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The
Department of Physics and Astronomy offers three degree
programs:
- an AB with a major in Physics,
- a BS with a major in Physics
- a BS with a combined major in Physics and
Astronomy
It also offers
Physics courses for the BS in Education degree with
certification
in Physics.
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Members of a YSU research team who studied at the Atomic Energy Agency
facility in Tokai, Japan, this summer are, from left, Thomas Harle,
Geoffrey Trees, Isaac Mills, Nathan Caldwell and physics professor
James J. Carroll. More
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Retired physics faculty member honored by
AAPT
 Richard Zitto, retired
instructor of physics at
Youngstown State University, was awarded a Distinguished Service
Citation by the American Association of Physics
Teachers at its summer
2008 meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The AAPT established the awards program to recognize and
honor those
who have made significant contributions to the association, to physics
education, and to physics research.
Zitto, a past president of the Ohio Section
of the
AAPT, taught a total of 41 years at Kenton High School in Ohio,
Boardman High
School and at YSU. He was one of the seven creators and a director of
the YSU Physics Olympics. He also established and directed the
Youngstown Area Physics Alliance.
His areas of interest are physics education,
pre–service teacher training, and antique physics apparatus. His
collection of apparatus is known through out the physics teaching
community.
Chairman of the nominations committee for the award was Harvey Leff the
immediate past president of AAPT and professor of modern physics at the
University of California at Pomona. More information may be obtained at
www.aapt.org.
Source: YSU
News Briefs Sept. 2, 2008
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