Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale

 

Schedule of Events for the 2009 Conference


The program for the 2010 Conference will be posted soon.

All events will take place in Linsley-Chittenden 102 unless otherwise indicated. The Presidents' Room is on the 2nd floor of Woolsey Hall.

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Friday, January 16

6:00 PM Welcome Reception
Location: President's Room
7:15 PM Welcome
Professor Meg Urry, Yale University
7:30 PM The Nitrogen-Vacancy Center: Exploring Spin Dynamics in Diamond
Professor Lily Childress, Bates College
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Saturday, January 17

8:15 AM Breakfast and Registration
8:45 AM Welcome & Introductions
9:15 AM Desperate Remedies in Neutrino Physics
Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Understanding the Microarchitecture of Mother-of-Pearl
Professor Sue Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin
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11:30 AM Lunch with Yale Faculty Members
Location: Law School Dining Room
1:00 PM Galactic Cannibalism - you are what you eat?
Professor Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University
2:00 PM

Women in Physics: Why Aren't There More of Us?
Professor Meg Urry, Yale University
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3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Career Panel
Dr. Aziza Baccouche, AZIZA Productions
Dr. Sarah C. Case, National Research Council
Professor Bonnie Fleming, Yale University
Dr. Nitya Kallivayalil, MIT Kavli Institude for Astrophysics and Space Research
5:00 PM Break
5:15 PM Graduate Student Panel
Introduction by Professor Eric Dufresne, Yale University
6:30 PM Dinner
Location: Law School Dining Room
8:00 PM Remembering Miss Meitner: A One-Act Play by Robert Marc Friedmann
With the Original Cast from Goteborg Theater, Sweden
Location: The New Theater on Chapel Street

Sunday, January 18

8:45 AM Breakfast and Poster Setup
9:15 AM Student Talks
10:45 AM Why are We So Excited about Carbon Nanostructures?
Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institue of Technology
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11:45 AM Lunch and Poster Session
Location: LC 211
1:10 PM Lab Tours
Location: Science Hill
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Exploring LHC physics with ATLAS
Dr. Ayana Holloway Arce, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
4:30 PM Closing Remarks and Evaluation
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