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PhysTEC Coalition logoFive Institutions Join the PhysTEC 5+ Club
PhysTEC announces the colleges and universities that graduated more that 5 or more physics teachers in the 2017-2018 academic year.

Capitol dome thumbnailOpen Letter to the Congress and President of the United States
Nobel Laureates and science community leaders comment on harm to American science from the shutdown

Michael Mann thumbAPS Member Michael Mann Shares 2019 Tyler Prize
Michael Mann is recognized for exceptional achievement in environmental research, sharing the award with Warren Washington.


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Spring 2019 American Physical Society Prizes and Awards Announced
The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society’s Spring 2019 prize and award recipients, and the 2018 Apker Award and Nicholson Medal recipients.
Laser Tweezers and Intense, Ultrashort Laser Pulses win 2018 Nobel in Physics
Half the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin for optical tweezers, and half shared between Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for technology to create high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
Record Number of Women Physicists Elected Fellows in American Physical Society
Nearly a quarter of the 155 APS members distinguished as 2018 Fellows of the American Physical Society are women
$2.2M Project to Establish Effective Practices for Undergrad Physics Programs
The newly-funded Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) Project is a 5-year, $2.2M effort to produce guidelines providing physics programs a collection of knowledge, experience, and proven-effective educational practices, led by the American Physical Society (APS) in collaboration with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

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