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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">September 19, 2014 at 2:28:51 PM CDT<br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Matt Wood <<a href="mailto:matt.wood@tamuc.edu">matt.wood@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
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Newsletter #8, September 2014</h4>
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The Joint 2014 Fall Meeting of the Texas Section APS, Texas Section of the AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS will be held Friday evening to Sunday noon, October 17-19, in College Station. The meeting is being organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas
A&M University. The members of the organizing committee are Rupak Mahapatra (Chair), Siu Chin, Peter McIntyre and George Welch. Students who present a paper at the meeting are eligible for presentation awards and to apply for a travel award. <a href="http://aps.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c2ffbf7f7d8f7439923005ce&id=c77f65a470&e=5ebf345eaf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(44, 154, 183); text-decoration: underline;">View
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Online registration is available until October 10. Late registration will be handled at the conference at higher rates. Registration will be open Friday evening, October 17, and the opening session will be Saturday morning. Note that one need not be an APS
member to register for the meeting. Full registration is $50 but there are significant reductions for students and high school teachers.</div>
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Speakers for plenary sessions are Chris Sorensen, Naomi Halas, Wolfgang Schleich, Darren DePoy, Dr. Alberto Carramiñana, Roy Lacey, and Michael Peskin. Consult the meeting website for more details and travel information. Participants are encouraged to book
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Student Presentation Awards</h4>
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The Texas Section of APS recognizes outstanding student presentations with cash prizes. Students wishing to compete for a presentation award may<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://aps.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c2ffbf7f7d8f7439923005ce&id=ab66bc51e8&e=5ebf345eaf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(44, 154, 183); text-decoration: underline;">apply
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At each fall meeting the TSAPS presents a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Robert S. Hyer Research Award</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for<strong>excellence in research</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to an
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