Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on the University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) QuarkNet Center is one of the most active, with large numbers of teachers from all over the island.…

Spotlight on the Southern Methodist University QuarkNet Center The SMU Particle Physics Group sponsors QuarkNet activities for local high school teachers and students each year and is organized by…

Spotlight on International Masterclasses Moderators You meet one or two maybe once or twice per year in masterclass videoconferences. They are full of information, often humorous, and excited…

Spotlight on the University of Washington QuarkNet Center With a great view of Mt. Rainier in the distance, the UW center is located in Seattle with Shih-Chieh Hsu and Michael Park serving as…

Spotlight on the Virginia Center This center is more formally called the Hampton University/College of William and Mary/George Mason University QuarkNet Center but, back when it was the only…

Spotlight on the Rice University/University of Houston QuarkNet Center This center experienced a tragic loss in early 2017 with the sudden passing of long-time mentor Marj Corcoran. Though Marj…

Spotlight on the Virginia Tech QuarkNet Center The Virginia Tech QuarkNet Center is one of the more rural QuarkNet centers and also one of the newer centers. They just ran their Associate Teacher…

QuarkNet is a unique and transformative long-term professional development program for high school physics teachers. We invite them into the particle physics research community where they have an…

Spotlight on Marge Bardeen You may recall the announcement from last week's Friday Flyer that Marge Bardeen would be retiring this week from Fermilab after several decades building and working…

Spotlight on the Virtual QuarkNet Center The Virtual QuarkNet Center was established in "the aughts" as an alternative center for teachers not near or connected to an established geographic…