Greetings, FECS members! We are delighted to present our second newsletter, for Spring 2018. We hope you find it informative and interesting. In these newsletters, in general, we aim to provide you with useful information about basic research in different fields of physics, information about our activities at conferences and elsewhere, opportunities to actively participate in FECS, and helpful guidelines toward furthering your career.

This issue features an overview of cosmology as an exciting field of study and opportunity, information about upcoming FECS activities and sessions at the APS March Meeting and April Meeting in 2018, tips on being successful in the process of finding a job and applying a Physics degree toward a career, and an overview of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) conference that happened in November.

I just wanted to say thank you to all the members of the FECS Executive Committee for your hard work and contributions to this issue, and thank you to all the FECS members for reading. If you ever have suggestions or comments about the newsletter, you can reach me at kludwick@lagrange.edu. I hope to see you and connect with you at upcoming APS meetings!

Newsletter Editor