Student Organizations
PHYSAB (Physics Student Advisory Board)
PhySAB represents the Physics student body and advises department administrators. The advisory board changes every year and has representatives for each class.
- President: Nicholas Blanchette
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PI (Physics International)
Physics International’s mission is to foster community among the international physics students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; to help international physics students adapt to their new cultural settings; and to direct international physics students to resources and such opportunities as research positions and internships—all while delving into everything physics.
- President: Sohm Apte
- Email: physicsinternational@illinois.edu
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SUPS (Society for Underrepresented Physics Students)
SUPS is a community whose goal is to empower underrepresented minority students in physics, and educate all students about racial, religious, gender, and sexuality biases in physics and at large.
- Email: supsuiuc@gmail.com
- Visit the Facebook page
SWIP (Society for Women In Physics)
The goal of the Society for Women in Physics (SWIP) is to support women in physics and provide a social and professional network among the female students in the physics department. All majors and genders are welcome!
- 2020-2021 SWIP Officers
- President: Jamie Milota (jmilota2@illinois.edu)
- Yaashnna Singhal (VP)
- Lydia Spychalla (Treasurer)
- Brian Nguyen (Secretary)
- Annie Gao (Affairs Officer)
- Abhi Chavali (Intersectionality Chair)
- Anna Przybyl (Social Media Chair)
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SPS (Society of Physics Students, Illinois Chapter)
- President: Siddharth Jindal
- Email: sps.at.illinois@gmail.com
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Physics Van
- Email: physvan@physics.illinois.edu
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GPS (Guidance for Physics Students)
We are a student group dedicated to fostering a diverse, open, and scientifically-minded community within the graduate and undergraduate physics students at the University of Illinois. Among the activities we run to promote those goals are graduate-undergraduate mentoring, a yearly retreat, and periodic social activities.
- Email: illinoisgps2@gmail.com
- Visit the Facebook page