Program

Friday, Jan 15th

  • 2-5pm: Arrival: After going to Sheraton right next to campus and dropping off your luggage, please walk to the Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex (LSC)
  • 3-5pm: Physics lab tours that will start from the Atrium in the LSC (optional)
  • 5pm-6pm: Welcoming Ceremony, Atrium of LSC
    • Icebreaker
    • Introductions to speakers and panelists
  • 6-8pm: Dinner with Plenary Speaker, Atrium of LSC
  • 8-8:30pm: Demo Show with Sam Sampere, Life Sciences Building (LSB) 001

Saturday, Jan 16th

  • 8am-9: Breakfast and Bingo, Atrium of LSC
  • 9-9:45am: Plenary Speaker, LSB 001
  • 9:45-11am: Panel: Practical Issues of Being a Woman in Physics, LSB 001
    • Panelists: Kate Brown, LaToya Crayton, Laura Nuttall, Kathryne Sparks Woodle
    • Moderator: Marie Garland
  • 11:00-11:15am: Coffee Break & Group Photo, Atrium of LSC
  • 11:15am-12:45pm: Workshops I  (Workshop topics and locations listed below)
  • 12:45-2:00pm: Lunch and Graduate Student Panel, Atrium of LSC
    • Panelists: Emily Kraus, Monica Ripp, Swetha Bhagwat, Hannah Fair
    • Moderator: Mahesh Gandikota
  • 2-3:00pm: Keynote, LSB 001
    • Ginger Kerrick, NASA
    • Simulcast from the University of Texas at San Antonio with live questions from the audience
  • 3:00-3:30pm: Coffee Break, Atrium of LSC
  • 3:30-4:30pm: Undergraduate Poster Session, Atrium of LSC
  • 4:30-6pm:  Workshops II (Workshop topics and locations listed below)
  • 6:30-8pm: Dinner & Plenary Speaker, Atrium of LSC
    • Rhonda Peters (Senior Program Manager, Intel Corporation, External Relations / Stay With It)
  • 8:00-9:00pm:  Coffee with Graduate Students, Goldstein Faculty Center
  • 9:00 onward:  Free Social Time

Sunday, Jan 17th

  • 8-9:45am: Breakfast, Atrium of LSC
  • 8:15-9:45am: Undergraduate Research Presentations, Atrium of LSC
    • 6 minutes/student (5 minute presentation followed by 1 for questions); please note the overlap with breakfast
  • 9:45 -11am: Panel :  Intersectionality in Physics, LSB 001
    • Moderator: Angela Johnson
    • Panelists: Elena Long, Brianna Blaser, Renee Horton
  • 11am-12:30pm: Career Fair, Atrium of LSC
    • Participants: IBM, Corning, Cryomech, Inficon, APS, Teach for America, American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, Cornell University, University of Rochester, RPI,  Penn State, Carnegie Mellon, SU
  • 12:30-2:00pm: Lunch, Career Panel, Awards Ceremony, Atrium of LSC
    • Moderator: Linda Barton
    • Panelists: LaToya Crayton, Wanda Padula, Rhonda Peters James, Katherine Wright
  • 2-3pm:  Talk Back, Take Home : Tools to Bring Back to Your Campus, LSB 001
  • Sfter 3pm: Depart

Workshop topics

  • Workshop 1: Applying to graduate school, LSB 214
    • Workshop leaders: Hannah Fair, Thomas Vo
    • Slides
  • Workshop 2: Applying to REU programs, LSB 300
    • Workshop leaders: Amber Lenon, Bill Lentz
    • Slides
  • Workshop 3: Making a splash on the job market: Career toolbox, LSB 105
  • Workshop 4: Tips for International students, LSB 200
    • Workshop leaders: Mary Idzior, Joanne Wang
  • Workshop 5: How to be an active role model for women in physics, LSB 156
  • Workshop 6: Communicating science: Giving talks and writing research statements, LSB 001
  • Workshop 7: How to negotiate successfully for what you want, LSB 011
  • Workshop 8: Intersectionality: how being a woman in physics can include other identities like race, sexual orientation, dis/ability status, etc., LSB100
  • Workshop 9: Developing professional networks and networking skills, LSB 126