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DOI: 10.1063/1.3047677
http://www.aps.org/programs/women/female-friendly
The American Physical Society’s Committee on the Status of Women in physics has sent a brief questionaire, nane to all the PhD-qranting physics departments in the US. The survey aims to answer the question, Is Your Graduate Department in Physics Female Friendly?
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops
On the Cutting Edge helps geoscience professors keep up to date about developments in research and teaching methods. Run by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the project conducts workshops and hosts an extensive website whose resources are likely to be of Interest to teachers of any kind of physical science.
http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/carols/carols.htm
“Phrostythe Photon” and “Oh Physics Problem Set of Mine” are two of the songs available at Physics Carols. The webpage has a link to a larger collection of nonholiday physics songs.
More about the authors
Charles Day, American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Maryland 20740-3842 US .
