SPS Chapter on Building Community

FEB 01, 2024

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Clemson University SPS members and friends de-stress by playing with puppies during an SPS event.

“Physics families” in the College of William & Mary’s SPS chapter show off their physics-themed pumpkins during a Halloween competition. The losers must freeze their pumpkin with liquid nitrogen and drop it from the physics department balcony.

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Incoming and outgoing SPS officers at the University of Louisville recreate an SPS officer photo they found taken more than 20 years ago.

All photos courtesy of the SPS chapter’s 2022–23 annual report.

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