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This past fall, University of Guelph Student Housing Services invited students residing in residence halls across campus (over 4500 students) to nominate their favourite Fall Semester professors.

Josh Mogyoros was nominated by a significant number of students and is a recipient of Fall 2018's "Residence Students' Favourite Fall Professor" distinction for positively impacting the academic experience at Guelph. Asked why they nominated Mr. Mogyoros as their favourite professor, one student wrote:

Thanks to all students who participated in our annual PhsPhest event. It was a great day!

Best Ph.D. Talk

• Hurmiz Shamana, "Unusual Polysaccharide Rheology of Aqueous Dispersions of Soft Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles"

Best M.Sc. Talks

Congratulations to Sara Matthews on being selected to receive the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Graduation Prize! The prize is awarded to the student graduating with the highest cumulative average from an Honours Program in CEPS. Along with the prize, Sara will be recognized in the college awards display in the Summerlee Science Complex.

Congratulations to Eamonn Corrigan on winning third place at the University of Guelph's 3 Minute Thesis competition! Eamonn presented his three minute talk on "Tidal Interactions in Compact Binaries Probing the Fundamental Nature of Gravity". To reach the university-wide finals, Eamonn placed 1st at the College of Engineering and Physical Science competition.

Congratulations to Philippe Landry on winning the Canadian Association of Physicists' Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP) and the Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics' (WITP) Thesis Prize for his Ph.D. thesis titled "Tidal Response of a Rotating Neutron Star in General Relativity".

Every year Student Life honours the "achievements and contributions of campus and community leaders who have made a lasting difference in the lives of our students and in the strong relationship that is fostered between the campus and greater community". This year, physics students Kristine Keon and Justin Medeiros were recognized for their efforts in these areas at the Student Life Awards night which took place on March 21st, 2018.

Congratulations to both the Nanoscience Club and the Physics Club who won first and second place, respectively, for Best CEPS exhibit last weekend at College Royal (March 17th-18th). 

The Neutrino Physics Center at Fermilab "serves to foster communication between experimentalists on different neutrino experiments, between experimentalists and theorists, and between theorists, within the international neutrino user community and from Fermilab". The Center periodically has a "Question of the Week" for the community, and announces the winning submission shortly after.

Professor Caballero submitted an answer to the question: "How would a neutron star merger, in our Galaxy, be seen in DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment)?"