Promoting the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within the international scientific community and within society at large.
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NSBP and LIGO create Carl A. Rouse Fellowship
NSBP and LIGO have jointly created the Carl A. Rouse Fellowship for summer undergraduate researchers. LIGO is managed by Caltech and MIT. Rouse was Caltech's first African American Ph.D. graduate and spent some of his career at MIT's Lincoln Lab. He is best known for his computational work on dense plasmas, nuclear fusion reactions, and solar neutrino flux.
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NSBP members awarded National Medals
For the second year in a row NSBP members have been awarded National Medals by President Obama. This year's awardees are Sylvester James Gates (National Medal of Science) and George Carruthers (National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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NSBP member, Stephon Alexander, wins 2013 Edward Bouchet Award
For his contributions to theoretical cosmology, Dr. Stephon Alexander, has received the 2013 Edward A. Bouchet Award. Dr. Alexander is the Ernest Everett Just 1907 Professor of Natural Sciences at Dartmouth College. Besides being an accomplished physicist, he is a prodigious jazz saxophonist.
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NSBP Member, Hakeem Oluseyi, selected to be 2012 TED Global Fellow
Dr. Oluseyi is an astrophysicist, inventor and science educator whose research focuses on measuring the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy and characterizing new planetary systems. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, bringing together people from Technology, Entertainment, Design.
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NSBP signs MOU with National Alliance of Black School Educators; Endorses "Physics First'
NABSE and NSBP commit to working together towards the goal of every child having the opportunity to learn physics
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NSBP Member John Johnson wins Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Caltech.
Johnson was recognized for his dedication, passion, and innovation in teaching as well as his ability to inspire his students.
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NSBP Member Kim Lewis wins NSF CAREER Awards
RPI physics professor will use prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) to study electronics at the molecular level. The research seeks to better understand how molecules are transported through advanced electronic systems..
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