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Graduate Students - First Year 

Teaching Award-Dr. Roxanne Springer 
 
Dr. N. Russell Roberson retires 
 
New Faculty-Dr. Shailesh Chandrasekharan 
 
New Focus in Teaching Labs 
 
Math and Physics Library Renovations 
 
FEL Construction 
 
Visiting Lecturer - Dr. Carlos Frenk 
 
Dr. Larry Evans retires as Chairman 
 
Dr. Daniel Gauthier receives tenure 

Altavista

On the occasion of the centennial of the American Physical Society founded in 1899, members from all fields of physics will meet in Atlanta, Georgia on March 20 – 26, 1999.  This meeting will celebrate the accomplishments of physics in the 20th century and look ahead to the challenges and changes that face society in the next century.  APS members and physicists worldwide are invited to attend this meeting including some 50 Nobel Laureates.  Since many of our alumni will be attending this meeting, we take this opportunity to invite you to a Grand Reunion which the APS is organizing for this Centennial Meeting.  The reunion will take place in the Georgia World Congress Center on Tuesday, March 23, 1999 from 6:00 PM until 8:30 PM. 

At this reunion we will welcome alumni, faculty, students and friends of our department.  We would also welcome prospective students who may be interested in pursuing graduate study at Duke.  The reunion will take place in a designated area that will be shared by the Research Triangle Universities (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, and Duke University).  Refreshments will be served and we hope that many old friendships will be rekindled. 

If you plan to come to the Grand Reunion, we urge you to notify the Department by Fax (919-660-2525), E-mail (alum@phy.duke.edu) or telephone (919-660-2501). We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.  If you cannot attend the meeting we hope you will visit our web site (http://www.phy.duke.edu) and keep up to date with activities in our Department.