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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