Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on 2017 This is the last Friday Flyer of 2017, so it is a good time to reflect on the year QuarkNet members have experienced. We had some great highlights, starting with Nate Unterman…

Spotlight on Liz Quigg Many of you may not know Liz personally, but chances are that you're familiar with some of her work. Liz joined Fermilab's Education Office in 2005 after working over 30…

Spotlight on International Masterclasses 2018 It's close to the end of 2017 and, before we know it, we will be in the midst of International Masterclasses (IMC). The Masterclass Library 2018 is up…

Spotlight on the University of Minnesota QuarkNet Center This center held the first part of its annual teacher workshop in June this year, including a two-day LIGO workshop, followed by two days…

Spotlight on International Cosmic Day (ICD) ICD is a day in which students worldwide do cosmic ray experiments, report results, and confer with colleagues. This year, the date is November 30. You…

Spotlight on the Florida State University QuarkNet Center Located in Tallahassee, the FSU Center is now in its 18th year. This year's main event was a teacher workshop that met from July 25–29,…

Spotlight on World Wide Data Day 2017 As you may have already read in the flyer, World Wide Data Day (W2D2) is coming up on November 14. On that day, midnight-to-midnight UTC, QuarkNet and IPPOG…

Spotlight on University of Oklahoma QuarkNet Center   QuarkNet's two Oklahoma centers—University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State—take turns hosting summer teacher workshops each year. In summer 2017…

The Friday Flyer on the 13th! What can go wrrong? Spotlight on Dark Matter Day  October 31 is a day for trick-or-treat, The Great Pumpkin and . . . Dark Matter. This year, that date is also Dark…

Spotlight on the Colorado State University QuarkNet Center This center—located along the Colorado Front Range in Fort Collins—just completed its sixth year as a QuarkNet center. Led by lead…