National Society of Black Physicists
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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President and Mrs. Obama Host Star Party. The White House 'Star Party' took take place last October. NSBP Astronomy Section Chair, Dara Norman, was on hand for the event.  Her personal account of the night is at Vector, the official blog of the National Society of Black Physicists

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NSBP to Participate in USA Science & Engineering Festival.  NSBP will be participating in the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, hosted by Lockheed Martin. The festival will be in Washington, DC 10-24 October and include exhibits on the National Mall on 23-24 October. 

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NSBP Members Win Major Awards. Professor Adrienne Stiff-Roberts of Duke University wins Presidential Career Award. Professor Nadya Mason of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign wins Denise Denton Emerging Leader Award.

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Featured Story from Fermilab.
Stories abound about how particle physics benefits education, the economy, and society as a whole. Quantifying those benefits would help particle physics better demonstrate its value to the country.

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Hampton University Physics Graduate Excels in Career in the Navy.
Captain Samuel Norton has been able to apply his knowledge of physics at almost every step of his naval career. He was with one of the first ships to deploy to Haiti offering humanitarian assistance.

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NSBP Member Amongst First Females Chosen for Submarine Duty
Lisa Brodsky graduated magna cum laude from Hampton University's physics program and earns a selection to the Navy's nuclear power program for service on submarines.

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