The TEAM-UP report summarizes the findings of 2 year task force of the American Institute of Physics to investigate why blacks are underrepresented in physics,
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Congratulations Graduates!
We usually honor our graduating seniors at the Departmental Spring Reception, which we had to cancel this year because of COVID-19. Our seniors also missed
Read moreIsabelle Stone: breaking the glass ceiling with thin films and teaching
The APS Forum on the History of Physics held as essay contest for students. The runner up was Melia E. Bonomo, a graduate student from
Read moreR-MC Establishes New Major in Engineering
Randolph-Macon College President Robert R. Lindgren is pleased to announce that the faculty has approved a new major in Engineering. The Engineering program approved by
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Welcome back!
A scenic first day of classes measuring human reaction times.
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Year Three of Pathways to Science
We just finished our third year of the Pathways to Science camp (Caminos a La Ciencia). Tim Kaine came out for the camp kick-off (I
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Jacob Owens presents research at March Meeting 2019 in Boston, MA
R-MC Senior Physics major, Jacob Owens, attended the American Physical Society’s March Meeting with me in Boston, MA. This is an event where 11,000 physicists
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Resources to recruit STEM teachers
Get the Facts Out is an NSF funded project that helps dispel myths that may discourage students from pursuing STEM teaching careers. They found 3
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New AIP Report on Women In Physics out now
Here is a link to the full report just released: https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/women-physics-and-astronomy-2019 I am not sure how it is in other disciplines, but in Physics we
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I’m on sabbatical! And a visit to the Trinity test site.
I spent the fall semester of my sabbatical working at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico on developing a model for a sheared granular
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