Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on the Wayne State University QuarkNet Center: Wayne State, located in downtown Motown, runs a cosmic ray research program every year for local high school students along with teachers and…

Spotlight on QuarkNet, Notre Dame, and Chile: Recently, Pat Mooney, Ken Cecire and Chris Kolda, Physics Department Chair, retuned from a visit to Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile.…

Spotlight on the University of Cincinnati QuarkNet Center: Cincinnati had a very active 2015. Students and teachers spent much time working with cosmic ray detectors by performing studies at their…

Spotlight on the Vanderbilt University QuarkNet Center: Vanderbilt continues to be an active QuarkNet center led by mentor Dr. William Gabella, with the support of emeritus mentor Dr. Med Webster and…

Spotlight on the Iowa QuarkNet Center: The QuarkNet center at the University of Iowa has an intensive workshop every other summer. This was not one of those years, but they did some great work all…

Spotlight on the Colorado State University QuarkNet Center: In its fourth year, the CSU center is relatively new. Dr. Bob Wilson, Cherie Bornhorst and about six local teachers have learned about…

Spotlight on the LIGO e-Lab: You may be a user of the Cosmic Ray e-Lab or of the CMS e-Lab, but have you tried the LIGO e-Lab? Gravitational waves can make only the most miniscule vibrations in the…

Spotlight on the Rice University/University of Houston QuarkNet Center: This center had a very busy 2015 with "Saturday Physics" events, student research internships, and a weeklong teacher workshop…

Spotlight on the University of California, Riverside QuarkNet Center: This group is and should be known for its great participation in International Masterclasses. Not only were they an early adopter…

Spotlight on the Johns Hopkins University QuarkNet Center: The JHU center had an active year in 2015, including a teacher workshop that took place from July 20-24, student research that ran from June…