Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:1015797

Fleming, Bonnie ^[1]

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1. Yale University

The Yale Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics was held on January 18th and 19th, 2008. The conference, targeted toward undergraduates in the Northeast, was a huge success. It was well attended by both a slate of impressive speakers including Janet Conrad, Mildred Dresselhaus, Elsa Garmire, Howard Georgi, Liz Rhodes, Meg Urry and Wendy Zhang, and many interested attendees. Talks were on current research, about issues for women in physics, and on the application process for graduate school. There was also a career panel, student talks, and a student poster session. The conference ran concurrently with the third annual conference at USC, as well as a first annual conference at the University of Michigan. Our purpose in creating this conference was to provide a supportive atmosphere for young physicists to connect with peers and with successful women in the field. We hope that from this conference, attendees have become confident and knowledgeable about applying to graduate school and be further inspired to pursue a career in physics. The following describes the conference program, participation and impact, logistics of running the conference and plans for the future.

• Research Organization: Yale University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE SC High Energy Physics (SC-25); USDOE SC Nuclear Physics (SC-26)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-08ER41536
• OSTI ID: 1015797
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER41536- Final Report
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PHYSICS
WOMEN