Student Perspectives on Meetings

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) offers travel support at a level of $200 for SPS Chapters or individual students reporting on a national physics meeting for SPS, and similar levels of support for individuals presenting research at SPS-sponsored sessions at national physics meetings. Learn more about: SPS Reporter Awards | SPS Travel Awards

Featured Articles

APS April Meeting 2013 April 13-16, 2013

A Young Scientist's Experience at APS 2013 William John-Pierre Duhe, Loyola University

APS March Meeting 2013 March 18-22, 2013

A Few Days in Physics-land Vasilii Bushunow, Duquesne University

Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) January 18-20, 2013

Austin, TX

Highlights from SCUWiP 2013 Rikki Garner, the University of Texas Austin

Golden, CO

Diversity in 21st Century Physics Research Nicole Johnson, Colorado School of Mines

Orlando, FL

The 2013 Southeastern Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Lily Udumukwu, University of Miami

Pasadena, CA

Encouraging Women in Physics Angelica Gheen, Portland State University

The Caltech 2013 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Azucena Yzquierdo, Hartnell College

Urbana, IL

Women in Physics, Women in Power Elizabeth Tennyson, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

221st American Astronomical Society Meeting January 6-10, Long Beach, CA

How to Attend a Conference as an Outsider Jill Pestana, California State University, Long Beach

Presenting Undergraduate Research at the AAS Meeting Rachel Salmon & Chris Culver, University of Scranton

AAS through the Eyes of a Student and Volunteer Joe Zalesky, University of California, Berkeley

2013 AAPT Winter Meeting January 5-9, New Orleans, LA

AAPT: Not Just for Teachers Amelia Plunk, Northwestern University

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting December 3-10, 2012, San Francisco, CA

The Culmination of a Year's Worth of Research Jeff Lapierre, New Mexico Tech

The AGU Meeting: Thoughts from the Second Time Around Jason Shuster, University of New Hampshire

WOW, What a Week! Lois Smith, University of Colorado at Bolder

17th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun June 24-29, 2012, Barcelona, Spain

Cool Stars in the Summertime Stephanie Douglas, Franklin & Marshall College

Zone Meeting Reports

Fall 2012 Meetings

Zone 13: Texas Tech University, Oct. 25-27

Zone 5: High Point University, Nov. 16-17

Spring 2013 Meetings

Zone 11: Minnesota State University Moorhead, Mar. 1-2

Zone 7: Eastern Michigan University, Mar. 15-16

Zone 17: Washington State University, Apr. 5-6

Zone 12: Uninversity Missouri, Kansas City, Apr. 5-6

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