Schrieffer Focuses on Improving Communication Science Education Incoming APS President J. Robert Schrieffer (Florida State University) reflects on his priorities for the Society in 1996. NOBEL APS PRESIDENTS. A few quick facts regarding past Nobel Prize winners who have served as APS president.
Insights into Nuclear Structure Featured at 1995 DNP Fall Meeting New insights into nuclear structure, superheavy elements, and future applications of basic nuclear research were among the topics featured at the 1995 fall meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics.
Challenge to Scholarly Surveys Again Rejected The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has reaffirmed the First Amendment right to publish surveys analyzing the prices of scientific journals, the latest legal decision in a lawsuit between APS, the American Institute of Physics, and science journal publisher Gordon and Breach.
In Brief The APS Council approves two minor changes to the Bylaws regarding committee service of Congressional Fellows; Six APS representatives traveled to Tokyo in September to attend the Second International Conference on Research and Communication in Physics; U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) was elected to APS fellowship; and the APS Division of Biological Physics is sponsoring a workshop on physical techniques in the biological sciences just prior to the APS March Meeting in St. Louis.
Nobel APS Presidents Eighty-two people have served as president of APS, and there are 147 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics. There have been 21 APS presidents who have also won a Nobel Prize, before, during, and after their tenure.
CRDF Announces Cooperative Grants Program On November 6, 1995, the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) announced a call for proposals for its new Cooperative Grants Program.
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Inside the Beltway Freshman House Republicans Muscle Legislation to a Crawl
APS Views APS Director of International Scientific Affairs Irving Lerch discusses the hard realities of international science and the role of the OECD Megascience Forum.
