Radiations Magazine: Spring 2010

Features

Einstein as Citizen: Addressing Race and Racism
     by Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor

Bright Ideas:
From Concept to Hardware in the First Lasers

Top 10 Ways to Celebrate LaserFest

Departments

The Director's Corner
In Support of Increased Diversity in Physics
    by Gary D. White

Member Spotlight
Vera Rubin Honored

Spotlight on “Hidden Physicists”

Sigma Pi Sigma Chapter Project Awards

Elegant Connections in Physics
History of Big Bang Cosmology, Part 6:
The Accelerating Universe, Dark Energy,
and Einstein's Enigma
    by Dwight E. Neuenschwander

Sigma Pi Sigma 2009 Donor List

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On the Cover | View Larger Image
Albert Einstein discusses relativity with students at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania during his 1946 visit. Lincoln University President Dr. Horace Mann Bond awarded an honorary degree to Einstein on the occasion of the Conference on Objectives, May 3, 1946, at which Einstein announced that he would “not remain quiet” about segregation. See the related article on page 8.

Photo courtesy Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections and Archives, Langston Hughes Memorial Library

Sigma Pi Sigma President
Diane Jacobs, Eastern Michigan University

SPS President
Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University

Sigma Pi Sigma/SPS Director
Gary D. White

Sigma Pi Sigma/SPS Assistant Director
Thomas Olsen