Looking back on four (would be) iterations of CUWiP Note: This article was originally written upon the request of the Illinois Physics Department and was published here. I have made some modifications for its publication here. A few weekends ago, I had the chance to experience CUWiP from the perspective of a graduate student speaker…
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