We are working hard behind the scenes to make Cosmic Pathways Chicago and Cosmic Pathways NYC/Long Island amazing conferences. We have two great lineups! Here’s the deal, both the registratio…

Cosmic Pathways is going to be an amazing experience for students at the high school and college levels! BUT it is also going to be a great and productive time for Teachers and Professors. I am hap…

Everything in life is going great. I really can’t complain. But of course, I will. Today’s blog post is about things that fry my goat! Kalshi calls what they do “trading”. I…

Both of our Cosmic Pathways conferences are coming along amazing well.  I am so happy!  Registration is going great!  Reserve your spot today!  We will be selling out sooner than later. And it is a…

In 2008-2010, I worked in Manhattan everyday when I was not on the road. Since then, I try to get into the city whenever I can, averaging once every other month. So a little but not too much. Right…

I am reaching out to you to tell you about an amazing opportunity for you, your peers, and your department. On November 7, we will be hosting Cosmic Pathways NYC at Adelphi University in Garden Cit…

My beautiful, brilliant, and amazing bride, Colleen B. Wright, just had an article featured in the NYTimes. AMAZING! (Check out her substack here: It is behind a paywall (which Adelphi has a subscr…

I took the train into Manhattan today to our brand new New York City office.  We are using some of the space for our interviews for our Cosmic Pathways Career Project.  The office looks b…

Last year in preparing for Cosmic Pathways 2025, we mailed out a bunch of fliers to teachers and professors.  Some got them.  Some didn’t.  It was weird, because I know I put the add…

Letter to High School Students In New York and On Long Island: I am reaching out to high school students, high school science teachers, and guidance counselors near New York City. On November 7, we…

I have this habit of googling sentences to check spelling. So I Googled my title and here is what AI Google told me: In the Footnote section of The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Daily Briefing on…

I am so happy to be working with Dr. Joe Kozminski on Cosmic Pathways Chicago (he is the co-chair). Dr. Joe Kozminski is the chair of the physics department at Lewis University and an all around am…

Just over here making TikTok videos to promote Cosmic Pathways Chicago! Today’s video: Here’s another! Honestly, the video is okay. I could have spent another 40 minutes on it and made …

Letter to High School Students In and Near Chicago: I am reaching out to high school students, high school science teachers, and guidance counselors within 150 miles of Chicago. On October 17, we w…

As you may know, as part of my sabbatical this semester, I am interviewing a ton of amazing physicists. Here are some updates: (1) Dear PhysTEC: My career project is working. Albeit very slowly. Ch…

If you are reading this note you might also know that we have two conferences coming up. Cosmic Pathways Chicago (10-17) Cosmic Pathways NYC II (11-7) Advertising has been going well. It’s st…

Recently I wrote this blog post on vibe coding a circuit card.  Today, I made a surprise visit to campus and I got to see Sara’s circuit card – hers is a little bit more complicated than mine…

50 years is a long time! It is amazing how many times you rewrite yourself. I have found that for about every five to ten years you go into a new era. There was a baseball era, the Lindy Hop era, e…

Commute time this week (0.0 seconds) + Time in Garden + only 6 hours of emailing daily = Zen! Future Conversation: A Random Colleague: What did you during your sabbatical?  Me: I typed all day: ema…

Dear College Physical Science Students and Professors within 150 miles of Chicago, I am reaching out to you to tell you about an amazing opportunity for you, your peers, and your department. On Oct…

Check out this article today in the Adelphi Headlines Photo credit : Matthew Wright! Hehe I took both pictures in this article. Can you do great things by not majoring in physics? Sure. Can you do …

Dear Physicists: I am writing an open letter to all folks who trained as physicists. I would like to set up a short 15–20 minute interview with you to discuss your career. The questions are all pre…

The last year has been a tough one.  I feel like I was in triage for the entire year.  In fact, it is a week into the new semester which I have sabbatical before I am able to do a deep di…

Yesterday was one of the most fun days of the year!  It is the day when I am invited to speak to all the first year students at Adelphi about what the secret sauce to success is at Adelphi.  A coup…

Buy a shirt designed by RIT's Maddie/UW River Falls to show your pride AND support their physics and astronomy clubs. The front design of the shirts was designed by RIT student and SPS Sock Intern Int...

Thorlabs sells chip based temperature controllers! These chips are nice but they are psuedo surface mount and a little difficult for students to work with. Never fear, Thorlabs sells these mounted …

The Bean and I were floating down the Farmington River this weekend on rafts enjoying the last bits of summer.  They informed me that Stray Kids has a new album!  We continued talking about it and …

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Today, I am at the American Center of Physics in Washington, DC.  I am at the PhysTEC conference.  PhysTEC is an organization that supports the development of physics high school teachers…

Thorlabs makes the best Teammate! I love Thorlabs!  I always have, since day one.  It’s a company that speaks to me.  I mean Lab Snacks, say no more. It is a cool trend to dump on corporations.  An…

Are you part of a physics department within 100 miles of either New York City or Chicago? Well I have an opportunity for you! We are running Cosmic Pathways Chicago on Oct 17 at Lewis University * …

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I was on the campus of Lewis University yesterday meeting with the Dr. Joe Kozminski and the rest of the amazing physics team.  We were prepping for Cosmic Pathways Chicago.  Listen the s…

Cosmic Pathways Chicago is on October 17th!  I am excited.  But also this is the time when there is a little bit of panic.  Time to bring everything together and dot my tees and cros…

I love that Physics Today still comes out in actual print. I always leave it for students and visitors to browse through. It is such a great way to keep up with physics from around the world.  Go P…

The following piece was published in the American Physical Society’s Forum on Education’s (APS FEd) Newsletter.  I was going through something last semester and maybe I was a little too creative wi…

Part 1:  I am so proud of Soul (aka EmmaRose).  She and the entire Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra (GCTYO) did absolutely amazing last night representing the United States of America at the Aus…

We are wrapping up extra time in the first half of my career as a professor. And the whistle is about to blow any moment. Since it’s World Cup time, I thought I would start with a soccer analogy.&n…

If there was ever a book that screamed I should read it – this is the one.  Quantum Bullsh*t: How to Ruin Your Life with Advice from Quantum Physics I just finished it and I’ll even reco…

As you may know, I have a rather lengthy commute. And as you can imagine, the behavior of other drivers on the road is often the most frustrating part of my day. So I am thinking about buliding a n…

I am so honored that my workshop Be A Shark: The secret sauce for success after school will be held at the AAAS S-STEM Meeting in Washington DC on October 10, 2026. I have been doing this workshop …

Hump Day! Yes it is Wednesday! But it is also the half way point for my summer classes.  I am teaching 15 credits right now, trying to get a couple of grants in, and tonight doing the movie with sc…

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Today we had a nearly full team at Valley Stream Central high school (Rob De La Cruz’s classes) for the last Lab for Kids meeting of the year!  Thank you to Dr. Dan, Kylie, Alyssa, Anjali, and…

I love that Physics Today is still a print magazine! And I can’t wait until I get the version in the mail in July! That being said I am super happy that our new Physics Today article is now a…

Today we are at Hicksville HS for Lab for Kids!  Dr. Dan, Kylie, and Dom are with me.  (I can’t believe that Kylie and Dom are still doing Lab for Kids even though they are graduated.&nbs…

For the final in my Environmental Science class the students were encouraged to do an innovation project with solar panels.  Maker space project all the way!  Of course, the catch here is that my s…

I am so excited to announce that registration for Cosmic Pathways NYC 2026 is open. If you live near and work near New York City and you are excited about a fun day of physics, please register toda…

I am a pretty live and let live guy on the highway.  Sure, I tend to go faster than I should.  But I am also a fairly defensive driver – by Long Island standards – which means I am an agg…