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On June 4-6, 84 physics department chairs from around the country gathered in College Park, MD to attend a biennial conference sponsored by the APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). The theme of this year’s conference was “Physics in the Public Interest.” The Friday evening session featured an address by Charles McQueary, Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security. Among the speakers on Saturday were David Campbell of Boston University (top photo) shown addressing the conference on the National Task Force on Graduate Education, and Alan Dorsey of the University of Florida (bottom photo), shown participating in a panel on graduate education issues. Other speakers included Robert Dynes, President of the University of California, and, on Sunday, Peter Rooney of the House Science Committee and Michael Turner, Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Science Foundation.
