Four scientists whose work has centered on communicating and educating about physics have been recognized for their efforts with awards from the American Association of Physics Teachers. The honors were presented in August at the society’s annual summer meeting, held this year in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John Rigden, an honorary physics professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, is the recipient of the Robert A. Millikan Award. The former education officer at the American Institute of Physics and the former principal investigator on the Introductory University Physics Project, an NSF-funded effort to advance the teaching of introductory physics, Rigden was chosen for his “way of talking about physics that seems accessible and exciting, which is why he makes a great teacher,” according to the society. He received a cash prize of $7500 and a medal.
Wendy L. Freedman, the Crawford H. Greenewalt chair and director of...
