About the Conference

The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (CUWPY) is a three-day conference for undergraduate physics majors in the northeastern United States. On January 18th-20th, The University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Michigan (UMich) and Yale held simultaneous conferences based on two very successful conferences that USC held in 2006 and 2007. More information about the 2009 conference will be added soon.

CUWPY's goal is to help young women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. Our program includes research talks by faculty, panel discussions about graduate school and careers in physics, presentations and discussions about women in physics, laboratory tours, student research talks, a student poster session, and several meals during which presenters and students interact with each other.

Photos from the 2008 conference

See the resources section for useful links.