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mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/escaping_the_weather_to_learn_more_about_optics/">Escaping The Weather To Learn More About Optics</a> </h4> <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="" src="https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/attachments/o/bf43-ohb_002.jpg?t=638222567417953422" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /><br /> <br /> The University of Oregon Student Chapter of the OSA lit up the University of Oregon campus on Saturday, December 3rd for the first ever Optics...</span> </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 14 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/escaping_the_weather_to_learn_more_about_optics/"> <img src="https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/attachments/o/bf43-ohb_002.jpg?t=638222567417953422" 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With this main target, we developed a workshop where different notions were explained in order to build a whole story about light...</span> </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 13 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/stereoptics_a_3d-osa/"> <img src="" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt="Stereoptics: a 3D-OSA" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/sir_david_payne_on_the_power_of_light/">Sir David Payne on the Power of Light</a> </h4> <p> OSA’s Centennial <em>Light the Future</em> speaker series concluded with <a href="http://www.iitk.ac.in/photonics2016/">Photonics India</a> in Kanpur on 5 December 2016. Professor Sir David Payne gave a special presentation dedicated to the Guglielmo Marconi and Charles Kao. Nobel prize winners 100 years apart, Marconi (1909) and Kao (2009) moved optical communications forward in... </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 13 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/sir_david_payne_on_the_power_of_light/"> <img src="https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/osa.media/blog/2016/payne1.png" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt="Sir David Payne on the Power of Light" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/osa_incubator_explors_the_future_of_microscopy_at/">OSA Incubator Explores the Future of Microscopy at the Royal Society, Edinburgh</a> </h4> <p> <img alt="" src="/getmedia/37d35452-07b1-4289-a648-846d5f2217e2/FM_Incubator_hosts_2.aspx?width=300&height=202" style="width: 300px; height: 202px; float: left; margin: 5px;" />The first international OSA Incubator - <a href="/meetings/incubator_meetings/osa_future_microscopy_incubator_merging_adaptive/">Future Microscopy: Merging Adaptive & Computational Imaging</a> - took... </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 13 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/osa_incubator_explors_the_future_of_microscopy_at/"> <img src="/getmedia/d01006e1-6097-4963-98f3-859320deac00/FM_hosts.aspx" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt="OSA Incubator Explores the Future of Microscopy at the Royal Society, Edinburgh" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/engaging_ccny_with_photons/">Engaging CCNY with Photons</a> </h4> <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">On December 5th, I visited the OSA City College of New York (CCNY) Student Chapter in New York, USA. The visit was hosted by CCNY OSA Student Chapter advisor Professor Robert Alfano, president Nicholas Proscia. Furthermore, I had the great opportunity to had 1:1 meetings with professors Robert Alfano, and Vinod Menon before and after my talk...</span> </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 09 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/engaging_ccny_with_photons/"> <img src="" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt="Engaging CCNY with Photons" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/ask_me_anything”_and_they_did!_light_in_a_twist_wi/">"Ask Me Anything” and They Did! Light in a Twist with Miles Padgett, University of Glasgow</a> </h4> <p> I am often asked to give presentations around the world describing the work of my team on orbital angular momentum. A first for me was participating in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” with The Optical Society and its members. Questions ranged from my research, to professional development and career changes. </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 07 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/ask_me_anything”_and_they_did!_light_in_a_twist_wi/"> <img src="https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/osa.media/blog/2016/milespadgett.jpg" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt=""Ask Me Anything” and They Did! Light in a Twist with Miles Padgett, University of Glasgow" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/branching_out_and_making_connections/">Branching Out and Making Connections</a> </h4> <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the main reasons that I pursued an academic position is my passion for mentoring and encouraging students in engineering and science. Unfortunately, the further that I progress in my career, the less time I have to spend time with students outside of my research group. Conferences can be very rushed, making it challenging to really...</span> </p> <p class="news-release__date"> <strong>Added:</strong> 06 December 2016 </p> </div> <div class="news-release__image"> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/branching_out_and_making_connections/"> <img src="https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/attachments/2/c1ae-20161118_122152.jpg?t=638222567292405099" class="img-responsive" style="max-width: 480px; height: auto;" alt="Branching Out and Making Connections" /> </a> </div> </div> <hr class="border-dark mb-2" /> <div class="news-release mb-2"> <div class="news-release__body"> <h4> <a target="_blank" href="/optica_blog/2016/december_2016/celebrating_the_osa_centennial_with_the_lightwave/">Celebrating the OSA Centennial with the Lightwave Roadshow </a> </h4> <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Lightwave Roadshow is the University of Southampton chapter's student-led outreach education programme. The Roadshow traces its root back to 1998 when it was established to provide hands-on optics experiments for young children under the age of 10 in classes or fairs for families. 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