American Institute of Physics

Week 6: Playing Games at Work?

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Brean Prefontaine

I know that I mentioned this last week, but I cannot believe that I only have one more month in DC. This internship has really gone by so quickly and I will soon be leaving DC (although I will be happy to leave the humidity behind because it is the absolute worst thing about DC).

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SPS Nation

The History and Role of the SPS National Council

Week 8: Trying New Things

Friday, July 17, 2015

Hannah Pell

Another busy week with little time in the office.

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Connor Day

Week 7: Happy 'Merica Day

Friday, July 10, 2015

Connor Day

Before I even arrived to Washington, I was excited about celebrating the 4th of July here. I spent the holiday morning visiting with a good friend and former coworker from Atlanta who was up for the weekend. We enjoyed brunch at Eatonville on 14th Street and a bit of shopping. Afterwards, I headed out to RedRocks on H Street with a couple of the interns and our friends to spend the evening. The entire day was cloudy and rainy, but we were still able to see fireworks from all over town from the rooftop of the bar. On our way home, we managed to run into some people setting some off in the middle of the street. 'Merica.

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Week 5: Space and Politics!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Brean Prefontaine

As I sit down to write this post, I realize that the summer is halfway over. This is very sad but if I do as much during the last half of the summer as I have the first half, then I am sure that I will be pretty busy.

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Shopping for Grad School

Find the Best Opportunities for Graduate School in Physics or a Related Field 

Hannah Pell

Week 7: NASA, Capitol Hill, NIST… and 21!

Friday, July 10, 2015

Hannah Pell

This week was quite hectic; I barely had any time in the office. Tuesday was quite an exciting day because we toured the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center… and I turned 21! We started off the tour visiting Max’s lab and meeting his mentor. Their project is really interesting. We saw the machinery they use in the detector lab and some samples of detectors they had already engineered. After that, we had another visit with Dr. John Mather who came to talk about what he has been working on lately and was exceptionally curious about what we’re all up to as well.

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A Tribute: L. Worth Seagondollar

Friend and Supporter Was Vital to the Formation of SPS

Connor Day

Week 6: Cheesesteaks and Archives

Friday, July 3, 2015

Connor Day

The weeks keep going by faster and faster, but we are having a lot of fun and staying busy! On Saturday morning, I drove myself, Brean, Aman, and Max up to Philadelphia to spend the day. We met up with Brean’s boyfriend Hendrik at their school, Drexel University, and they showed the rest of us around Philly.

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Week 6: ...Is A Real Girl

Monday, July 6, 2015

Hannah Pell

As things quickly start picking up for us, I can feel the mid-summer lull start to lift. This past week was super busy with a lot of fun and venturing out.

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