Events

On November 11th, SPS held a diversity in stem expo at The Forum at O’Hill! Students came to learn about...

The Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium was held on November 4, 2021 in the Rotunda Lower West Oval Room....

The Annual SPS Elections were held on April 8, 2022 in Room 313. Our esteemed President William Musk, Treasurer Madeline...

The Annual Undergraduate Sigma Pi Sigma induction was held on March 25, 2022 in Jefferson Hall (Lawn Hotel C). This...

The Tenth Annual Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium was held on November 5, 2021 in the Rotunda Lower West Oval Room....

BLACK LIVES MATTER. SPS@UVA encourages its non-black members to take time to reflect on their role in upholding systems of...

We had a great day of film watching! We watched “Behind the Curve”, a documentary about the allegiance of the...

This year (2018-2019), UVa’s SPS chapter has been named a 2018-19 SPS Outstanding Chapter for the 3rd time in the...

The Ninth Annual Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium was held on November 8, 2019 in room 177 in Newcomb Hall. Five...

This year (2017-2018), the UVA Society of Physics Students was recognized as “distinguished”. Only the top 20% of chapters receive...

The Eighth Annual Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium was held on November 9, 2018 in the Rotunda in the West Oval...

We had a great day of board games, donuts, and coffee! We played “The Resistance” and “Secret Hitler”, two games...

Today, we welcomed our underclassmen to the club with some mentorship and games from us wise old physics students. Pictures...

Today, CERN researcher Evelyn Thomson came to speak to us about the current goals and experiments of the ATLAS detector,...

Hey all! If you’re a first year or transfer, welcome to UVA! We have a fun semester ahead, so stick...

12 students from our chapter traveled to Columbus, Ohio to attend the APS April Meeting and present posters on their...

In the words of the great Chaucer, “all good things must come to an end.” And so it is that...

Every semester UVA invites a guest speaker to give a lecture on grounds as part of the Annual Llewellyn G....

This week, UVA’s own Martine gave a short presentation about studying abroad as a physics major. Since the physics major...

Whats better than going on a hike with your friends when its freezing? Going on a hike with your friends...

Last week SPS at UVA hosted colloquium speaker Alexander Ji, who spoke about R-processes in stellar systems.

We hope that everyone had a good break and SPS welcomes you back to another exciting semester here at UVA....

This year (2016-2017), the UVA Society of Physics Students was recognized as “outstanding”. Only the top 10% of chapters receive...

Last week we hosted the director of the medical physics graduate program at VCU where he talked about their graduate...

Lots of other clubs/orginzations here at UVA have pledged to make it easier for students who may be in a...

The Seventh Annual Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium was held on November 3, 2017 in the Rotunda in the West Oval...

On October 27th, SPS hosted a “Spooky” Grill and Chill in front of the physics building. We invited all physics...

Last Friday SPS hosted a mentor and mentee event where we invited everyone to meet up with their mentor or...

In conjunction with the Astronomy Club at UVA, SPS held an event on the historic University of Virginia Lawn to...

This year, U.Va. is hosting the Zone Meeting on April 15th 2017, here is a recap. April 14th: Friday Night...

SPS’s advisor Craig Group invited Francis Halzen, a theoretical physicist involved with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, to UVA for a...

Our SPS advisor, Craig Group, invited nobel laureate Adam Riess to give a public lecture at downtown Charlottesville’s historic Jefferson...

All abstracts from this event can be found here. We would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding...