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Alternative Careers in Physics

The American Institute of Physics has recently started an electronic
bulletin board for students featuring six monthly on-line "mentors"
who can answer questions about careers in physics--usually careers
that don't follow a traditional tenure track path (i.e. anything from
patent lawyers to industry researchers to biophysicists to science
journalists to teachers). It's officially aimed at undergrads
interested in physics, but high school physics students and grad
students may be interested as well.

If you have students who would be interested, have them access the
board: either telnet to pinet.aip.org and log on with the ID and
password "careers"
or go via the World Wide Web (using something like Mosaic or Lynx) to
http://www.aip.org/aip/careers/careers.html

Also, the board is in continual need of volunteers to serve as these
on-line mentors.  The only criteria are that the mentor have earned
some degree in physics and are not following the traditional research
career in academia.  If any of you are interested in participating,
or if you know of someone who is, please write me at kfox@aip.org

Thanks! --Karen