Fun with physics: Union College students inspire local youngsters The Chronicle, November 13, 2008
Buckets, balls, bananas and balloons – these are some of the ordinary objects Union College students used to take physics lessons out of the textbook and into the hands and minds of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. More...
Future Faces of Physics Jeopardy With the theme Future Faces of Physics, (FFP) SPS is raising visibility and focus on issues of student diversity in physics. Future Faces of Physics Jeopardy is centered on this theme...try it out with friends or at your next SPS meeting!
All chapters hosting zone meetings in fall 2008 will received a free FFP kit that includes the Jeopardy game. If you would like to request a kit for another meeting you are hosting, please contact SPS. You can also compile your own kit.
1st man-made nuclear explosion By L. Worth Seagondollar, Co-Founder of SPS
This talk describes one of the greatest war-time experiences possible for a young graduate student in the 1940's, including an eye-witness account of the Trinity Test in the New Mexico desert. Near-catastrophic accidents, working with armed guards watching, Enrico Fermi asking you to come to his office—these are unforgettable adventures.
Putting a New Face on Physics By Krystle Williams, Former SPS Associate Councilor
SPS Council member Krystle Williams brings SPS's 2008 theme Future Faces of Physics to Symmetry readers. Symmetry is a magazine about particle physics and its connections to other aspects of life and science, from interdisciplinary collaborations to policy to culture. It is published by Fermilab and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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December 15th is the application deadline for 
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By L. Worth Seagondollar, Co-Founder of SPS
By Krystle Williams, Former SPS Associate Councilor
