APS Spring Meeting Incorporates CAM'97 The 1997 Spring Meeting also marked the third in a series of joint meetings of the APS,the Sociedad Mexicana Fisica, and the Canadian Association of Physicists.
APS Units Have Option of Holding Electronic Elections The APS Executive Board approved a motion authorizing APS units to conduct electronic elections, provided that unit members are assured of the opportunity to vote regardless of whether or not they have Web access.
Inside The Beltway Michael Lubell explores the changing public attitudes toward physics and its place in post-Cold War society.
Researchers Report on New Results for BEC Experiments At the APS/AAPT Spring Meeting, three researchers reported on the latest results from recent experiments using Bose-Einstein condensates, including the world's first atom laser.
APS Matching Memberships Aid Physicists in Developing Countries The APS Matching Membership program provides physicists in developing countries with improved access to the latest scientific information and the ability to attend more scientific meetings.
In Brief A tentative program for the centenary celebration of the APS in March 1999 is in place; the APS Committee on Minorities will establish an on-line archive of minority physicists; nine new members of the National Science Board were confirmed by the Senate in May; and the AIP has signed an agreement with Springer-Verlag under which the latter will publish and distribute AIP Press books worldwide.
Letters Research Funding: An Increase, but for Whom? — Science and Religion Can Still Converse — We Have Funding Choices
APS Views APS Associate Executive Officer Barrie Ripin questions how many physicists are enough, based on declining enrollment figures for U.S. physics degree programs.