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<span style="color:black">I would like to send out some news on changes in leadership in the Physics Department. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">As some of you may know, Robert Perry will be retiring June 30<sup>th</sup>! As part of this, he will stepping down as Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies. Please join me in thanking Robert for his outstanding leadership in the this
position and the tremendous number of contributions he has made to the department over the years. He will be missed as a regular faculty member. I sure hope we will still see him around a lot!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Related to this, I am delighted to announce that Tom Humanic has informally agreed to move into the position of Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies. I am in the process of formalizing his appointment with the College. I am so grateful
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<span style="color:black">To prepare for this Tom will be stepping down as Chair of Safety & Infrastructure Committee to focus on the Vice Chair transition. Zeke Johnston-Halperin has kindly agreed to be Chair of S&I. I would like to thank Zeke for stepping
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<span style="color:black">I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Michael</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Michael G. Poirier, Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (by courtesy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Ohio State University, 1040 Physics Research Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1117<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Office: 2140 Physics Research Building, Labs: 2135 & 2147 Physics Research Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">email: poirier.18@osu.edu, http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Phone: (614) 247-4493 (Office), (614) 688-0742 (Labs), Fax: (614) 292-7557<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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