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September 2017
Summer trips, Patrick's wedding, and the long road to California.
Grad school, Year One.
new state, new friends, new hobbies.
2017-2018
The first year of the Physics PhD at UC Davis formally consists of classes filling out the four major branches of physics: Classical Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, and Statistical Mechanics. These classes culminate in the Preliminary Exam, or Prelim, a four-day written test spanning all mainstream physics.
These newsletters mostly summarize the new friends and new lifestyle as a freshly-minted PhD student.
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November 2017
Beginning classes, settling in, and a visit from Madi.
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January 2018
Kuneshes take California and a merry first Christmas in grad school.
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March 2018
Davis, one year later; new hobbies; and a visit from Brandon.
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May 2018
Spring break in Tahoe, Parents in Napa, and Picnic Day, year one. Also, some special visits to friends in the Bay.
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July 2018
A farewell to first year. Buds with Buds makes its debut, as does competitive SSBM. Home for Summer.