QuarkNet an der Elbe: Actually, I've been to New York (but not Cologne)
First QuarkNet an der Elbe of the year! I know, it has been awhile, but, in my defense, I think I've been using the time well. And a busy, exciting time it has been. We are now chin-deep into preparations for International Masterclasses, scheduling and facilitating orientations and…
Friday Flyer - January 30, 2015
Spotlight on the University of Cincinnati: Interested in cosmic ray studies? Interested in research at CERN? Don't want to decide between them? Then you'd feel at home in the UC center, where they "do it all" and pretty well at that. Last year, UC lead teacher Jeff Rodriguez advised a group of…
Friday Flyer - January 23, 2015
Spotlight on IMW: QuarkNet and the e-Lab Fellows invite you to join the 4th Annual International Muon Week (IMW). It’s all about capturing cosmic ray data for one week with as many detectors on the air as possible. The dates are February 9–13 2015. International Muon Week 2015…
Friday Flyer - January 16, 2015
Spotlight on the Purdue-Calumet QuarkNet Center: You probably know about Purdue University—Boilermakers, West Lafayette—but there is more than one Purdue. Purdue University Calumet is a mostly commuter university in northwest Indiana, a few hours up I-65 from its famous cousin. Purdue-Calumet has…
Friday Flyer - January 9, 2015
Spotlight on the Boston QuarkNet Center: The Boston group started in 1999 as a collaboration between Darien Wood at Boston University and Ulrich Heintz, then at Northeastern University. Later, Heinz moved to Brown University (in nearby Providence, Rhode Island) and George Alverson stepped in to…
LHC Fellows Workshop, 10-11 Jan 2015
Agenda Masterclass: Masterclass orientation schedule CIMA for mentors and moderators (login Admin/MasterClass) and for students (instructions document)(event display) Masterclass schedule, moderation New WebGL iSPy-online Masterclass starter kit Masterclass@School e-Lab and other…
QuarkNet an der Elbe: But really
It is just past the mid-point of my stay here "an der Elbe" (not to be confused with "in ein Transporter bei der Fluss") and I know what you're thinking: Ken, your stories about PhD-mobiles and solid-state cosmic ray counters and shiny new masterclass tools are nice, sort of, but, really, what…
Friday Flyer - December 19, 2014
The Friday Flyer will be on vacation until January 9. Have a nice holiday and a safe New Year. Looking forward to a great 2015. Spotlight on Virginia: Once upon a time (last month), there was a single QuarkNet center for the Commonwealth of Virginia: the Hampton University - George Mason…
Friday Flyer - December 19, 2014
The Friday Flyer will be on vacation until January 9. Have a nice holiday and a safe New Year. Looking forward to a great 2015. Spotlight on Virginia: Once upon a time (last month), there was a single QuarkNet center for the Commonwealth of Virginia: the Hampton University - George Mason…