Friday Flyer/News

With many of us heading into the holiday break, today's edition of the Friday Flyer is short. We'll be back in January with the full Friday Flyer. 2025 CERN Summer Programs: A reminder to teachers…

 Spotlight on the Drew University QuarkNet CenterOne of our new QuarkNet centers is Drew University in bucolic Madison, New Jersey.  Drew is a small university where mentor Kamal Benslama is a member…

 Spotlight on the University of Hawaii QuarkNet CenterIn March 2024, Punahou School hosted a CMS masterclass, organized by lead teacher Tiffany Coke (Punahou School) and mentor Jason Kumar (…

 Spotlight on the Boston QuarkNet CenterThis has been another active year for Boston Center and it has also been their year of relativity (and some quantum physics). It all kicked off last year,…

 Spotlight on the Florida State University QuarkNet CenterJoy Hartsock has been an active member of the FSU QuarkNet Center for several years. Recently, she became an active QuarkNet coding fellow,…

 Spotlight on Autumn 2024 - A Look AheadFirst of all, apologies to our avid readers in the southern hemisphere: For you, the title of this section should be Spotlight on Spring 2024. Please make…

QuarkNet staff talked with three University of Notre Dame physicists about the new CMS result on the mass of the W boson. Here are their immediate reactions:Christopher Kolda:The 2022 measurement of…

 This is the first Friday Flyer of the 2024-2025 academic year. For those new to the Friday Flyer...The FF is a newsletter that comes out about twice a month during the academic year, usually on…

Spotlight on Summer 2024A whole bunch is happening this summer in QuarkNet. Summer is, of course, our most intense season. We expect up to thirty different QuarkNet center meetings and workshops with…

Spotlight on Peter Higgs On Monday, the world lost Peter Higgs, who passed away after an illness at age of 94. His name is known, of course, for the Higgs field and its particle expression, the…