celebrating diversity in the future faces of physics round 1
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Celebrating Diversity in the Future Faces of Physics
Round 1
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Fabulous Fields
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Future Faces
This is the science discipline with the most
women in faculty positions (>20%).
Over 40% of students that earn double majors in
physics, get their second degree in this field.
The average percent representation of women in these four engineering fields combined is less
than 10%.
In 1988, the University of WI and Wayne State became the first two schools to
have accredited programs in this field of applied
physics.
Currently more physics PhDs are awarded for
work in this subfield than in any other.
Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many
students receive bachelor’s degrees in
physics per year, per SPS zone, on average?
The % representation of women in this branch of physics is nearly double that of the whole field.
Rounded to the nearest ten, roughly this percentage of students take physics in
high school.
They make up 13% of the population in the U.S., but
this underrepresented group earns only about
2% of the physics bachelor’s degrees awarded each year.
What percentage of people that earn bachelor’s
degrees in physics go on to get PhDs and work at
Colleges, Universities, or National Labs?
This theoretical physicist is author of A Brief History
of Time, and is almost completely paralyzed
from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Of the 3 women that have won the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry, one was awarded to this woman
and one to her daughter.
This physicist was the second female to win a Nobel Prize in physics. She won for her shell model of the nuclear
structure.
Upon receiving his PhD in physics from Yale, this man became the first
African American to earn a doctorate from an American university.
This iconic physicist was engaged in many civil
rights activities and co-chaired the American
Crusade to End Lynching.
In 1973, Chien-Shiung Wu became the first female
president of this professional society,
which publishes Physical Review Letters.
African Americans are most likely to earn a physics
bachelor's degree at this type of institution.
Kent Cullers, a blind physicist, leads the
targeted search signal detection team for this
organization, which conducts research on “life
in the universe.”
Fermilab has the most powerful particle
accelerator on earth, but it will soon be surpassed by
this accelerator, under construction at CERN.
The mission of this group is to promote the professional
well-being of African American physicists within
the scientific community and society.
This movie features SETI, ARECIBO, and Jodi Foster.
This new CBS sitcom stars two physicists and their
pretty neighbor.
This physicist wrote the popular science book,
The Physics of Star Trek.
The guitarist from this legendary band recently
earned his PhD in astrophysics.
In the comedy series, 3rd Rock from the Sun, this actor played a physics
professor.
Prada and Calvin Klein market glasses as
accessories, but many people are opting for this procedure so they don’t
have to wear them.
The popularity of gels, strips, and lights that produce this sparkly effect has exploded recently – but even ancient Egyptians saw it as a sign
of status.
This haircut, named after the popular sitcom character who debuted it in the mid
1990s, will eventually be as outdated as "The Farrah.”
In 2005, 2.7 million cosmetic surgeries were performed on this area of the face;
making it the top ranking cosmetic surgery site for
people ages 51-64.
Coming in second to liposuction, this is the next
most popular cosmetic surgery for men.
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Increasing the participation of underrepresented groups is a is a top priority of this agency, which supports all
fields of fundamental science and engineering (except for
medical sciences).
This report was released in 2006 by the National
Academies and warned that the US is falling behind in STEM competitiveness.
During the 2006 State of the Union address, President
Bush announced this initiative, which included a large increase in science
funding.
There are currently two congressmen with PhDs in physics.
Name one.
This representative from TN is chair
of the House Committee on Science and Technology.
This underrepresented group of college
graduates usually has an unemployment rate
twice as high as white college graduates.
Unfortunately, this factor is a very good indicator of the likelihood that a
student will earn a bachelors degree.
American Indians / Alaska Natives, African Americans,
and Hispanic Americans collectively make up only
this percent of the country's science and engineering
workforce.
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Over 150 SPS members have already applied to become tutors through
this website.
This organization addresses the retention
and success of people in STEM fields through online mentoring.
Recent graduates who participate in this program
commit to teach for two years in rural or urban
schools in need.
SPS is member of this grassroots effort, which links
universities, museums, businesses, and other
groups working toward a greater public understanding
of science.
SPS works with this collaboration, part of the National Science Digital Library, to produce the
Nucleus.