April American Physical Society Meeting in Washington, D.C. January 30, 2017 Call to order — The meeting began at 5:45PM local time. New officers — Peter Shawhan welcomed our division’s new officers, and thanked those whose terms were completed. New…
2016 DGRAV election results
The DGRAV elections have now been concluded. Thank you to all candidates who agreed to run in these elections, and congratulations to the newly elected officers: Representative to APS: Beverly Berger Vice Chair: Gary Horowitz Secretary/Treasurer: Geoffrey Lovelace Members-at-Large: Lisa…
Bylaws
Approved 2016 Nov. 29 (In the following text, “Society” shall signify the American Physical Society; “Council” and “Board” shall signify the Council of Representatives and the Board of Directors of the Society, respectively; and “CEO” shall signify the Chief Executive…
2016 DGRAV election
The 2016 election for DGRAV committee members is now open. Members should have received an election email in your inbox with a link to the ballot. Besides the usual positions, there are two special items: approving the updated bylaws, and…
2016 APS Fellows
Congratulations to the 2016 APS Fellows, many of whom have contributed to gravitational physics! The nominations from the Division of Gravitational Physics were: Thomas W. Baumgarte, Jiří Bičák, Valery V. Frolov, Michael Landry, Eva Silverstein, Ulrich Sperhake, Robin T. Stebbins,…
2017 Einstein Prize awarded to Robert M. Wald
Congratulations to Robert M. Wald (U. Chicago), the recipient of the 2017 Einstein Prize. The Einstein prize is awarded by the APS to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Prof. Wald is highly deserving of this award,…