Hidden Physicists - Share your story and help Sigma Pi Sigma document the career paths of "Hidden Physicists."

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Inductions - Photos from recent induction ceremonies, including The University of Southern Mississippi, Jackson State University, and Lincoln University. more details

Insignia Items - Show your commitment to excellence. Order your Sigma Pi Sigma official insignia. more details

Ethics Recommendations - See the official Sigma Pi Sigma ethics recommendations adopted during the 2004 Quadrennial Congress. more details

Official Statements - Statements on Ethics and Evolution in Science Education adopted by the SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma Council. more details

The First Man-Made Nuclear Explosion - This talk given by L. Worth Seagondollar, a former President of Sigma Pi Sigma, describes one of the greatest war-time experiences possible for a young graduate student, including an eye-witness account of the 1945 plutonium fission device explosion in the New Mexico desert. full transcript

Honorary Members - These distinguished physicists and scientists have been granted honorary membership for their valuable contributions to physics. more details

2004 Congress Reports - First-hand accounts of the 2004 Congress and Trinity Site Visit. more details

Special Feature: Highlights from Sigma Pi Sigma Congresses

2008 Sigma Pi Sigma Congress a Resounding Success
More than 600 physics students, faculty and Sigma Pi Sigma alumni gathered at Fermilab in Batavia, IL, Nov. 6-8, 2008, for the 2008 Quadrennial Congress. They spent a packed weekend making new connections, interacting with Fermilab scientists and distinguished speakers, debating common concerns for the discipline and society, and touring Fermilab's unique experiments and grounds.

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Dr. Thomas Olsen Takes on New Role as Assistant Director of SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma
Dr. Thomas Olsen, former physics department chair at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, will take on a new role as Assistant Director of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society.  Olsen, an expert on chaotic patterns in fluid flow, will focus his attention on developing new resources for physics bachelor’s degree recipients as they plan their career trajectories. press release...

2008 Chapter Project Award Recipients Announced
Four schools have received grants from the national office for funding of chapter inductions and events: Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO; St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX; The University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL; and University at Louisville in Louisville, KY.
2008 Recipients | 2007 Recipients | Award Details

Shown here with the newest members of the University of Michigan-Flint SPS chapter is the initiator of the Chapter Project awards, Sigma Pi Sigma member David Zick.

Walter Shropshire Contributes To, Edits Book on Max Delbrück
A new book titled Max Delbrück and the New Perception of Biology 1906-1981 was edited by Sigma Pi Sigma member Walter Shropshire, Jr. (George Washington University '54). Max Delbrück was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1969 for his work on gene replication. more details

Tutor.com Partners with Sigma Pi Sigma to Recruit Top Notch Physics Tutors
Tutor.com, the leading provider of on demand tutoring and homework help, has partnered with SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma to recruit top notch physics tutors. more details

Sigma Pi Sigma Partners with MentorNet®
Sigma Pi Sigma is pleased to announce it has partnered with MentorNet, the award-winning nonprofit e-mentoring network. Founded in 1997, MentorNet provides highly motivated protégés from many of the world's top colleges and universities with positive, one-on-one, email-based mentoring relationships with mentors from industry and academia. more details

Read about Hampton University's recent induction ceremony in The Big Bang, the department's weekly newsletter.

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