Women in Physics Lunches!
Held the first Monday of every Month, from 12:15-1:15 in the 3rd floor
conference room (Broida 3302).
Pizza, salad and soda are provided sometimes.
Schedule:
December 2, 2002
Heather Walling, Julie Correa and Colleen Schwartz talk about the Sigma
Xi annual
forum: Changing the Face of Science and Engineering.
January 6, 2003
Beth Gwinn: the two-body problem, or what it's like to be married to someone
in
the same department/field
February 3, 2003
Deborah Fygenson: Being a mom at home and a tenure-track physicist
in the lab.
March 3, 2003
Jean Carlson: Tenure, parenting, marriage and teaching.
Also: how to choose a grad school (for the benefit of the undergrads!)
March 25, 2003
Special Women in Physics tea for prospective grad students (1pm, conference
room).
April 7, 2003
Kathy Doughty, Mission Research Corporation scientist (PhD from UCSB).
May 5, 2003
No speaker, just pizza
June 2, 2003
Barbara Levi: Editor of Physics Today
July 7, 2003
Joann Eisberg (Citrus College) & Colleen Schwartz talk about the Women
in
Astronomy meeting (June 27-28, 2003) at Caltech.
<summer break>
October 6, 2003
Deborah Fygenson talks about the symposium on women in science she attended
last spring.
November 3, 2003
Helen Hansma talks about her experiences being a researcher and taking
students.
December 1, 2003
Miriam Friedel's practice advancement talk
January 5, 2004
Jatila Van Der Veen talks about her research into a new curriculum for
physics
February 2, 2004
Jatila Van Der Veen tells us more about her research
March 1, 2004
TBA
April 5, 2004
TBA
May 3, 2004
TBA
If you have any suggestions or ideas for these lunches (either food or
speaker/discussion topics), e-mail
Colleen!
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