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Eamonn Corrigan successfully defended his MSc Thesis on July 11, 2018: "Gauge Freedom and Tidal Interactions in Compact Binary Systems".

Dylan Podkowka successfully defended his MSc Thesis on July 11, 2018: "Dynamical Instability of Neutron Stars in Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity".

Congratulations to Matthew Steffler on being elected to the Graduate Student Councillor position on the Advisory Council for the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP). With four nominees for the position, a vote was held online from May 18th to May 24th for graduate student members to elect their representive. Matthew, who is currently pursuing an MSc in Physics Education here at Guelph, began his two year term as Graduate Student Councillor in June 2018.

Karl Davidson successfully defended his MSc Thesis on May 10, 2018: "Electrostatic self-force as a probe of global structure".

Vincent Emond successfully defended his MSc Thesis on May 4, 2018: "Optimizing and Analyzing X-Ray Powder Diffraction of Orthosilicate Cathode Materials using a Combined Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Spectroscopy Experimental Setup".

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.