Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on Andres Torres and His Students: Students from Andres Torres' class at Ronald Reagan/Doral Senior High School represented South Florida at the International Science and Engineering…

Spotlight on Colorado State University: The CSU QuarkNet Center has lost its current mentors due to research and teaching commitments. This center has bonded into a strong group of teachers (and…

Spotlight on the University of Hawai'i at Manoa QuarkNet Center:  The group in Hawai'i has been active since 2003. The university is on Oahu; most of the teachers are as well but some…

Spotlight on UC Riverside QuarkNet Center: The QuarkNet center at the University of California Riverside focused this past year on masterclasses for two reasons: they have their own twist on it…

Spotlight on Anne Zakas:   You may have never met Anne Zakas, but you probably rely on her. Anne is the QuarkNet administrator at Notre Dame. She gets bills paid, stipends sent, and travel arranged…

Spotlight on Black Hills State University: BHSU QuarkNet Center had a busy summer. For six years they have focused on using the cosmic ray muon detector and e-Lab. This year seven teachers and…

Spotlight on LBNL: Particle physics? Check. Cosmology and astrophysics? Check. Awesome view of San Francisco Bay? Check again. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory QuarkNet Center does…

Spotlight on Florida State: Florida State University is one of 12 centers that has been involved in QuarkNet since the very beginning: 1999. The teachers have worked each summer with Horst Wahl…

Spotlight on Dave Hoppert:  Dave is responsible for providing the cosmic ray muon detectors used by the QuarkNet community. This includes coordinating all the technical and logistical aspects of…

Spotlight on the Vanderbilt University Center: The center has always been very active in the cosmic ray program. This was a year of adjustment in three areas: Bill Gabela took over as lead…