APS and AAPT Launch The Campaign for Physics The APS and AAPT have officially launched a jointly sponsored Campaign for Physics to raise $5 million in support of science education reform. |
Laser Spectroscopy Applications Featured at ILS-XI Meeting More than 1700 optical and laser scientists gathered for the 11th annual Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference, which serves as the annual meeting of the APS Topical Group on Laser Science. |
Improbable Researchers Gather for 1995 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Five Nobel Laureates, aided by children, scuba divers and a marching band, gathered at Harvard University in October for the 1995 Ig Nobel prize ceremony. |
Career Corner As the job market for Ph.D. physicists continues to tighten, Geoff Hueter is one of a growing number of young Ph.D.s who are turning to the world of business. |
Member in the Spotlight: Russell Donnelly The University of Oregon's Russell Donnelly was recently honored with a special session at the Ninth Couette-Taylor Workshop held in August in Boulder, Colorado. |
Book Review Brian Schwartz reviews Soothing the Establishment: The Impact of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers on America. |
In Brief The American Institute of Physics has produced a booklet on involving undergraduates in research; APS President C. Kumar N. Patel wrote to NSF Director Neal Lane to express concern about the agency's FY1996 budget for research; the APS Executive Board approved a proposal to rename the Minority Lectureship Award; and the Division of High Polymer Physics will offer an introductory short course for non-specialists in conjunction with the 1996 March Meeting on polymeric materials and their applications. |
Anagrams for the Electronic Age A sampling of a list of phrases that turned up when Physical Review Letters was run through an anagram machine. |