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Albert Holland Prize for Public Presentations of PhysicsWhat is the Albert Holland Prize? The Albert Holland Prize is awarded
annually Who may enter? Any student enrolled at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is eligible to enter. If you have taken introductory physics, you know enough to compete! How do you win? Each student competing presents a talk deriving a known result in physics. The prize is awarded for the quality of the presentation (clarity, style, effectiveness, etc.). Students are not expected to describe original research. Rather, the competition is modeled on, say, a piano competition, in which pianists are judged on the quality of their performances of pieces from the repertoire. The judges are three faculty members, including one from the Physics Department and one from the English Department. How do I enter? Contact Prof. Larry Campbell, Prof. Donald Spector, or Prof. Ted Allen of the HWS Physics Department. When is the competition held? The competition is held annually in April. Students interested in competing are advised to contact either Prof. Allen, Prof. Penn, or Prof. Spector (see above) by early March. How did this prize come to be? The prize was endowed by Allan Russell, Professor of Physics, Emeritus, to encourage and further the art of physics discourse, and to memorialize Albert Holland, a former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Who has won the prize? 2004: Pria Young, Class of ?
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