Diversity & Inclusion in Physics at Penn - DIP

Our first meeting of the semester will be tomorrow (Friday) Sept 20th at 12PM in DRL 4C4. Food will be provided :)

We have some very sad news to report.

Some of you may remember Prof. Ann Nelson, a theoretical particle physicist from UWashington who visited Penn last spring and had a special meeting with DIP.

She has passed away tragically in a hiking accident.

Ann will live on in her work, all the students she inspired, and her loving family.

UW professor Ann Nelson remembered as brilliant physicist, advocate for diversity in science Ann Nelson loved a challenge. From becoming an accomplished physicist in a field dominated by men to summiting mountains, Dr. Nelson spent her life focused on the next goal — and on giving others a hand along the way. She...

This may resonate with some of you (I know it did for me)

‘A toxic culture of overwork’: Inside the graduate student mental health crisis - The Stanford Daily The crisis extends into the ways counseling and psychological services are provided at the University and into the intrinsic nature of graduate education.

this event may be of interest to you all:

Balancing Teaching and Research in the Sciences: A Panel Discussion with Drs. Marsha Lester, Andrea Liu, and David Raizen

Convened by: Phoebe Askelson (Chemistry) and Katerina Placek (Neuroscience), CTL Graduate Fellows
March 14 2019, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
CTL/OLI Seminar Room, Van Pelt Library Room 134

Faculty positions in academic science challenge individuals to balance time and effort between instructing courses and maintaining active research laboratories. Distinguished Penn faculty members Dr. Marsha Lester of Chemistry, Dr. Andrea Liu of Physics, and Dr. David Raizen of Neurology successfully navigate these challenges, leading ground-breaking programs of research while also teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at Penn. In this panel discussion-based workshop, Drs. Lester, Liu, and Raizen will reflect on their experiences and discuss how to successfully balance teaching and research in the sciences. This workshop will be especially valuable to graduate students and postdocs interested in improving their own balance between the laboratory and classroom, and those who aspire to faculty positions in academic science.

Please RSVP here (https://goo.gl/forms/2kAtGZpDkyoSbVcC2) to participate in this discussion!

Counts toward the CTL Teaching Certificate.

Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.

Balancing Teaching and Research in the Sciences When: Thursday March 14, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Where: CTL/OLI Seminar Room, Van Pelt Library Room 134 Questions? Please contact placekk at pennmedicine.upenn.edu OR askelson at sas.upenn.edu

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamina_Fleming

Willliamina Fleming got her first academic job (after working as maid) at the Harvard College Observatory after a professor’s wife told him that Fleming had “talents beyond custodial and maternal arts”. She came up with a star classification system, cataloged tens of thousands of stars, and discovered the Horsehead Nebula.

Williamina Fleming - Wikipedia Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911) was a Scottish astronomer. During her career, she helped develop a common designation system for stars and cataloged thousands of stars and other astronomical phenomena. Among several career achievements that advanced astronomy, Flemin...

Prof. Kerstin Nordstrom's visit was a big success! Students enjoyed a delicious lunch with her at Pod, then she gave a very interesting talk, with special focus on software tools she and colleagues made to determine the probability of all-male panels and fellowship nominations.

Check out her tools here:
https://kerstinnordstrom.com/fellows/