From: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
Date: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:15:53 PM US/Eastern
To: "danmacisaac@mac.com" <danmacisaac@mac.com>
Subject: AAPT Update 2003 Number 11
Reply-To: AAPT <aapt-memb@aapt.org>
AAPT Update 2003 Number 11
This news summary is a service to our members and is from the Executive
Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park,
Maryland.
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PROMINENT PHYSICISTS AND AUTHORS TO SPEAK AT MIAMI MEETING
Don't miss the impressive line-up of plenary and ceremonial speakers
that
will be featured at the 128th AAPT National Meeting January 24-28 in
Miami
Beach, FL.
Plenary Speakers, Institutions, Speech Titles:
Seth J. Putterman, UCLA, "Sonoluminescence: The Star in the Jar"
Maya Tolstoy, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
"Listening to the Ocean"
Jayanth R. Banavar, Penn State University, "Geometry and Physics of
Proteins"
Ceremonial Speakers, Institutions, Speech Titles:
Robert B. Clark, Brigham Young University, "Some Lessons Learned"
Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard University, "Light at Bicycle Speed - and
Slower Yet!"
Lawrence M. Krauss, Case Western Reserve University, "A State of the
Universe Address"
NOVEMBER 23 DEADLINE - EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION FOR 128th AAPT NATIONAL
MEETING
Save money! The "early-bird" pre-registration deadline for the 128th
AAPT
National Meeting January 24-28, 2004, in Miami Beach, FL is right around
the corner. To register, or to get more information, go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/128th/index.cfm .
DECEMBER 1 DEADLINE -SCHOLARSHIP FOR FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHER
AAPT offers a scholarship for future high school physics teachers, which
is supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze. Undergraduate
students in, or planning to enter physics teacher preparation programs
and
high school seniors planning to enter such curricula are eligible. For
more information on the scholarship, please go to http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm .
AAPT will be hosting a job fair, January 25-27, in conjunction with our
128th National Meeting in Miami Beach.
·Submit a resume to be posted at the job fair
·Submit a job ad to be posted at the job fair
·Interview onsite
Members do not need to attend to participate - send your resume today!
Participate by looking through job postings and attending career
seminars.
Employers will be on hand looking for qualified candidates. The job fair
web page is located at http://www.aapt.org/jobfair where you can get additional details.
The AAPT would like to congratulate their newly elected Executive Board
officers for 2004. For more information please go to http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/aaptnews.cfm .
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