Welcome!

The Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a student run organization at Harvard College dedicated to serving the undergraduate physics community at Harvard.

What We Do

  • We have weekly meetings on Thursdays at 5:00 PM in the Leverett Private Dining Room. You can read the meeting minutes online.
  • We host informal lunches with the weekly colloquia speakers (Mondays, noon, Lyman 425).
  • We organize Evenings with Professors where we take a cool prof. out to a bar for drinks, snacks, and discussion.
  • We have a mailing list which advertizes lots of other goodies. The address is sps-list@hcs. You can subscribe to the list and view its archives online.
  • We organize occasional Cool Physics talks given by undergraduates. If you're interested in giving a talk, please email your favorite SPS officer (listed on the right).

Having fun with liquid nitrogen

We also...

  • ... have liquid nitrogen parties!
  • ... send a delegation to the Ig Nobel prizes every year.
  • ... publish the SPS Guide to Physics at Harvard.
  • ... have a Buddy System to help out underclassmen.
  • ... give advice on the recruiting process.
  • ... help students find out about Research Opportunities.
  • ... challenge other groups to vicious games of ultimate frisbee, softball, or poker. We crush all who stand in our path.
  • ... offer tutorials on such subjects as LaTeX and graduate school admissions.
  • ... serve as a general liaison between undergraduates and the Department.