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Applications are open for 2016 CUWiP. The conferences will be held January 15th-17th, 2016 at the following nine (!) universities. Apply here, and please share with any interested undergraduate students!

Here is the description from the APS website:

“The APS CUWiP goal is to help undergraduate 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.

A typical program will include 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.”

Don’t forget that accommodations will be provided, and travel reimbursement should be available from your department-- just ask.

Black Hills State University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Old Dominion University/Jefferson Lab

Ohio State University

Oregon State University

Syracuse University

University of California, San Diego

University of Texas, San Antonio/Southwest Research Institute

Wesleyan University

Photos from 2015 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) at the University of Michigan.

The University of Michigan was selected as one of eight sites where the conference was hosted across the country Jan. 16th - 18th. At Michigan alone, over 130 physics undergraduates participated in lab tours, research talks, a Science Café, and career panels (click here for a detailed schedule). Thank you to all of our participants! 

Looking to attend in 2016? Check out the sites for next year! Applications will be available next Fall. 

Mildred Dresselhaus (1930 - ) is an American condensed matter physicist who performed some of the first optical investigations of graphite using then newly-invented lasers. She also performed pioneering work on carbon nanotubes and graphene and served as president of the American Physical Society during the 1980s.

This week we will be counting down to the UMich Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) by posting a graphic each day from our Pioneering Women in Physics buttons. Graphic made by UMich SWIP Members Veronica Policht & Jessie Muir.