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UMass-Amherst has had a profound effect on the development and education of many generations of polymer scientists. Check out our new Special Issue highlighting the work of faculty and alumni as they enter a New Era of Polymer Research! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26424169/2…

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Saved 25 boxes of perfectly good scholastic books from a terrible fate (dumpster) and going back tomorrow for another 30+ boxes! If you’re a teacher or child adjacent person in the Pittsburgh area and need FREE childrens books, hit me up!!!

❗️Friends, this is important. I ask for shares and spreading information, especially by my followers from Canada. This can set a precedent. The Russians at War film by Russian director Anastasia Trofimova will be shown in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival. The

Dear friends who write NSF GRFP rec letters, this year rec letters are due BEFORE the applications, so about 10 days earlier than normal on Oct. 11. Please don't let NSF's deadline change on rec letters screw over the applicants in your lives.

We will hold a symposium titled Polymer Fracture at the coming Pacifichem 2025. The plan is to have 16 invited talks and as many as 32 contributed talks on the topic or research related to the subject. pacifichem.org/technical-prog… #pacifichem2025 Pacifichem

The Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.

With Saad Bhamla, Daehyun Choi, We are organizing a APS DSOFT APS Division of Biological Physics @ApsGsnp focus session, “Elastic Instability in Soft Systems” from elastic instability in living and non-living systems to bio-inspired design. Deadline is Oct 25. Please spread this and join us in California

Squishy Science Sunday is back! At the APS Global Physics Summit 2025, DSOFT and other units (APS Division of Biological Physics APS DPOLY, @ApsGsnp, DCOMP, FEd, and FOEP) host a public outreach event with cool science demos and activities for all ages! American Physical Society #soft #squishy engage.aps.org/dsoft/news-eve…

Submit abstracts by Oct 25! Chao Chen (3M), Hyunki Kim (3M), and I are organizing a focus session on “Mechanics and Polymer Physics of Soft Adhesives (APS DPOLY, APS DSOFT)”, at the 2025 APS March Meeting. Invited speaker features Hyunwoo Yuk SanaHeal, Inc.. aps.org/events/2025/jo…

The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program offers college & graduate students a 10-week, paid summer opportunity to engage in real-world Naval research. 🚀 Launch your #NavalSTEM career with #NREIP! Apply by Nov 1 @ navalsteminterns.us/nreip

Ousmane Kodio and I are looking forward to a great "Morphing Matter" @ApsDSoft focus session at this year’s American Physical Society meeting. Please consider submitting an abstract by the Oct 25 deadline. We have exciting invited speakers—José Bico and Lucia Stein-Montalvo !!

With Trevor, we are organizing a focus session on "Crafted matter" (APS DSOFT) for American Physical Society March Meeting/Global Physics Summit 2025 -- consider submitting an abstract by October 25!

Ishant Tiwari, Saad Bhamla, I are organizing a focus session on "Topological Complexities in Slender Matter and its Applications" (APS DSOFT, American Physical Society). We have exciting invited speakers Shucong Li and Stefan Karpitschka. Submit your abstracts by October 25.

Congratulations to Prof. Lillian Hsiao (Lilian Hsiao), 2025 recipient of the Early Career Award for Soft Matter Research!

#DailyMechanician Shelby Hutchens explores fracture in soft solids & physico-chemo-mechanics of solid-fluid composites, often with elegant experiments. A '16 paper studied mechanisms leading to pressure drop in cavitation rheology, as well as means to quantify fracture toughness.

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New #harrislab open-source hardware released! Introducing FIEVel: A Fast InExpensive Velocimeter based on an optical mouse sensor. The device can nonintrusively measure pointwise x-y velocities at rates up to 6.4 kHz, all for around $100. arXiv.org: arxiv.org/abs/2410.23176