Monthly Archives: November 2022

An outside observer could be forgiven for thinking that active learning is going backwards in FSU’s Physics Department. FSU’s Studio Physics Program is now serving fewer students than it did in 2017. The Studio Physics classes meet seven hours per … Continue reading →

The farther along the pipeline to math-intensive STEM careers Florida’s Black students get, the tougher it is. In 2021-22, 21.3% of the students in Florida’s K-12 schools were Black. But during the same school year only 13.5% of the 8th … Continue reading →

Imagine you are a leader among the nation’s nuclear scientists and you are getting worried about where the nuclear scientists the nation will need during the next twenty years are going to come from. At what educational level should you … Continue reading →

Engineers and physical, life and social scientists made up much smaller percentages of Florida’s 2020 workforce than was the case in most other states, according to the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Indicators. Of Florida’s total workforce in 2020, … Continue reading →

In 2021, Florida continued to be below average in producing new bachelor’s degree graduates in science and engineering, according to statistics released by the National Science Foundation last week. The state ranked 32nd among states plus DC in the number … Continue reading →

I have hope and even optimism about the generation of K-12 and college students who have been impacted by the pandemic. I don’t see much of that optimism in the news coverage I read about these students. The results of … Continue reading →

The James and Jana Cook Future Physicists of Florida Panama City Chapter held its first post-pandemic ceremony on Tuesday evening, inducting 160 middle school students while hundreds of family members looked on at FSU’s Panama City campus. The inductees, who … Continue reading →