1. Celebrating Diversity in the Future Faces of Physics Round 1

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3. This is the science discipline with the most women in faculty positions (>20%).

4. Over 40% of students that earn double majors in physics, get their second degree in this field.

5. The average percent representation of women in these four engineering fields combined is less than 10%.

6. In 1988, the University of WI and Wayne State became the first two schools to have accredited programs in this field of applied physics.

7. Currently more physics PhDs are awarded for work in this subfield than in any other.

8. Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many students receive bachelor’s degrees in physics per year, per SPS zone, on average?

9. The % representation of women in this branch of physics is nearly double that of the whole field.

10. Rounded to the nearest ten, roughly this percentage of students take physics in high school.

11. 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.

12. What percentage of people that earn bachelor’s degrees in physics go on to get PhDs and work at Colleges, Universities, or National Labs?

13. This theoretical physicist is author of A Brief History of Time, and is almost completely paralyzed from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

14. Of the 3 women that have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, one was awarded to this woman and one to her daughter.

15. This physicist was the second female to win a Nobel Prize in physics. She won for her shell model of the nuclear structure.

16. Upon receiving his PhD in physics from Yale, this man became the first African American to earn a doctorate from an American university.

17. This iconic physicist was engaged in many civil rights activities and co- chaired the American Crusade to End Lynching.

18. In 1973, Chien-Shiung Wu became the first female president of this professional society, which publishes Physical Review Letters.

19. African Americans are most likely to earn a physics bachelor's degree at this type of institution.

20. Kent Cullers, a blind physicist, leads the targeted search signal detection team for this organization, which conducts research on “life in the universe.”

21. Fermilab has the most powerful particle accelerator on earth, but it will soon be surpassed by this accelerator, under construction at CERN.

22. The mission of this group is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists within the scientific community and society.

23. This movie features SETI, ARECIBO, and Jodi Foster.

24. This new CBS sitcom stars two physicists and their pretty neighbor.

25. This physicist wrote the popular science book, The Physics of Star Trek.

26. The guitarist from this legendary band recently earned his PhD in astrophysics.

27. In the comedy series, 3 rd Rock from the Sun, this actor played a physics professor.

28. Prada and Calvin Klein market glasses as accessories, but many people are opting for this procedure so they don’t have to wear them.

29. 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.

30. This haircut, named after the popular sitcom character who debuted it in the mid 1990s, will eventually be as outdated as "The Farrah.”

31. 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.

32. Coming in second to liposuction, this is the next most popular cosmetic surgery for men.

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34. 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).

35. This report was released in 2006 by the National Academies and warned that the US is falling behind in STEM competitiveness.

36. During the 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush announced this initiative, which included a large increase in science funding.

37. There are currently two congressmen with PhDs in physics. Name one.

38. This representative from TN is chair of the House Committee on Science and Technology.

39. This underrepresented group of college graduates usually has an unemployment rate twice as high as white college graduates.

40. Unfortunately, this factor is a very good indicator of the likelihood that a student will earn a bachelors degree.

41. American Indians / Alaska Natives, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans collectively make up only this percent of the country's science and engineering workforce.

42. Question

53. Over 150 SPS members have already applied to become tutors through this website.

54. This organization addresses the retention and success of people in STEM fields through online mentoring.

55. Recent graduates who participate in this program commit to teach for two years in rural or urban schools in need.

56. SPS is member of this grassroots effort, which links universities, museums, businesses, and other groups working toward a greater public understanding of science.

57. SPS works with this collaboration, part of the National Science Digital Library, to produce the Nucleus.