A dessert reception will be held in Cox 400 at 1:30 p.m. following the graduation ceremonies at the arena, Wednesday, December 15^th. Come by and congratulate our new alumni and their friends and families!

Bachelor of Arts in Physics

Pritesh Garach

Master of Science in Physics

Joshua B. Beun

Jennifer J. Huening

Walter Clayton

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

William C. Beal, Jr.

Tonya Coffey (8/04)

Ryan Foster (8/04)

Henry D. Herce

Stephen Lokitz (8/04)

Yuriy Mishchenko

Abouzeid Mohammed Shalaby

Yunyu Wang

Congratulations to Bob Beichner, elected Fellow of the American Physical Society at the November 2004 council meeting of APS. The citation reads: "For his efforts in advancing the field of physics education research and promoting the application of its findings in the nation's classrooms"

Eight NSF funded Research Assistantships are available for the summer of 2005 in the field of Observational Astronomy! Flexible 8-week program.

First, Second, or Third year Students who are US Citizens (or permanent residents) can apply. Student must have completed one or more years of academic training by June 2005.

Deadlines: Completed applications AND supporting materials must be received by February 4^th, 2005.

For more information, or to apply, visit: www.astro.cornell.edu/specialprograms/reu.html

Brian Rodriguez (PY) and Alexei Gruverman (Mat Sci) and colleagues at Oak Ridge have had one of their images selected for Veeco's annual SPM 2005 Calendar. It was also featured in the Toronto Star newspaper

The Winter Solstice will occur Tuesday, December 21^st, at 4:12 p.m. EST.