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Future physicists win awards

DEC 01, 1964
Donald E. Cunningham
Ethel Snider

The Student Sections program of the American Institute of Physics has been rapidly expanding, reflecting a general growth of interest in physics. There are now 234 Student Sections in colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Through association with their Student Sections, college and university physics majors gain a better understanding of what their life work as physicists will involve and obtain information about graduate‐school requirements and employment opportunities.

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Donald E. Cunningham, The American Institute of Physics.

Ethel Snider, The American Institute of Physics.

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Volume 17, Number 12

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