The new Society of Rheology website is now LIVE!
We unveiled our new website last month - designed to be inviting and informative for everyone from dedicated SoR members and leaders to folks who have never heard of rheology. The website is hosted on the AIP platform and includes all of the wonderful content from Albert Co’s masterful SoR website as well as new bells and whistles to make everyone’s journey more engaging, helpful, and fun.
One exciting new feature is our SoR Member Community Exchange where all SoR members can share news, learn about opportunities, ask questions, and network with fellow SoR members. Members can also post content to be featured on News Flows - our new SoR newsletter that you’re reading right now!
Feedback? Ideas? Content to share? Reach out to Rae Robertson-Anderson at web_admin@rheology.org
The Society of Rheology has a new logo!
The new SoR logo
Past President Anne Grillet led the effort to create a new logo that stayed true to the Society of Rheology traditions and history while inclusively welcoming in new members and the future of the Society. The new logo is featured prominently on the new website and our newsletter.
Student Leadership Opportunities
Do you have an interest in a leadership position within the Society of Rheology? We have two positions for your consideration.
1. The Society is seeking a student member to serve in an advisory role on the Executive Committee by broadly representing SOR student interests.
2. We seek a Student Member to serve on the Community Development Committee.
The term for both positions is Jan. 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2027. Applications are due by December 15, 2025. Thanks to Elise (Chuqiao) Chen and Arshiya Bhadu for service in 2024-'25!
The deadline for applications is Dec. 15, 2025
Click here for details and application
Future of Rheology Seminar Series, November 20th, 1PM (EST)
Mark your calenders to hear two new voices in rheology!
Rheological Characterization of Microfibrillated Cellulose During Dynamic Phase Transitions, presented by Mehrnoosh Afshang, Purdue University
Capillary Dynamics of Complex Fluids: and Their Relevance to Macroscopic flows of Cohesive Particles, presented by Sreeram Rajesh, University of California, Santa Barbara
2026 Gordon Research Conference on Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions
February 2026
Dear colleagues,
Applications are open for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions
Theme: “Science of Soft Building Blocks for Functional Materials”) and the associated 2026 Gordon Research Seminar (for graduate students and postdocs) Both meetings are held in Ventura, CA in early February 2026.
Gordon Research Conference on Colloids...
Gordon Research Seminar on Colloids...
Society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting
The STLE (Society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers) extends an invitation to submit abstracts to the annual meeting. There is growing appreciation of the value of rheological characterization in this field . The meeting will be held on May 17*21, 2026 in New Orleans, LA. Attached is our call for abstracts. We have extended the deadline to the end of November.
Click here for more information.
Next Annual Meeting
Save the Date! Join us for the 97th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology in Boston, MA on October 25-29, 2025.
Kudos to the SoR Meetings Team for putting together such a fabulous program for the 96th Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
Congratulations to the 2025 Gallery of Rheology Winners!
People’s Choice:
Twist the Rainbow
Twist the rainbow
Abhishek Shetty and Christina Tang
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Judge’s Choice
Jellyfish: Oil Drainage
Jellyfish: Oil drainage from porous hydrogels
Babak Valipour Goodarzi and Reza Foudazi
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Video of Rheology: People’s Choice
Gallery of Rheology Video Winner
Waves, Spirals, and Chaos in Soft Matter!
Taisuke Sato and Abhishek Shetty
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Video of Rheology: Juries Choice (tie)
Video of Rheology snapshot
Brownian Dynamics simulations of chains in shear and extensional flow
Isaac Pincus
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Video of Rheology Snapshot
Windmills of your polymer
Arshiya Bhadu, Alicyn M Rhoades, Ralph H Colby
We encourage all SoR members to contribute to News Flows through the SoR Member Community
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You may still contact the Society of Rheology Secretary, Kalman Migler, directly at secretary@rheology.org .
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The Society of Rheology is an international community of rheologists committed to advancement and promotion of the rheological sciences and practice of rheology broadly across diverse groups of individuals, disciplines and industries.
We aim to expand the knowledge and practice of rheology through education, partnership and collaboration with associated fields, industries, and organizations, as well as to disseminate to diverse communities what rheology is, and how it impacts humanity and the world.
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