Friday Flyer/News

As you know, Friday Flyer takes each summer off while we bring the superconducting printing press up to room temperature, clean out the RF cavities used to inject the online ink, and align the cyber-…

Spotlight on Summer 2019 Oh no! This is the last issue of Friday Flyer of the 2018–19 school year. We will resume in September just when you think it is safe to come out of the shade. This summer…

Spotlight on International Muon Week 2019 You may recall that IMW 2019 was featured in an earlier edition of the FF, just before IMW took place. This week, we focus on a summary of results from…

Spotlight on the University of Florida QuarkNet Center The University of Florida center was restarted about two years ago after enthusiastic teacher response to CMS coding workshops for teachers…

Spotlight on the Florida State University QuarkNet Center The FSU center is one of twelve original QuarkNet centers begun in 1999. Horst Wahl has served as lead mentor over the years and has…

Spotlight on the Virginia Tech QuarkNet Center Virginia Tech (the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University) continues as a strong QuarkNet center close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Last…

Spotlight on the Syracuse University QuarkNet Center Steven Blusk and Matt Rudolph hosted a three-day workshop in August 2018. The first part of the workshop focused on neutrinos; Professor Blusk …

Spotlight on Black Holes, because we can If you spent the past few days in the CMS cavern disassembling HCal, you might not have seen the image that, for now, graces our "Spotlight" section. Now…

Spotlight on the University of Oregon QuarkNet Center Ray Frey serves as this center's lead mentor, which held its 17th summer workshop for teachers in June of 2018. Though Ray is the lead mentor…

Spotlight on International Muon Week Next week is Interational Muon Week (IMW)! IMW is organized by QuarkNet and the Cosmic Ray Fellows and takes place in or close to spring each year. Think of it…