes as our photographer captured moments in time.
After last year’s great success, SPS held another Physics Field Day event where this year we hosted over 100 high school students from across Georgia! Particapates were challenged with a series of physics activites to compete for a $500 prize pool. Afterwards, they were given some interesting research presetations and …
SPS continues its yearly tradition and held a Physics Pheud Meeting where one of our officers hosts a physics themed Family Feud show as Steve Harvey! This year, our treauser Carson Hill took up the role and it was an absolute blast. One of the most fun and memorable SPS …
The Spring Trip was a dazzling success! Just take it from our Secretary: “During spring break earlier in the semester, 15 students embarked on a trip to Stephen C. Foster state park located in southern Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, organized by the Society of Physics Students. The park is an internationally …
Thanks to the Cookout Committee and School of Physics staff, we had an awesome end-of-year celebration, complete with a distinguished guest speaker, faculty superlatives, and delicious barbecue. We are going to miss all the graduated seniors greatly, and we wish them the best of luck in this next leg of …
Did you hear that? Yup, it’s time for the annual SPS Pi Day celebration, Pi a Physicist! Our lineup this year were SPS volunteers and officers (voluntold), and our victims eager physicists patiently staked out a post outside Howey, waiting for their inevitable creamy (and one eggy…) fates. Friends, physics …
Prepare for the most ambitious (and unplanned) SPS crossover yet: Excellent Adventures and Physics Field Day (PFD)! Excellent Adventures kicked off the evening with a productive study session in our pajamas, complete with pizza and energy drinks. After members finished their work for the night, they headed over to Rocky’s …
