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The following papers with JQI authors will be presented at the March meeting of the American Physical Society, being held March 2-7, 2014 in Denver.

The JQI would like to congratulate Kena Allison, science teacher at Thurgood Marshall Academy, who recently received a Milken Educator Award for her "commitment to teaching science." Called the "Oscars of teaching," the award comes with $25,000. PFC graduate student researcher Jeff Grover has been visiting Allison's classroom over the last few years, integrating physics demonstrations into her curriculum. Thurgood Marshall Academy is a D.C. Public Charter School located in the Anacostia region.

Ana Maria Rey, a former UMD graduate student who did her thesis work with Charles Clark, was named a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Rey, a native of Colombia, is currently a JILA fellow and University of Colorado professor.

Recently four members of Ian Spielman's group departed JQI for new endeavors. Matthew Beeler, a NIST ARRA postdoctoral fellow, now works at the Applied Physics Laboratory near Baltimore. Lindsay LeBlanc, postdoc, has accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Alberta (her alma mater) , which starts in the Fall 2013. She plans to build up a laboratory to continue studying ultracold atomic physics. Ross Williams, postdoc, is now a Senior Research Scientist position at the National Physical Laboratory, the British equivalent of NIST.