Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on International Masterclasses and Fermilab: International Masterclasses 2017 have officially ended, though there will still be some "off-shelf" masterclasses well into this month in places…

Spotlight on Rice University/University of Houston QuarkNet Center: As many of you know, this has been a very sad year for our colleagues, with the loss of mentor Marj Corcoran this past February.…

Spotlight on Purdue University Northwest QuarkNet Center: Purdue University Calumet and Purdue University Northwest have joined forces. Result: same great QuarkNet center, new name. Purdue Northwest…

Spotlight on the University of Oregon QuarkNet Center: Located in Eugene, the center hosted its 15th summer QuarkNet workshop in 2016. With LIGO's recent gravitational wave discoveries, the workshop…

Spotlight on Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: For QuarkNet, Fermilab is not only home for the Fermilab/UChicago QuarkNet Center but also one of our two major hubs. (The other is Notre Dame.)…

Spotlight on the Kansas State University QuarkNet Center: Located in "The Little Apple" (Manhattan, KS), the center is very active serving primarily teachers from rural Kansas. In March 2016, the…

Spotlight on Upcoming Events: Spring is upon us! We have great March activities; read about International Masterclasses and International Muon Week below. Look for a CMS e-Lab Poster Challenge in…

Spotlight on the University of Washington QuarkNet Center: In August of 2016, this center held a three-day cosmic ray studies workshop open to both teachers and high school students. During the…

Spotlight on Idaho State: The Idaho State University QuarkNet Center is very involved in and dedicated to cosmic ray studies. They spent just about their whole summer 2016 workshop on plateauing,…

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…