Spring 2024

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The magazine of the Society of Physics Students

Spring 2024

About the cover

Attendees check out a partial solar eclipse (using safe solar viewers) during an event the University
of Vermont SPS chapter helped put on in October 2023.

SPS_Observer_Spring_2024-web.pdf

Feature

Combating Burnout in Physics and Astronomy

A Decade of Creating Science History Teaching Guides

A Night at Green Bank Observatory

Revealed by Radio: The Universe Has a Gravitational Wave Background

Special Feature

Impacted by Outreach

Annie Jump Cannon’s Stellar Achievements

Letter

Astronomy and Physics: A Unified Journey

Pathways

How to Thrive in a Summer Program

Building Blocks: Undergraduate Research Projects

An Empowering and Knotted Journey into Polymer Physics

Singularities

Angela Hight Walker: From Small-Town Dreamer to Nanoscience Leader and Mentor

Interactions: SPS Chapters in Action

Reviving Interest in a Campus Observatory

Behind the Scenes of a Conference for Women in STEM

Alumni Spotlight

Physics Puzzler

Gravity Can’t Get Me Down: Spinning Instruments to Space

Meeting Notes: SPS Reporters at Science Conferences

A Student’s-Eye View of SESAPS

AAS 243: New Orleans Wrap-up