A conference of presidents from this nation’s leading undergraduate institutions will reveal that a generous mix of quality teaching with quality research is the formula for building successful careers in science.
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Local teachers learn science-teaching techniques at Fermilab
Imagine the journey a single atom would take from the Big Bang through the creation of the universe, on to the beginnings of life on Earth and then beyond our demise…Physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek, has imagined just such a journey—and, as chairman of the Department of Physics at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University, he has the science to back his vision.
MEDIA ADVISORY: This Week at Snowmass, July 9-13
Leon Lederman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 and author of “The God Particle,” joins a host of distinguished science authors for a Science Book Fair at Explore Book Sellers in Aspen, on Monday, July 9 at 4 p.m.
Leon Lederman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988, leads a group of distinguished physicists in a Spanish-language presentation at Carbondale Community School on Monday, July 9 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Scientists apply their considerable skills every day to understanding the world around us. But can those skills also be applied to achieving understanding among the people of that often-troubled world—and in one of the most troubled areas of that world?
From a balloon ascent to Tabletop Science; from an evening Sky Party to Physics on Stage; from a Virtual Science Fair to hands-on exhibits: Science Weekend has something for everyone of every age on Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8, in and around the Snowmass Village Mall.
Officials at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (June 22) that they had ordered a contractor to suspend work on a construction project at the laboratory.
From rockets to hot-air balloons, from soap bubbles to egg-crash derbies: Visiting scientists and science teachers will team up with Roaring Fork Valley organizations to offer kids a special combination of learning and summer fun during “Snowmass 2001: A Summer Study on the Future of Particle Physics,” June 30-July 21 at the Snowmass Conference Center.