The Optics Institute of Southern California receives an "Optics Suitcase" from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics.  This has been already been used at the UCI GSA Astronomy course and will be further developed for use with the THINK Together programs.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

San Diego, CA

The Irvine Valley College’s Laser Electro-optics Program in co-operation with The Optics Institute of Southern California has been awarded an SPIE Educational Grant.  This award will be received at the SPIE Annual Meeting Tuesday August 5 3:30 - 4:30 pm Student & SPIE Scholarship and Grant Winners Reception.  Also at the SPIE Conference the OISC will conduct a Product Demonstration of the "Optics Suitcase" and associated Educational Outreach materials.  Tuesday August 5  12:30 pm in the Exhibition Hall.

OISC to donate a door prize at the SPIE meeting

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Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 

Tucson, AZ 

Donn Silberman, OISC Director, to present:

•  "The Optics Institute of Southern California, organizing and implementing the outreach effort." Tues. Oct. 7, 2:30 - 2:45pm 
• An informal Table Top Demonstration of  "OSA Rochester Section Optics Suitcase: A forty-minute middle school outreach program for the cost of a postage stamp" for Prof. Stephen Jacobs on Wed. Oct. 8, 4 - 5 pm.