Introducing Physics Metaphors to STEM Diversity

The idea seemed strange at first, however, our experience and interactions with thousands STEM undergrad and graduate students, early career faculty, and senior administration officials continued to point to a relationship between the physics of ‘the unseen’ and the unusual dynamics of institutions of higher education…

Finding a Black Hole

Black holes are found everywhere in the universe.  There is a super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy.  It is strange.  Our central black hole is (only) 26,000 light years away and about 4 million times the mass of our sun and yet we cannot see it directly.  There are an enormous number…