Presentations from 2004 Conference

Friday, June 4

The Role of DHS Science and Technology in Protecting America
Keynote talk by Charles McQueary
Undersecretary for Science & Technology
Dept. of Homeland Security

Saturday, June 5

Setting the Context: "Physics in the Public Interest"
Keynote talk by Robert Dynes
President
University of California

Strategic challenges facing university-based science departments and how departments can respond and serve the public interest

Statistical Overview of Physics and Graduate Education in Physics
Roman Cuzjko, AIP, Statistical Research Center 

National Task Force on Graduate Education
David Campbell, Boston University 

Panel on Graduate Education Issues

• Interdisciplinary work
  Peter Jung, Ohio University
  
• Curriculum issues
  Allen Goldman, Univ. of Minnesota
  
• Timing of research, candidacy exams, reduced course requirements
  Alan Dorsey, Univ. of Florida
  
• Report of Ethics Survey (Chairs and Junior Members)
  Kate Kirby, Harvard-Smithsonian

2005 World Year of Physics
Alan Chodos, APS Associate Executive Officer 

National Needs for Scientific Workforce & Literacy

• Report on PhysTEC
  Ingrid Novodvorsky, University of Arizona
  
• Impact of globalization
  Michael Lubell, APS Director for Public Affairs
  
• Women in physics
  Laurie McNeil, (6.2M .ppt) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Breakout Group Reports

• Graduate curriculum issues I 
  Discussion Leader: Chris Gould, North Carolina State University
  Recorder: Shirley Chiang, University of California, Davis
• Graduate curriculum issues II 
  Discussion Leader: John Goodkind, University of California, San Diego
  Recorder: Sid Redner, Boston University
• Faculty development issues
  Discussion Leader: Charles Glashausser, Rutgers University
  Recorder: M. Shah Jahan, The University of Memphis
• Working with the administration: skills needed
  Discussion Leader: Laurie McNeil, University of North Carolina
  Recorder: Kathleen McCloud, Xavier University
• Undergraduate curriculum issues I 
  Discussion Leader: Jim McNeil, Colorado School of Mines
  Recorder: John Schofield, Oberlin College
• Undergraduate curriculum issues II
  Discussion Leader: Kim Coplin, Denison University
  Recorder: Anthony Calamai, Appalachian State University
• Concerns of small departments I
  Discussion Leader: Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr College
  Recorder: Ruprecht Machleidt, University of Idaho
• Concerns of small departments II
  Discussion Leader: Jim Madsen, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
  Recorder: Mary Lowe, Loyola College
• Recruitment and funding of graduate students I
  Discussion Leader: Erick Weinberg, Columbia University
  Recorder: John Raitt, Utah State University
• Recruitment and funding of graduate students II
  Discussion Leader: Dan Marlow, Princeton University
  Recorder: Shirley Chiang, University of California, Davis

Sunday, June 6

Issues Before Congressional Science Committees
Peter Rooney, House Science Committee 

The Changing Face of Physics
James Stith, American Institute of Physics 

The View from the National Science Foundation
Michael Turner, Asst. Dir, Math & Physical Sciences, NSF 

Overview of Conference Issues
Bernie Khoury, AAPT