McIlrath to Become New APS Treasurer On November 11, Thomas J. McIlrath, a professor in the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park, will become APS Treasurer, replacing Harry Lustig.
Schrieffer and Garmire Named to Committee on National Medal of Science In September President Clinton announced the appointment of APS President Robert J. Schriffer, and Elsa Garmire, an APS Council and Executive Board member, to the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
In Brief The APS New England and New York State Sections held their annual fall meetings in October; and the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics unveiled its AMO Physics Handbook at its May meeting in Ann Arbor.
Letters We Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Effectiveness & Honesty — Two-Year College Faculty Members Are Forgotten by APS
APS Views Amy Halsted, administrator of operating committees at APS Headquarters in College Park, MD, offers a birds-eye view of the Society.
Science for All Students Laurie Fathe reviews two major recent reports addressing the current state of undergraduate science and math education, and the need for changes in the current approach.
The Back Page An Alien Ate my Laundry: The Decline of Reason in the Age of Science
