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In early March, the NIST chapter of Sigma Xi held the 20th annual postdoc poster presentation. JQI/NIST postdoc Matthew Beeler, who works for Ian Spielman, received first prize. He presented results on the spin Hall effect in a BEC. Charles Clark's post doc Ryan Wilson earned second prize in the same category: Physics, Engineering and Mathematics. His poster focused on dipolar interactions in BEC. For more information on the event visit Sigma Xi's site.

JQI fellow and University of Maryland physics professor Victor Galitski, Jr. has just published a majesterial book called Exploring Quantum Mechanics. To be exact, the book has several additional authors: Victor Galitski (professor Galitski’s grandfather), Boris Karnakov, and Vladimir Kogan. The book consists of 700 problems in quantum mechanics along with worked-out answers. The problems have been collected over about 60 years, first by the lead author, the late Prof. Victor Galitski, Sr. Over the years, new problems were added and the material polished by Prof. Boris Karnakov.

Phil Schewe has recently completed another book--this time on Freeman Dyson. He previously authored "The Grid: A journey through the heart of our electrified world," as well as plays. He credits James Joyce's "Odysses" with turning him to writing. The Dyson biography, released earlier this week, was reviewed by Nature. 

JQI co-director Charles Clark organized not one but two sessions at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), February 14-18, 2013 in Boston.