Stony Brook University Physics Graduate Student Association

05/09/2021

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Suffolk County, New York has a vibrant history, illustrated in our important Native American and Revolutionary-era historical sites as well as the lab where DNA was discovered.

07/12/2020

FAQ Info from the University - linked here because the University Administration is too scared to make any statements in public and refuses to stand in solidarity with international students in their emails and public communications.

Here is the hidden FAQ section dealing with F-1 visa international students. Basically, it appears that the University will guarantee to provide at least one hybrid "in-person" class for all international students to take to satisfy the in-person requirements of minimum 3-credits to avoid ICE/SEVP.

Also, recall that Matt Dawber has indicated that research credits (towards masters or PhD thesis work, and probably also any other guided research credits) count as in-person as well.

Please see this FAQ page for more questions, and please do not hesitate to reach out to the PGSA leadership (through this page or otherwise) with any questions or concerns.

- Cameron

Website to provide guidelines for returning to campus safely.

11/09/2019

The setup to the party is going AWESOME! The party starts at 7pm. Come by even if you don't have a costume!!!

11/03/2019

Here go a few pictures of the PGSA 2nd Ping Pong World Tournament and the 1st PGSA Foosball World Cup o/

10/07/2019

Our amazing friend Catherine baked pumpkin and caramel cake and cupcakes for today's teatime! Come!

09/28/2019

🏓⚽️ 3rd Ping Pong and 1st Foosball World Tournaments!

Next Monday, September 30th, PGSA will host both a ping-pong and a foosball tournament at 5:30pm in the grad lounge! All are invited to participate, watch, and/or cheer on your classmates as you/they compete for the ultimate prize. To participate, sign up HERE: (https://forms.gle/cTBUEQ2WufKR5cjYA), or you can decide to participate on the day-of.

(The picture is from the final match of the first PGSA World Ping Pong Tournament)

09/14/2019

🎥 TODAY at 7:30pm in the Grad Lounge we are watching
Your Name (2016)
We will have snacks and drinks! Feel free to bring more to share.
See you there o/

Available now on Blu-ray and DVD! Order from Amazon here: http://amzn.to/2hqsnVL ------- Exclusive screenings in UK & Ireland cinemas on 24th November 2016. ...

08/19/2019

The beach trip to Smithpoint was a success! We had a bunch of swimming, volleyball and soccer 😁

06/21/2019

Hi everyone,

Come join us for meditation today at 4pm in the Grad Lounge!

No prior experience is expected. Even if you have only a remote interest because you heard about the benefits of meditation, you are welcome to come and give it a try. We will give some simple instructions, sit for a short time and then chat a bit. The whole meeting should take no more than 40 minutes.

What: Meditation
Where: Grad Lounge
When: Today (6/21) at 4pm

Hope to see you there!,
FUN committee of PGSA

(Credits of the Picture to Rebecca Barton)

04/15/2019

Hey, guys!,
This week we have Daniel Gift's GradTalk on Thursday, April 18 at 2:30 in the grad lounge. Daniel works with Rouven Essig. His talk is titled "Dark Matter: What is it and How Can We Learn More About It?"; his abstract is below (or here: http://grad08.physics.sunysb.edu/gradtalks/).
**We will also have sweets time at 2pm on Thursday before the talk!**

Daniel's Abstract:
While we have much evidence for the existence of dark matter, there are a huge number of unanswered questions about the specific nature of dark matter, such as how it interacts and how massive its constituent particles are. In this talk, I will briefly introduce what was once considered the most attractive dark matter model, the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle; I will then explain why physicists are now turning theoretical and experimental focuses towards a variety of other models. The main focus of the talk will be on SENSEI, a relatively new direct-detection experiment designed to explore the dark matter parameter space in the MeV mass range. I will discuss the methodology, progress so far, and future of the SENSEI experiment. Finally, I will briefly outline a different dark matter model, which hypothesizes a dark matter cooling that mimics that of baryons.

Webpage for the Physics Graduate Student Association GRADTALKS seminar series

02/20/2019

Hi everyone,

Tomorrow (2/21), tea time will again be special: come have a hot drink and some sweet snacks to warm up and relax the tension from the coursework. And it will be followed by Farid's Grad Talk. See you there!

What: Sweets time!
When: Tomorrow (2/21) during tea time (2pm)
Where: Graduate Lounge

Followed by:

What: Grad Talk ( "Color Glass Condensate: what is the high energy limit of strong interactions?", by Farid Salazar)
When: Tomorrow (2/21) after tea time (2:30pm)
Where: Graduate Lounge

Note: Feel free to contribute by bringing sweet snacks as well (especially if you enjoy baking!)