Friday Flyer/News

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…

Spotlight on the Idaho State University Center: Seven teachers attended the June Idaho State QuarkNet workshop guided by fellow Robert Franckowiak. They jointly calibrated 36 detector counters.…

Spotlight on the Johns Hopkins Center:  The QuarkNet Center at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) had a very full summer 2014. They hosted a workshop for teachers and brought on summer research…

Welcome back to the Friday Flyer! Hope you had a good summer and good times with your QuarkNet colleagues. Starting next week, we will have a new spotlight and a new location. This year we will…