Student Resources
Sigma Pi Sigma - The Physics Honor Society
Sigma Pi Sigma honors outstanding scholarship in physics, encourages interest in the field, and promotes among its approximately 40,000 members an attitude of service towards the entire physics community and the public. The Sigma Pi Sigma website features information on the organization's mission, outreach efforts, congresses, as well as Radiations magazine.
The Nucleus is an online resource designed as an informational touch point for physics and astronomy students. The site features summer research listings, scholarship information, textbook reviews, message boards, etc.
Jobs/Career & Education Information
Physics Today Jobs features career opportunities in the physical sciences, engineering, and computing. With over 3,000 jobs in industry, academia, and government posted yearly, and more than 5,000 resumes of highly trained job seekers holding physics degrees from B.S. to Ph.D., it is the premier jobs resource for physics and related fields.
Society of Physics Students: Careers Using Physics
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is an organization of approximately 5,000 members, with chapters at 700 institutions of higher education across the United States. Go to "Careers Using Physics" for career advice, tips on educational experience and networking, perspectives from professionals with physics backgrounds, and more.
AIP Statistical Research Center: Graduate Education
The AIP Statistical Research Center (SRC) collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on education and employment in physics and related fields. The SRC's Graduate Education page includes comprehensive data on current and historic trends for enrollment and degree production, including student demographics, educational experience, and the post-degree plans of graduate students. The site is an invaluable resource for students, academic departments, and researchers alike.
Professional and Social Networking in Physics & Related Fields
UniPHY - The social networking site for physical scientists
UniPHY is the world's first and only social networking site designed specifically for physical scientists. With over 25,000 registered members from around the world, UniPHY allows physicists, engineers, and other scientists to connect with and explore professional contacts and identify researchers with the expertise needed for collaborations. Whether you are a researcher looking for your perfect collaborator, or a prospective graduate student investigating the resumes of faculty members, UniPHY can help you build connections within the physics community and investigate the research accomplishments of prospective professors.
Publications
AIP journals - many of which are among the most highly cited in their field - form the core of physics literature in libraries worldwide. With their high technical and editorial standards, these publications attract the most vital and current research papers from the world's leading authorities in fields ranging from chemistry, mathematics, fluid dynamics, and more.
Physics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics, is the most influential and closely followed physics magazine in the world, informing readers about science and its place in the world with authoritative features, full news coverage and analysis, and fresh perspectives on technological and ground-breaking research.
Science News
Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science
Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) provides twelve scientifically reviewed 90-second news reports (in English and Spanish) for subscribing local TV newscasts around the United States every year. Since all reports are archived on the DBIS site, check back regularly for the most up-to-date science news!
Inside Science News Service (ISNS) is a science news service that delivers news content on science research, policy, current affairs and more.
