From the Department Chair, Andreas Albrecht:

There will be a big announcement from the LIGO collaboration regarding the detection of gravity waves on Thursday, February 11th 2016. This Facebook event will point you to the live streaming of the press conference as well as other info: https://www.facebook.com/events/830955763680595/.

Some of us will be gathering in Rm 185 (reserved 7-9am) to watch and discuss together, and you are most welcome to join!