Big congratulations to Scott for publishing his first paper, out this week in J Chem Phys. We consider some of the many ways our favorite transient absorption techniques can go wrong with organic microcavities – check it out here! This also marks the group’s first paper from a Cornell grad student; hopefully the first of many! And a big, belated welcome to our two new undergraduate research students, Catherine and Sophia. both from C&CB. Great to have you on the team! Slowly we’ll fill the department with spectroscopists…