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Alice Flarend to be a Recipient of the 2023 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service
August 18, 2022
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Richard Gelderman Named 2023 AAPT Fellow
August 11, 2022
AAPT Fellows Awardee for Winter 2023 is Richard Gelderman. AAPT Fellows are distinguished physicists, educators, administrators, and communicators who have been recognized for their contributions to the physics education community.
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Kimberly Ann Coble to receive 2023 J D Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Awardee
August 10, 2022
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S. James Gates, Jr. 2023 Oersted Medal
August 10, 2022
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell named 2023 Recipient of the Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
August 4, 2022
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Donald Lawrence Strandburg
August 1, 2022
March 16, 1930 – July 13, 2022 —
Donald Strandburg, low temperature physicist and former chair of the physics department at San Jose State University, passed away on July 13 at the age of 92, following a heart attack.
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IPhO 2022 Results
July 19, 2022
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Robert Beck Clark
June 20, 2022
Former AAPT President, Robert Beck Clark, passed away at home in Murray, Utah on June 4, 2022.
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Alex Dickison
April 28, 2022
Alexander K. Dickison was a colleague and friend of physics teachers in Florida and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
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Barbara Lotze 2021 Scholarship Winners
March 8, 2022
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced the winners of the 2021 Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible.
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