SPS Chapters on Professional Development

FEB 01, 2023

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Kayla Diaz, an SPS member at the University of Tampa, presents her research at a school symposium.

The University of San Diego delegation poses for a photo at the 2022 APS April Meeting.

SPS members at the University of Southern Mississippi take a break from welcoming people to the 2022 Rayborn Lecture hosted by their department, featuring exoplanet pioneer Sara Seager.

Ball State University inducts a new class of Sigma Pi Sigma members.

All photos courtesy of the corresponding chapter’s 2021–22 chapter report.

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