Dear Colleagues: We wish to notify you of a seminar on: *Giant Spin Hall Effect and Spintronics* scheduled for Monday February 16, 2015 in Birck 1001 at 1PM. The talk will be delivered by *Professor Gang Xiao *(Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Nanoscience and Soft Matter at Brown University). Please use this opportunity to learn about the new developments and promising applications of this rapidly developing field. Please see attached flier for further information on this seminar. Sincerely, NSAC Officers