Thanks to everyone who spoke at and attended our first ever Harvard-MIT SPS Research Conference last weekend! Attached is the program with the abstracts of all of the speakers. Great job, everyone!
26Apr
Here is our annually released SPS booklet for this year!
Have a great reading period!
SPS
03Apr
Hey, SPS!
It’s time for another movie night! At 8:30 tonight in Jefferson 250 we’ll be showing The Avengers! Relive one of the most fun superhero movies of the past several years (if you haven’t seen this already, you’ve made a terrible mistake), and get psyched for the sequel, Age of Ultron, on May 2. (We may even have an SPS outing for that, so stay tuned…) As usual, there will be a plethora of snacks.
Hope to see you there!
-SPSExec
03Mar
This Friday at 8:30 in Jefferson 250, we’ll be having another movie night! We’ll be showingThe Theory of Everything, which tells the story of Stephen and Jane Hawking: how they met at Cambridge, fell in love, and dealt with Stephen’s diagnosis during his revolutionary work on black holes. It’s been critically acclaimed as one of the best dramas of 2014, and should be a great time for all. Join us on Friday! There will be snacks.
Hope to see you there!
20Feb
Join us tomorrow at 8:00 PM in Jefferson 250 for the physics department’s annual puppet show. Hope to see you there!
09Feb
Co-presidents: Eric Metodiev and Mark Arildsen
Event Coordinator: Patrick Komiske
Secretary: Roman Berens
Webmaster: Eric Anschuetz
Congrats to all!
And keep an eye out for events from the new board 
- SPS Exec
17Dec
- We host informal lunches with the weekly colloquia speakers (Mondays, noon, Jefferson 251).
- We have a mailing list which advertises lots of other goodies. The address for the official mailing list is
sps-list@hcs. You can subscribe to the list and view its archives online. We also have a more informal, discussion-based mailing list,sps-open@hcs. You can subscribe to sps-open here. We recommend subscribing to both to receive information about all upcoming events and other announcements. - You can also keep abreast of upcoming events and keep in touch through our Facebook Page
- 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).
We also…
- … have liquid nitrogen parties! (We call them ….Partycles…)
- … have movie nights! Often with pizza, and always fun!
- … hold afternoon teas for the undergraduate women!
- … 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.
- … help students find out about Research Opportunities.
- … challenge other groups to vicious games of ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, 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.
- … have movie nights! Often with pizza, and always fun!
Voting has closed! The winning T-Shirt will be announced shortly.
10Feb
Exciting times are coming for SPS. Tuesday, February 19th at 8PM, we will be holding our annual elections! There will be good food and good times. If you are interested in becoming a member of the executive board, please submit a brief paragraph declaring your interest, qualifications, and plans for next year to me (jbehrman@college) by Saturday, Feb. 16, at 11:59pm.
We will then email these statements out to the club so they can read them before the meeting. (Note we have combined the Treasurer position with the Event Coordinator position. If it interests you, be sure to apply!)
All members of SPS are eligible to apply for SPS board, whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, or junior!
Co-Presidents (2): Act as liaisons to the department, set agenda, oversee event planning.
Secretary: Take funny minutes at meetings, draft publicity emails, and keep everything in some semblance of organization
Event Coordinator: Point person for the planning and funding of events. Figures out what needs to get done with the rest of the board, then assigns tasks and organizes, following up to make sure everything gets done in time. Communicates with other clubs (like STAHR, MIT SPS, and the Engineering Society) to help planning process.
