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ARLINGTON—Ronald E. Mickens, Distinguished Fuller E. Calloway Professor of Physics at Clark Atlanta University, will present a colloquium at The University of Texas at Arlington Friday. In addition to his research in mathematical physics, Mickens is known for his efforts to open the field of physics to blacks. He serves as historian for the National Society of Black Physicists and recently was elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society, a rare distinction limited to less than one percent of the membership of the society.

In 1999, Mickens published a history book, “The African-American Presence in Physics,” and in 2002 he published “Edward Bouchet, The First African-American Doctorate.”

Mickens graduated with a B.S. in mathematics and physics from Fisk University in Nashville in 1964 and enrolled as a graduate student in physics at Vanderbilt University with Woodrow Wilson and Danforth Scholarships. He earned a doctorate in theoretical physics from Vanderbilt in 1968 and for the next two years held a postdoctoral position at M.I.T. In 1970, he was appointed a professor of physics at Fisk University, where he remained until 1982, when he became a professor of physics at Clark Atlanta University.

The colloquium, titled “An Introduction to Nonstandard Finite Difference (NSFD) Schemes” will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 in room 304, Pickard Hall, 411 S. Nedderman Drive. It is free and open to the public.

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