Friday Flyer/News

This is the last Friday Flyer of 2019. We will resume on January 3, 2020. Happy Holidays!   Spotlight on 2019 A lot happened in physics in 2019. Our astrophysics friends took the world by storm…

There will be no Friday Flyer next week (Thanksgiving break), nor the following week due to a QuarkNet staff meeting followed by our annual advisory board meeting. We'll pick it up again on December…

Spotlight on the Vanderbilt University QuarkNet Center The Vanderbilt center has been very active in the past year. Mentor Bill Gabella and the teachers are active in maintaining and using cosmic…

Spotlight on the University of Kansas QuarkNet Center Phil Baringer worked with Jim Deane to organize a three-day workshop in June on computing in the physics classroom. During the workshop,…

Spotlight on International Masterclasses, Part 1 What? International Masterclasses now? Aren't they around March? Yes, they are, but registration opens today for IMC 2020 videoconferences. We use…

Spotlight on the Southern Methodist University QuarkNet Center The SMU QuarkNet teachers met on campus for their annual workshop on July 29-31. The first two days featured a neutrino data workshop…

Spotlight on the Idaho State University QuarkNet Center The Idaho State center continues to be one ot the centers ieading in cosmic ray studies. In their summer (well, technically late spring)…

Spotlight on the Fermilab/University of Chicago QuarkNet Center This center based at Fermilab is led by lead teacher George Dzuricsko and mentors Angela Fava and Tom Carter. In April of this year…

Spotlight on the Boston QuarkNet Center First off, congratulations are in order. The "Boston Group" has been a part of QuarkNet for 20 years with the same lead teacher and the original mentors (…

Spotlight on the Florida International University QuarkNet Center Based at the FIU campus in Miami, this center began in 2004 and is led byJorge Rodriguez. It's been a few years since they had a…