Friday Flyer - February 10, 2017

Spotlight on Summer Workshop Opportunities at Centers: QuarkNet Central provides several two- to three-day workshops available to our centers. These are facilitated by staff or fellows, and focus on a variety of topics, including data analysis from ATLAS, CMS, LIGO or cosmic ray muon detectors. Each workshop provides teachers the opportunity to wear their "student hats" (deepen their own understanding), and their "teacher hats" (discuss and plan for implementation into their own classes). More information is provided on the workshop description page, including a sample agenda for each workshop. Mentors and lead teachers contact Ken, Mark or Shane with questions or if you would like to schedule one of these workshops at your center.

News from QuarkNet Central: Have you registered your masterclass group for an orientation or an update? Please do so! Check out the orientation page, then register for an orientation or update with the orientation registration form. Advertise too! Masterclass posters, logos and media templates are available for download and printing. In addition, check out the latest IMC circular.

Physics Experiment Roundup: Learn who is a part of the DUNE collaboration in the short video, "We Are DUNE." Read about smashing gold ions at Brookhaven National Lab in this Science News article. 

Resources: Symmetry explores the experiments that may help us learn more about what ended the "dark ages" in the early universe. See how math concepts relate to one another in this poster and video. (This math poster/video is similar to the physics version that was shared a few weeks ago.)

News from our Houston/Rice Center: We are very sad to report that one of our mentors, Marj Corcoran of Rice University in Houston, Texas, recently passed away. Marj was a very dedicated mentor and will be greatly missed by many. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the the Rice center, and to all of Marj's family and friends. You can read more about Marj in her obituary and in this announcement from Rice. 

QuarkNet Staff:
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu