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Dec. 11 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
Happy Holidays & New Year from OSC
All of us at the College of Optical Sciences hope you've had a wonderful year, and wish you a happy and successful 2016. Watts Up! will be taking a winter hiatus and will return on January 7, 2016.
Finals Survival Week
Are you ready for your finals? UA Student Affairs is teaming up to help students get through finals week with fantastic events and support resources.
Winter Workshop Symposium Postponed
A portion of the Winter Workshop Symposium, originally slated for January 5-15, 2016 has been postponed until May 2016. This does NOT affect the Optics and Photonics Winter School Workshop or the January Practical Optics Workshops. Exact dates for the rescheduled May Workshop Symposium are yet to be determined, but will be announced when available. If you have already registered, please email Lucy Valenzuela.
Etendue: William L. Wolfe Jr.
Welcome to Etendue, featuring interesting and accomplished individuals known for their leadership and contributions both with their careers and the College of Optical Sciences, in their own words. (For a similar view on the college’s best and brightest – our students – please check out Another Wavelength among our Students in the Spotlight.)
This week, we hear from William L. Wolfe Jr.
Celebrate the Year of Light with a 'Season of Light' Show
What a better way to end the International Year of Light than by enjoying "Season of Light" and "Laser Holidays"; two family-friendly holiday shows at UA's Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium.
Upcoming Events
Final Exams
Dec. 11-17
Classes Begin
Jan. 13
No Classes
Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Media Mentions
Faculty Distinctions
Chipman Receives Fraunhofer Award
A huge congratulations to College of Optical Science Professor Russel A. Chipman, who was bestowed with the 2015 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize for his outstanding contributions in the development of metrology facilities for imaging polarimetry and spectro-polarimetry.
Contracts & Grants
Imaging Systems Preliminary Design Review
Principal Investigator(s): Hong Hua, Rongguang Liang
Students in the Spotlight
Congratulations to Our December Graduates
The College of Optical Sciences celebrates its latest alumni Friday, Dec. 18 during the Winter Commencement Ceremony.
Industrial Affiliate Updates
OSA 100th Anniversary Celebration
Executive Partner in Optical Sciences Industrial Affiliate member The Optical Society (OSA) will be planning its 100th Anniversary Celebration's official launch on Jan. 1, 2016. One way for you to join in is to email your OSA stories and ideas on how others can take part in this global celebration.
Employment Opportunities
- Failure Analysis Engineer | Intel
- Research Scientist III R&D – Systems Engineer for Optical Inertial Sensors | Honeywell
- Student Fellow | Tech Launch Arizona
