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Recent papers:

• Thin-Thick Coexistence Behavior of 8CB Liquid Crystalline Films on Silicon
• Validity of the Sharp -Kink Approximation for Water and other Fluids
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Around Campus: Physics Society Hosts ‘Fruit Drop’

The laws of physics were tested on Tuesday, Oct. 2 when the Society of Physics Students gathered to observe a Fruit Drop. Professors Germano Iannacchione, Rafael Garcia, Stephan Koehler, and Declan DePaor, who performed as Galileo, Mayor of Pisa, Roman Inquisitor, and Aristotle, respectively, reenacted a physics test by dropping fruit from the roof of Salisbury onto the brick patio of Freeman Plaza.

The second annual event was held to highlight the dawn of science, in particular physics, and the foundations that led to the Age of Reason ... and one big mess of fruit puree!