January 3, 2012
Helen Caines (Associate Professor of Physics) has been named the American Physical Society Woman Physicist of the Month for January 2012. From the APS website:
The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) began a new program in 2012 to highlight exceptional female physicists. The Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Helen Caines of Yale University and Dr. Elizabeth Simmons of Michigan State University as the first two recipients of the award.