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Oh boy am I excited. #CosmicPathways #Chicago #ITeachPhysics

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Cosmic Pathways Chicago? Just Saying!
I had the best discussion this morning. The result was an idea: Cosmic Pathways Chicago! Watch this space! Great things are happening!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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How do you deal #politics in the classroom? #HigherEd

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I am so Lame!
I asked my students in my first year seminar class to write down the problems that really bothered them in today’s world – we are getting ready for our final project. Here is the list t…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Uplifting essays from students uplift

#ITeachPhysics #ITeach

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I love my students!
When I was at this conference last week, I had an online programming workshop for my students. I didn’t think my students were getting the assignment. In particular, this Wednesday’s cl…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Congratuations to Dan Cocchiola
#Elections #WatertownCT

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Daniel Cocchiola – Watertown Councilman
I’m very proud to report that my brother-in-law Daniel Cocchiola was just elected to the Watertown Connecticut town council. Way to go, Dan. A lot of people are upset with the way the world is goin…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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I am dragging today!
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I’m dragging today.
I’m dragging today.  October was insanely busy!  In the last couple of weeks, I have had some absolutely amazing interactions but I have not had a day to lay around and watch TV in a long…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Last Day #SPSCon

#ITeachPhysics

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Final Day at SPSCon!
Debrief: Conference was amazing! Kylie’s poster was best in category Mariane’s poster was awesome! Dante and Mariane represented Adelphi’s Physics Club amazing! Be a Shark II was …
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November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Day 2 at #SPSCon

#ITeachPhysics

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Day 2 At SPSCon – Sharks, Dr. Renee Horton, Getting the Adelphi Team Together
A great day at SPSCon Denver! Here is a run down: I ran the Be a Shark workshop and it was a hit! The students were having so much fun and were connecting. It was perfect! We got all the workshops …
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November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Pictures from Day 1 at #SPSCon

#ITeachPhysics

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Pictures from Day 1 at SPSCon
It has been amazing! But I am running around something silly! Here is pictures from Day 1 at SPSCon:
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October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Getting ready for #SPSCon 2025
#ITeachPhysics #SPSNational

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SPS National Council Meeting and Getting Ready for SPSCon!
The last few days I have been in Denver, CO helping the SPS team put the final touches on the Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Congress which starts in a few hours. It’s been wonderful time to chat wit…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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My First Podcast Visit!

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My First Podcast Visit – University Business!
Today, University Business aired my first podcast visit! It was so fun, check it out here: A special thanks to Alcino Donadel! It was definitely an interesting experience – hopefully I will g…
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October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Physics Students @adelphiu.bsky.social get to go to national conferences.

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Adelphi Physics with a Strong Representation at the Frontiers in Optics & Laser Science Meeting!
We have a large contingent of Adelphi students and faculty in Denver this week for two separate conferences. The first is the Frontiers in Optics & Laser Science Meeting, which is happening rig…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Day 2 Learning about #AP Physics Exams

#ITeachPhysics

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Day 2 of the AP Higher Education Physics Symposium
Yesterday was an exciting day at the AP Higher Ed Symposium in Cleveland, OH. Lots of interesting take aways from the day. Students can modify their graphing calculators to access AI and other feat…
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October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Here is what I learned from the AP Higher Education Physics Symposium.

#ITeachPhysics

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What did I learn on Day 1 of the AP Higher Education Physics Symposium
1. The AP team is made up of a lot of physics folks who are impressive and have a good track record. 2.  We might want to consider using AP exams for college courses.  These tests are cha…
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October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Excited to be invited to the #AP High Education Physics Symposium

#ITeachPhysics

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AP High Education Physics Symposium
This weekend I am in Cleveland, OH at the AP High Education Symposium.  I am connecting with other physics education leaders at the college level and discussing and learning about the AP test.…
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October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Ugh! #USA

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How can we accept the hypocrisy?
This week was quite messy. I definitely felt the government shut down. I am quite agitated. I didn’t want to stand up and stick out. Consider: Furloughed Government Workers Can’t Even V…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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AI: Student Motivation is the Real Issue

more miscellaneous thoughts about FutureU podcasts

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AI: Student Motivation is the Issue
Listening to my new favorite podcast this morning: FutureU . They had a guest podcast on discussing how students motivation will be affected by AI, Learning Curve. Honestly I think this is the real…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Today's Trip to #Westbury High School was so fun! See my blog post:
#IteachPhysics @adelphiu.bsky.social

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Throwing Pumpkins in the Name of at Westbury High School!
Today, our team (Aleeza, Andrew, Angelique, Kylie, Luis, and I) were visiting Ms. Patty Mueller’s classes at Westbury High School! I LOVE WESTBURY! We smashed pumpkins! Our team of pre-servic…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Today's blog post is about what I learned at National #Porfolio Day and some of the thoughts it generated.

#ITeachPhysics #STEM

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Thoughts on National Portfolio Day
This Saturday was national portfolio day.  I didn’t know anything about it until this weekend and I still don’t know much about it. But the university of Hartford had this really cool event wh…
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October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Support k-12 #Teachers!
#ITeachPhysics

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Can we Give it Up for K-12 Teachers!!!
I work with a lot of teachers. And I have seen it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly. But what I continue to find is that almost all the teachers I work with are just awesome people who are reall…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Today's Thoughts On Grade Inflation. #ITeachPhysics #HigherEd

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Thoughts on Grade Inflation – The Lost Carrot
I’ve been following Micheal Marder on LinkedIn for a while and the data he posts is usually jaw dropping. Today he was on the mark yet again with the topic of great inflation. I recently had …
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October 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Studying Physics Opens Doors.
@adelphiu.bsky.social #ITeachPhysics

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Physics Breaks Through Barriers
Why study physics? Physics breaks through barriers and glass ceilings. Tonight I am at the 10 under 10 Adelphi celebration. I love that we honored two physics majors this year – two of my top…
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October 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Fall Updates on Our #PhysTEC grant.
#ITeachPhysics

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PhysTEC (APS/AAPT/NSF) Grant Update
Our Grant is going super well! This Blog Post is an update. STEM Party On September 30 – through October 1, Adelphi hosted the Thorlabs Brookhaven Adelphi STEM Party. This event included: 200…
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October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Thank you @thorlabs.bsky.social
#ITeachPhysics #Optics

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Thorlabs Adelphi STEM Party Day 2
The Thorlabs Adelphi STEM party has finally come to an end. It was an absolutely amazing two days hanging out with Thorlabs, Brookhaven National Lab, all the high school students, teachers, and our…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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More Fun! Phase 2 of the @thorlabs.bsky.social @brookhavenlab.bsky.social @adelphiu.bsky.social STEM Party! Microcontroller workshops!
#ITeachPhysics

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Phase 2 of the STEM Party – Brookhaven National Labs – Microcontroller Workshop
It is so amazing to have Dr. Dave Biersach from Brookhaven National Lab. He lead a short microcontroller workshop today for our college students! This was a teaser for our all weekend hack-a-thon w…
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September 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Today we had @thorlabs.bsky.social on campus with local high schools from Mineola HS, Manhasset HS, Westbury HS, Holy Trinity HS, and Lindenhurst HS. We had a STEM party! Physics and biology demos! Lab tours, etc!
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#ITeachPhysics

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Thorlabs BNL Adelphi STEM Party High School Edition
It was so amazing to have Thorlabs on campus today! They did a whole day of physics/photonics outreach for out high school partners. On the team Thorlabs today was Celeste Carbonell, Joe D’El…
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September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM