Congratulations to Nicole Day, who successfully defended her MSc. thesis, Tight-Binding Approximations in 1D and 2D Coupled-Cavity Photonic Crystal Structures on May 19. A celebration of his and Ryan D鈥橢on鈥檚 defenses was held at Jack Astor鈥檚 on May 19th, but unfortunately we were all too busy celebrating to take any pictures.