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FEB 01, 2021
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Stony Brook SPS donated over a hundred physics, math, and chemistry textbooks to Better World Books, an online bookseller that donates a book to someone in need for every book sold.

Stony Brook SPS donated over a hundred physics, math, and chemistry textbooks to Better World Books, an online bookseller that donates a book to someone in need for every book sold.

An SPS member at Texas A&M University–Commerce (right) helps Girl Scouts light up a miniature light bulb during an event with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.

An SPS member at Texas A&M University–Commerce (right) helps Girl Scouts light up a miniature light bulb during an event with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.

A liquid-nitrogen-filled pumpkin falls 12 stories in celebration of the hundred-year anniversary of physics and astronomy at Washington State University. Photo by Kai Eiselein of Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

A liquid-nitrogen-filled pumpkin falls 12 stories in celebration of the hundred-year anniversary of physics and astronomy at Washington State University. Photo by Kai Eiselein of Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

Missouri Southern State University's SPS chapter partnered with other science clubs on campus to host a fun and colorful science show for the  4–5-year-olds attending Lion Cub Academy.

Missouri Southern State University’s SPS chapter partnered with other science clubs on campus to host a fun and colorful science show for the 4–5-year-olds attending Lion Cub Academy.

 Make-a-Difference Day is a one-day community service event that supports over 100 service projects throughout the community of Meadville, PA. Last year the Allegheny College SPS chapter participated as a team called the Phix-it Physicists!

Make-a-Difference Day is a one-day community service event that supports over 100 service projects throughout the community of Meadville, PA. Last year the Allegheny College SPS chapter participated as a team called the Phix-it Physicists!

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Volume 54, Number 3

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