Special Programming Planned for 1996 March and Spring Meetings Special sessions focusing on the job market and science policy will be featured at the 1996 APS March Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, while the 1996 Spring Meeting in Indianapolis will feature sessions on high level unified physics. |
Council Issues Statement on Helium Conservation The APS Council adopted a statement in November calling for measures to conserve and enhance the nation's helium reserves. |
Novel Plasma Applications Highlight 1995 DPP Meeting More than 1200 plasma scientists gathered in Louisville, Kentucky to hear about the latest in plasma applications, as well as plasma transport, laser plasmas, and the magnetohydrodynamic process, during the 1995 annual meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, held 6-10 November. |
Lustig to Retire as APS Treasurer Dr. Harry Lustig, the APS Treasurer for almost 10 years, announced his intention to retire at the end of June. |
Fluid Researchers Gather for 1995 DFD Meeting New studies of various aspects of turbulence and the behavior of single strands of DNA in acqueous suspensions were among the highlights of the 1995 fall meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, held 19- 21 November in Irvine, California. |
Council Approves Mass Media Fellowship Program In November, the APS Council approved the establishment of an APS Mass Media Fellowship program to improve communication between physicists and the media. |
Fano, Kamen to Receive Presidential Fermi Award President Clinton announced in December that Ugo Fano and Martin Kamen are the recipients of the 1995 Enrico Fermi Award. |
In Brief The APS will join the Science Coalition, a Washington, DC-based lobbying organization working to demonstrate support for basic research; the Division of Biological Physics has compiled an electronic directory of graduate opportunities in biological physics; the APS Laser Science Topical Group has achieved divisional status; and three APS divisions will jointly sponsor a special colloquium for general audiences in conjunction with the 1996 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting. |
CIFS to Petition China At the March and May meetings the Society's Committee on the International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS) will be co-sponsoring a petition signing station with the New York-based Committee of Concerned Scientists. |