Number 139 (Story #4), August 10, 1993 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein 1346 PHYSICS PHD'S WERE AWARDED by U.S. universities in the 1991-92 academic year, the most recent year covered in a new report issued by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Of these, 149 were women, 12 black, 3 Native American Indians, and 27 Hispanic. During the same time 93 PhD's in astronomy were awarded. A preliminary look at the 1992-93 period shows a total of 13,222 physics graduate students enrolled at 178 doctoral-granting institutions. The fraction of foreign students is 41.9%. (For more information contact Susanne Ellis at AIP, 212-661-9404.)