The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S13-17  2013-May-13
                                                          
             Editor: Saurabh Jha        Publisher: Nancy DeHaan
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CONGRATULATIONS:

The following awards were announced at the Departmental Awards Banquet
on April 23, 2013:

Richard J. Plano PhD Dissertation Prize: Adina Luican-Mayer
David C. Langreth Award: Meng Ye
Richard T. Weidner Physics Prize: Brian Coopersmith, Adrian Howansky,
                                  Kelvin Mei
Paul L. Leath Award: Joseph Reichert
Mohan S. Kalelkar Award: Christina Krawiec, Margaret Zientek
Mary Wheeler Wigner Memorial Scholarship: Julia Gonski, David Kolchmeyer
Robert L. Sells Scholarship: Lavi Blumberg, Peter Chi, Vetri Velan
Herman Y. Carr Scholarship: Aravind Devarakonda, Taylor Smith,
                            Asher Wasserman
Noemie B. Koller Scholarship: Rebecca Cebulka, Alexandra DeMaio,
                              Katherine Sytwu
Richard J. Plano Summer Research Internships: Hannah Bish, Chris Farina,
                                              David Osterman
Summer Research Internship Award in Experimental High Energy Physics:
David Osterman
SPS Outstanding Teacher Award: Prof. Sevil Salur 


SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA:

LSM Thur May 16 Kevan Esfarjani, Rutgers University
12:00 Chem 260   "Modeling of Heat Transport From First-Principles"

BPS Fri May 17 Jeffrey Chuang, Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
12:30 Hill 260  "Integrating Chemical Footprinting Data into RNA
                 Secondary Structure Prediction"



   The newsletter will resume September 3.  Have a great summer.


For the calendar of upcoming colloquia and seminars in the department, visit
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu

      MPS=Mathematical Physics Seminar   LSM=Lab for Surface Modification
      NPS=Nuclear Physics Seminar        HEX=High Energy Experimental
      AST=Astrophysics Seminar           SSS=Surface Science Seminar
      INS=Instructional Seminar          CMS=Condensed Matter Seminar
      SIP=Seminar in Physics             SPS=Society of Physics Students
      HET=High Energy Theory             COL=Colloquium
      MSS=Materials Science Seminar      HON=Honors Seminar
      BPS=Biological Physics Seminar     SSPAR=Student Seminars in Physics
      DELTA P=Developing Educators         and Astronomy at Rutgers
        and Leaders Among TAs in Physics
      RAS=Rutgers Astronomical Society
      BioMaPS=Biology at the Interface 
        with the Mathematical and 
        Physical Sciences