Monthly Archives: July 2020

It is tempting to look at the first plot above – the underrepresentation of Black students among bachelor’s degree graduates in STEM fields at FSU – and conclude that FSU’s professors can solve this problem within the boundaries of our … Continue reading →

Florida State University President John Thrasher has appointed a Task Force on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion, bringing the issue of equity on campus to the fore. The plots below show where the university is right now in graduating women, Black … Continue reading →

Physicists – even those with only a bachelor’s degree in the discipline – are the most versatile players in the modern technological economy. Starting at the undergraduate level, physicists learn the laws of nature and how to apply them rigorously … Continue reading →

It is quite possible – perhaps even likely – that most Floridians will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the fall of 2021. What will the state look like then? What will the prospects of its people – and its children … Continue reading →

Update (Saturday): An FSU News story on the camp is here. This week’s Nuclear Medicine and Science Camp, which started with nineteen middle and high school campers on Monday and ended today, provided a dramatic demonstration of what can be … Continue reading →

In his Orlando Sentinel commentary (“Space exploration in next decade could teach and unify our world”), Explore Mars CEO Chris Carberry was right in saying that the nation’s space program can “serve as a symbol of what can be accomplished … Continue reading →

Next week’s online Nuclear Medicine and Science Camp, being hosted by FSU’s Panama City campus, will be my last event as a member of Team Ginger. The online camp will nevertheless be hands-on in part because equipment (including radiation monitors, … Continue reading →

I am afraid for my K-12 colleagues. There are many elementary, middle and high school teachers like me – of late middle age (59 in my case) with underlying health conditions (mine is asthma). As a college professor, I will … Continue reading →

The number of individuals entering Florida’s pipeline for high school math teaching careers by taking the state’s certification in the subject for the first time ended its years-long decline in 2019. The number of those taking the exam for the … Continue reading →

On July 1st, 2019 – which was the 33rd anniversary of my first day on the job at the FSU Physics Department – my colleagues and our university’s leaders could remain convinced that there would always be an ample supply … Continue reading →