Friday Flyer/News
Friday Flyer - November 8, 2024
Spotlight on the Boston QuarkNet CenterThis has been another active year for Boston Center and it has also been their year of relativity (and some quantum physics). It all kicked off last year,…
Friday Flyer - October 25, 2024
Spotlight on the Florida State University QuarkNet CenterJoy Hartsock has been an active member of the FSU QuarkNet Center for several years. Recently, she became an active QuarkNet coding fellow,…
Friday Flyer - October 4, 2024
Spotlight on Autumn 2024 - A Look AheadFirst of all, apologies to our avid readers in the southern hemisphere: For you, the title of this section should be Spotlight on Spring 2024. Please make…
Friday Flyer Supplement - September 20, 2024
QuarkNet staff talked with three University of Notre Dame physicists about the new CMS result on the mass of the W boson. Here are their immediate reactions:Christopher Kolda:The 2022 measurement of…
Friday Flyer - September 20, 2024
This is the first Friday Flyer of the 2024-2025 academic year. For those new to the Friday Flyer...The FF is a newsletter that comes out about twice a month during the academic year, usually on…
Friday Flyer - June 7, 2024
Spotlight on Summer 2024A whole bunch is happening this summer in QuarkNet. Summer is, of course, our most intense season. We expect up to thirty different QuarkNet center meetings and workshops with…
Friday Flyer - April 12, 2024
Spotlight on Peter Higgs On Monday, the world lost Peter Higgs, who passed away after an illness at age of 94. His name is known, of course, for the Higgs field and its particle expression, the…
Friday Flyer - March 22, 2024
Spotlight on the University at Buffalo QuarkNet Center Since its establishment in 2006, this center, guided by mentors Ia Iashvili and Avto Kharchilava, has consistently engaged local teachers and…
Friday Flyer - March 8, 2024
Spotlight on the Virginia QuarkNet Center The Virginia QuarkNet Center extends through central and southeast Virginia and even includes some teachers from farther afield. The group is active and…
Friday Flyer - February 23, 2024
Spotlight on the University of Minnesota QuarkNet Center The University of Minnesota QuarkNet center has hosted a teacher workshop nearly every year since 2002. Summer 2023 was no exception, as…