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August/September 2012 (Volume 21, Number 8)

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News

Sam Aronson of Brookhaven Elected APS VP
Sam Aronson, director of Brookhaven National Lab, was elected to be the next vice-president of APS

Permanent Jobs Elusive for Recent Physics PhDs
Two recent studies by the American Institute of Physics found that recent PhDs are having a harder time finding a potentially permanent position

APS Honors Thirty-Nine Minority Scholars
APS’s Committee on Minorities selected 39 students to receive scholarships

New Federal Limits on Travel Could Decimate Some Meetings
Stringent regulations limiting travel for federal employees could reduce the number of attendees at science meetings

US Students Among the Best at International Physics Competition
All five members of the U.S. team won medals at this year’s Physics Olympiad

Website Seeks Aid for Physicist Jailed in Argentina
Academics at the University of North Carolina have banded together to help out fellow professor Paul Frampton

Learning from Lindau: A Physics Meeting Like No Other
In July, 27 Nobel laureates gathered in Germany for the 62nd annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Media Fellows Follow Varied Career Paths
APS News catches up with some of the past Mass Media Fellows sponsored by APS

Opinion

Letters to the Editor
Fermi and the Scientific Method • Anti-Iranian Cartoon was Ill-Advised • Advanced Labs Must Receive Necessary Resources • Back Page Misinterprets the Data

The Back Page
Has the Battery Bubble Burst?

Departments

Members in the Media
As quoted in other publications...

After Finding the Higgs Boson
Editorial Cartoon

This Month in Physics History
August 10, 1915: Henry G.J. Moseley Killed in Action

The Education Corner
A column on educational programs and publications

Inside the Beltway
Marketing Science

APS Committee on International Freedom of Scientists
CIFS Briefs: Highlighting the Connection Between Human Rights and Science for the Physics Community

Focus on Advocacy
APS members confront public issues related to science

Read Comics You Must

Becky at Comicon 2012 small
Photo by Nick Hammer

Even Jedi Masters love to read Spectra Comics, as the APS outreach team discovered at Comic-Con in San Diego in July, where they exhibited for the third year in a row.
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APS Honors Two Colorado Sites

Plaques for historical site
Photo by Brad Baxley/JILA

In July, APS President Robert Byer presented a pair of plaques to two institutions in Colorado, each of which was celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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