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Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP)

Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP) are three-day regional conferences for undergraduate physics majors.

2012

January 13 - January 15
The 2012 conferences will run Friday evening, January 13 through Sunday afternoon, January 15, 2012.

* University of Tennessee - Knoxville conference began January 12 to accommodate a tour of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The 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.

NCUWIP 2009, Yale

Testimonials

[CUWIP] is an empowering experience, to say the least, and I hope that everyone, no matter their involvement in physics, or even the sciences, can experience such a fulfilling conference at some point in their lives.
- Amelia Plunk, Mount Holyoke College
Conference Testimonials

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.

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2011

University of Southern California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Purdue University
North Carolina State University
University of Oregon

2010

University of California, Santa Cruz
Yale University
Ohio State University
Duke University

Support

Support for the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics has been provided by the host institutions, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science in the Department of Energy.

The Yale University Physics Department is spearheading a separate fund drive to support the Northeastern CUWIP and summer research by a female Yale undergraduate in the physical sciences.

Michele Dufault Summer Fellowship and Conference Fund