Welcome to the UA Women in Physics & Astronomy group! We welcome all undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in Physics, Astronomy and related fields. Our goals are:
- to encourage the participation, recruitment, and retention of women in physics;
- to foster connections between undergraduates and female physicists at all career stages;
- to explore opportunities for physicists in academia, K-12 education and industry.
The faculty members involved in WiPA are
- Claudia Mewes – cmewes@mint.ua.edu
- Preethi Nair – preethi.nair@ua.edu
- Dawn Williams – drwilliams3@ua.edu
We encourage undergraduate and graduate women to become active participants and organizers of WiPA meetings.
WiPA normally meets once a month on Wednesdays, following the Physics & Astronomy colloquium. The schedule for meetings for the current academic year is included below. Other meetings and informal gatherings are scheduled based on student feedback and requests.
Schedule for 2017 – 2018
Meeting time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.
Room: GL223 unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments including coffee, tea and snacks will be served.
Date | Topics/Agenda | Speaker(s) |
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9/13 | – Introduction to UA’s Women in Physics & Astronomy Group – CUWiP Conference at University of Alabama |
Preethi Nair Claudia Mewes |
10/11 | Discussion with visiting Colloquium Speaker | Christi Tremonti University of Wisconsin Madison |
10/25 | Joint SPS/WiPA meeting: Discussion with visiting Colloquium Speaker | Nicholas Suntzeff |
11/15 5:30- 6:30p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Applying to REU programs and Graduate School | TBD |
01/17 5:30- 6:30p.m. |
UA Career Center: Building Your Resume | TBD |
02/16 | Careers in Physics Panel Discussion | TBD |
03/21 | Discussion with visiting Colloquium Speaker | TBD |
04/25 | Telescope Observing at Gallalee Hall (Moon: First quarter, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter) |
Preethi Nair |
Archive of previous WiPA meetings