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What's coming up:
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social
Take one part cream, add flavoring, and mix with one part liquid
nitrogen. And learn a thing or two about the physics involved.
- Expanding Your Horizons
Expanding Your Horizons is an all day conference for middle school girls. The conference is in late March at Mills College. SWPS prepares a 90 minute workshop for the girls and does it for two different groups. We break up into groups of 3 girls per SWPS volunteer and work through the activity. We participated for the first time in 2004, had a great time and hope to keep doing it.
Fall Events:
August
- Launch Day 2006
Wednesday, 8/23, 12–8 PM, LeConte Hall
Launch Day is a daylong orientation event for incoming students interested in
majoring in the physical sciences (physics, astronomy, or EPS). Join us for
food, social activities, and essential information about being a science major
at Cal.
- Second Stage 2006
Thursday, 8/24, 1–7 PM, LeConte Hall
Second Stage is an afternoon of activities aimed at continuing juniors and new
transfer students majoring in physics, astronomy, or EPS. Participants will
meet fellow students, professors, and administrators who can help them
transition into upper-division courses and research.
September
- Graduate/Postdoc Women's Dinner
TBD (first week of September)
Women's dinners are scheduled near the first Tuesday of each
month; all physical science grad students, postdocs, and
faculty are invited. Food is free courtesy of SWPS!
- Physics Phun Phair!
September 13, 2006. 375 LeConte Hall.
Come enjoy physics puzzles and some unique snacks with your fellow physics majors, graduate
students, and professors. Guaranteed to be messy and fun!
- Mentoring Reception
TBD (third week of September)
This reception will kick off the 2006-07 SWPS mentoring program by introducing undergrads to
their grad student mentors. To join the mentoring program, email us or fill out our
online signup form.
Recurring Events:
- Launch Day
This is SWPS' "orientation" for incoming students interested in
majoring in Physics and/or Astronomy. Lauch Day includes activities
that will introduce you to both
departments, let you meet the professors and staff, give you useful
information about physics and astronomy majors, and provide a fun
environment for you to get to know fellow students before classes
start.
The 2005 schedule of events can be found at
Launch Day 2005.
(August)
- Physics Phun Phair
The Fall introductory reception is where you can meet profs, fellow
students, and staff, play with fun physics demos -- and eat. (September)
- Star Party
Look through the telescope on Campbell hall to learn about
galaxy formation, stars, planets, and more. Enjoy the company of
women while drinking hot cocoa and eating cookies. (April)
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social
Take one part cream, add flavoring, and mix with one part liquid
nitrogen. And learn a thing or two about the physics involved.
(February)
- Women's Dinners
Informal dinners to talk about pertinent issues and informal talks
with female professors. (Various dates throughout the year)
- Lunch with Women Colloquium Speakers
Have lunch and informal discusssions with the female speakers for the
Physics Dept. Colloquim, Astronomy Dept. Colloquim, and the various
subject specific colloquia. For example, discussion on the interplay of
career path and personal life with Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, or
discussion of how to deal with depreciating comments from collegues with
Dr. Wendy Freedman. (Various dates throughout the year)
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