CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The second annual Midwest conference for undergraduate women in physics, sponsored by the physics department at the University of Illinois, will be held on the Urbana campus from Friday (Jan. 16) through Sunday (Jan. 18) at Loomis Laboratory, 1110 W. Green St., Urbana.
Sheila Tobias, a feminist activist and advocate for women in science, will discuss “Women in Physics: From Margin to Mainstream and Beyond” in a keynote speech that begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) in Room 141.
Tobias’ speech is one of many events scheduled in conjunction with the conference. Other events include talks by faculty members; panel discussions about graduate school and career opportunities in physics with current Illinois graduate students; presentations and discussions about women in physics; laboratory tours; student research talks; a student poster session and several networking opportunities.
The conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the Office of the Provost and the College of Engineering, is one of three such conferences focusing on women in physics being held simultaneously across the country this weekend. The other two conferences are being hosted by the University of Southern California and Yale University.
Go to http://physics.illinois.edu/conferences/wip/schedule.html for a complete schedule of conference events.
