Thanks to all of the presenters, organizers, volunteers, and attendees who made this year's summer undergraduate research poster session a success!

First prize in the NSF REU division goes to Ian Rhudy (U of Michigan) and Nathan Dressler (Virginia Tech), mentored by Prof. Bruce Vogelaar.

First prize in the VT Undergraduate division goes to: Mariano Guerrero Perez, mentored by Prof. Seva Ivanov.

⁦VTPhysics⁩ Graduate Student Physics Society Back to School Potluck on a nice early fall afternoon. thanks to Kenny Distefano for organizing!

⁦VTPhysics⁩ students Kennedy Ford and Gabriella Callicotte presenting in the packed CEU (Conference Experiences for Undergraduates) poster session at the ⁦American Physical Society⁩ Division of Nuclear Physics meeting in Boston. ⁦Virginia Tech Science⁩

Congratulations to my ⁦VTPhysics⁩ colleague Alma Robinson who received the ⁦Virginia Tech Science⁩ Inclusion and Diversity Award at today’s annual VT College of Science Awards luncheon! Well deserved recognition for a lot of impactful work!

Congratulations to these ⁦VTPhysics⁩ graduate students for their great 90 second talks at today’s ⁦VT Center for Communicating Science⁩ Nutshell Games - Gyang Chung, Krishnanand Karthikeyan, and Andrew Gunsch! And congrats to many other ⁦Virginia Tech Science⁩ students who presented.

It was a pleasure to see a good crowd of VTPhysics department members this past Thursday at our annual Holiday Luncheon at the Inn at VT. Happy Holidays to all students, faculty, and staff in our department!

Busy folks last week made good use of the snow to make a friendly greeter outside the VTPhysics home Robeson Hall.

Virginia Tech Giving Day starts Wednesday at noon! Help us meet the challenge of Alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) who will generously donate $5000 to our Physics Annual Fund if 88 donors donate to the VTPhysics Annual Fund on Giving Day! #VTGivingDay

Virginia Tech Giving Day starts tomorrow! Help us meet the challenge of alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) who will generously donate $5000 to our Annual Fund if 88 donors donate to the Physics Annual Fund on Giving Day! #VTGivingDay givingday.vt.edu

VT Giving Day has begun! Any contribution $5 or greater is welcome; this event is about participation. Help us reach 88 donors, and alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) will contribute $5000 to VTPhysics #VTGivingDay Go to givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/940… to join in the fun!

The Department of Physics will host the 23rd International Conference on Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics, and Nanostructures (EDISON 23) conference this summer! For more details, visit: indico.phys.vt.edu/e/edison23 Virginia Tech Science