Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on International Masterclasses 2016: They are amazing—the chance for your students to become "particle physicists for a day"—and they are coming. International Masterclass videoconferences…

Spotlight on the University of Minnesota Center: The University of Minnesota center has held summer workshops since 2003. Currently, there are 12 active teachers who work with Dan Cronin-Hennessy,…

Spotlight on Bob Peterson: Who can explain cosmic ray performance studies with a nautical metaphor, come up with a quote about Stan Musial, and calm a nervous e-Lab user, all while tying a knot…

Spotlight on the Florida State University Center: The FSU center dates back to QuarkNet's beginnings in 1999. Horst Wahl is the mentor, and there are about 20 active members, primarily from the…

Spotlight on the Virtual QuarkNet Center: The Virtual Center is a home for teachers who live far from a geographic QuarkNet center. They meet monthly by videoconference and gather for a few days each…

Spotlight on the University at Buffalo - SUNY QuarkNet Center: This center held its 9th annual QuarkNet summer workshop for teachers during August 2015, with six teachers in attendance. Professors Ia…

Spotlight on the University of Wisconsin-Madison QuarkNet Center: The small but very active QuarkNet center in Wisconsin is tightly bound with one really big detector and, potentially, many really…

Spotlight on the Southern Methodist University (SMU) QuarkNet Center: The SMU QuarkNet group of teachers met this year during the week of August 3-7 and were treated to a wide variety of activities…

Spotlight on the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez QuarkNet Center: The UPRM crew generally meets during the academic year as its mentors are often at Fermilab in the summer. UPRM QuarkNet…

Spotlight on the Syracuse QuarkNet Center: This past summer, Syracuse QuarkNet teachers participated in a four-day workshop organized by Steve Blusk and Mitch Soderberg. The first two days consisted…