UConn Sigma Pi Sigma

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Physics Honor Society

Mission: By honoring high achievement in physics and upholding high standards for election into Sigma Pi Sigma, the Society provides an incentive for all physics students to rise to excellence. The Society also encourages physics interest and science literacy in the general public.

Faculty Advisor: Professor Philip Best Telephone: 486-2942 Email: Best@UConnvm.UConn.edu

Membership eligibility:

Undergraduate candidates must be in the upper one-third of their class in general scholarship to meet the minimum chapter standards. They must have completed at least three semesters of full-time college work and at least three semester courses in physics that can be credited toward a major in physics.
Graduate students and faculty members may be elected at any time and students who are not physics majors can be elected, provided that they meet the standards and have demonstrated an interest in physics.

Chapter History: Sigma Pi Sigma was founded as a local honor organization at Davidson College on December 11, 1921, and was founded at the University of Connecticut on May 25, 1950.

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