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2019 CONFERENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN PHYSICS
is interactive workshop invites participants to join a national movement to
increase the number of women in physics by reaching high school physics teachers
and enlisting them to inspire more women to pursue physics as undergraduates.
While nearly half of the students taking physics in high school are women, only
20 percent of the students interested in physics majors in college are women.
How can you help to change this pattern? Together with a team of high school
physics teachers, physics education researchers have developed two high school
physics class lessons and a guide for everyday actions that have been shown to
increase the interest of high school women in physics careers. Join us to learn about
this exciting program to help high school teachers encourage women to pursue
physics careers and how you can help change the way high school students view
their future in physics. Learn more at stepup4women.org.
Closing Remarks and Awards
1:30–2 p.m.
Brower Student Center 100
Lunch and STEP UP 4 WOMEN
Lunch sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
noon–1:30 p.m.
Brower Student Center 100
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20
(CONTINUED)
