Brian Utter

Physics professor sifting through resources on physics education, pedagogy, PER, and teacher preparation in the hopes of finding what works.

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

No comment, lol.

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

University COVID Model https://t.co/z2WdfFZteD https://t.co/ZdK5EHBnrn

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University COVID Model https://t.co/z2WdfFZteD https://t.co/ZdK5EHBnrn

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

Wow, hiring freeze, early retirements, and now furloughing 850 employees to close a projected $168 million shortfall at UMass Amherst. RT @UMassAmherst: A message from Chancellor @KSubbaswamy about the university’s budget. https://t.co/sOpZXn00Rt

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

Collective behavior, self-organization, *and* a likely premise for a sci-fi monster. Wow!

[PERC2020 @perc2020]

Whoa‼️ Did you see what was published in the last few hours⁉️ The #perc2020 schedule 🤯 https://t.co/wfjLp09YnD

The final full-detailed program is still a work in progress. PERC organizers are working on it!

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

Recording of an excellent recent discussion on equity issues in physics and addressing systemic barriers for black physicists in particular. "From Passion to Action: Levers & Tools for Making Physics Inclusive & Equitable" https://t.co/Dj7y5GifAf

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

Lead our annual summer research ethics training... always fascinating conversations, but some really critical and timely issues this year from #covid19 to #shutdownstem. #ethicalscience is more than data management and publication practices.

[José Gonçalves @eufisica]

Top story: 10 Strategies to Nurture A Growth Mindset in Your Class | Educational Technology and Mobile Learning https://t.co/JursvQcy7X, see more https://t.co/C12skIStWo

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

The at-home AP Exams this year will not include any multiple-choice questions, only free-response questions adapted for secure testing at home. They will measure skills that can't be learned from Google or chats with friends. By April 3, we will post the specifics for each exam.

[American Institute of Physics @AIP_HQ]

How can we foster a sense of belonging for African American students in physics and astronomy? Find out in the new @AIP_TEAMUP report “The Time is Now: Systemic Changes to Increase African Americans with Bachelor’s Degrees in Physics and Astronomy.” https://t.co/jPUVb93Cx5

[Heather Lister ⚙️ @heathermlister]

TRUTH >> When data reveal students' shortcomings without revealing the shortcomings of the systems intended to serve them, it's easier to treat students as deficient and harder to recognize how those systems must be changed. #edchat #t2t #XQsuperschool
https://t.co/N3cN3u6Pa9

[U.S. News Education @USNewsEducation]

Undergraduate research opportunities vary by college, but experts say the experience is really what students make of it. https://t.co/iVpnhfOQOr

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

"Why Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Fuses Physics with Black Feminism" in Ms. magazine. Really interesting interview addressing "black holes, dark matter and black women in STEM—both past and present." https://t.co/ZCtziHs05o

[Frank Noschese @fnoschese]

Great thread highlighting talk by @ng_Holmes about physics labs. #iteachphysics

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

@insidehighered: @BucknellU going to test-optional admissions to build a diverse incoming class is perhaps a sign of things to come. "Many colleges that have gone test optional do not recruit nationally or have competitive admissions, but Bucknell does." https://t.co/Yld2C8v00Z

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

@WrightPhysHop lol. I think with some engineering fields, that's unfortunately "out of the frying pan, into the fire" though.

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

This has come up in lots of conversations with prospective students and their parents when discussing career goals. Physics majors go on to do a ton of interesting things... relatively few actually have the word "physics" in their job title.

[AIP Statistics @AIP_Stats]

Know how to search for appropriate jobs for your physics Bachelors degree with our career resources. Learn more about undergraduate education and careers in #physics at: https://t.co/8dbmRsg3pC

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

"When you love physics, but physics doesn't love you", blog post on how an unwelcoming "boys club" environment led this author to drop her physics major. Cautionary insight into class culture, group work, and faculty response. Much work to be done :/ https://t.co/LuNG916bdk

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

Any suggestions on books about how science is portrayed, presented, and learned through mass media? (Not a book for science journalists but about science in relation to news/media coverage... thinking ahead to a new course for the fall on Science and the News).

[Brian Utter @QuantumTweep]

"Racialization Obscures Islamic Astronomical Tradition" https://t.co/dvfVANEb0l Interesting piece by @filling_space on how Western history of science turns a blind eye to a long tradition of Arab and Persian astronomy.