Aspen Center For Physics

Outreach program: aspen center for physics outreach program includes many options and avenues for the public to become informed about cutting-edge physics research, and to engage children and youth in opportunities for further education in the sciences. (1) public lectures. A core outreach activity for the center. Renowned physicists deliver winter and summer lectures in aspen venues delineating their current research or current scientific topics of general interest. Summer attendance at 11 lectures was 910 people. Winter attendance at 8 lectures was 668. (2) high school mentor program. Acp hires rising senior physics students from 3-5 valley high schools to work for a summer week at the center to see what theoretical physicists do and to chat with 2 or 3 physicists about college, careers, and/or science. About 19 physicists and students participated in 2023. (3) high school monthly radio show--radio physics. Valley high school physics students from 3-5 schools interview physicists on a monthly radio show. This introduces the students to science, public speaking, and informs the listening public about current physics topics. There were 13 student and physicist participants for this fiscal year. (4) all public lectures are recorded and all videos are available for viewing on the aspen center for physics youtube channel and with links from the acp website. There are over 350 acp scientific lectures and interviews available online at no charge.