Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Registration for next year’s physics conference at W&M starts now

The American Physical Society will host its annual Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics at the College of William & Mary early next year.

APS is a nonprofit that works to advance the knowledge of physics and since 2006, has hosted the three-day physics event that aims to provide college undergraduate women the opportunity to learn about graduate school, employment options and to network with other women, according to the APS website.

The CUWiP event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy and is open to undergraduate women majoring in physics or astrophysics.

Attendees can participate in panel discussions and various workshops throughout the conference. This year, the event will include a visit to Jefferson Labs.

The 2019 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics will be on Jan. 18-20. The event in open to undergraduate women and the deadline to register is Oct. 12.

For information, visit the conference event page or email women@aps.org.

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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