Don't Lecture Me is a radio documentary on not lecturing in college. The first half of the program deals with findings from Physics Education Research. Among those interviewed is Joe Redish, UMD Professor of Physics.
Audio of the program is available at: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/tomorrows-college/lectures/
Thursday, September 8, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Elsie and Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Reception immediately following the service
Grand Pavilion (located outside the Dekelboum Concert Hall)
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Complimentary parking will be available in the Stadium Drive Parking Garage, directly across the street from the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Please follow signs from the campus entrances. Link to parking and directions: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/
Particle theorist Raman Sundrum has been named a Distinguished University Professor. He will be recognized at the Faculty and Staff Convocation Tuesday, October 4 at 3:00 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel.
Associate Professor Victor Galitski has received the 2011 Richard A. Ferrell Distinguished Faculty Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding personal effort and expertise in physics as well as dedicated service to the UMD Department of Physics. The Fellowship, established in 2001, honors Dr. Richard A. Ferrell, a deeply-respected physicist who joined the University in 1953, served 40 years, and remained active in the department even after his retirement. Dr. Ferrell died in 2005 at his nearby University Park home.
Professor Galitski is a condensed matter theorist, a member of the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials (CNAM) and a fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute.