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Program
Thursday, January 16th
5:00pm - 9:00pmCheck-in/Registration (dinner on your own)
7:00pm - 9:00pmReception at International House with appetizers and liquid nitrogen ice cream
Friday, January 17th
8:00am - 8:45amBreakfast at your hotel
Students will take either the Fermilab or Argonne Tour
Buses leave promptly at 9:00am
Fermilab TourArgonne Tour
9:00am - 10:30amTravel from hotel to FermilabTravel from hotel to Argonne
10:30am - 12:30pmTour of FermilabTour of Argonne
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch at Fermilab with women scientists and engineers from Fermilab and local companiesLunch at Argonne with women scientists and engineers from Argonne and local companies
2:00pm - 4:00pmContinue tour of FermilabContinue tour of Argonne
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Travel from Fermilab to I-HouseTravel from Argonne to I-House
5:00pm - 6:15pmCheck-in/Registration for people not attending tour
6:30pm - 8:30pmBuffet dinner at I-House
7:15pm - 7:25pmWelcome from Tom Rosenbaum, Provost
7:25pm - 7:35pmWelcome from Rocky Kolb, Dean of Physical Sciences
7:35pm - 7:45pmWelcome from Savannah Thais, Undergraduate Committee Member
7:45pm - 8:30pmWilletta Greene-Johnson, Loyola University
Saturday, January 18th
8:00am - 8:30amCheck-in/Registration
8:30am - 9:15amNetworking breakfast at International House(breakfast buffet)
9:15am - 10:00amAnastasia Belozertseva, ThoughtWorks, Inc.
Emily Casey, ThoughtWorks, Inc.
10:00am - 10:30amBreak
10:30am - 11:15amSusan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin, Madison (pdf)
11:15am - 12:15pmUndergraduate Research Panel
Kaitlyn Lee, Undergraduate
Cacey Stevens, REU Coordinator (ppt)
Carol Thompson, Undergraduate Mentor
12:15pm - 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:30pmKeynote Speaker: Debra Fischer, Yale (ppt) - Broadcast from Penn State conference site
2:30pm - 4:00pmUndergraduate poster session
4:30pm - 6:00pmLab tours (UChicago research groups)
7:00pm - 8:00pmBanquet dinner
8:00pm - 8:05pmOpening remarks from Young-Kee Kim, The University of Chicago
8:05pm - 8:10pmRemarks from past APS President, Michael Turner, The University of Chicago
8:10pm - 8:15pmPresent poster awards
8:15pm - 9:00pmEvalyn Gates, Cleveland Museum (key)
Sunday, January 19th
7:00am - 8:00amBreakfast at your hotel
8:30am - 9:30amCareer panel
Grace Wolf-Chase, Adler Planatarium
Ellen Martinsek, Jones College Prep High School
Erin Abouzaid, Stony Brook Foundation
Monica Plisch, American Physical Society
Kawtar Hafidi, Argonne National Laboratory
9:30am - 10:15amCecilia Gerber, University of Illinois at Chicago
10:15am - 10:45amBreak
10:45am - 11:30amMichelle Larson, Adler Planetarium (pdf)
11:30am - 12:30pm
Parallel Discussion Sessions
Research as a Graduate StudentApplying to Graduate School
Nicole Fields
UChicago Graduate Student
Natalie Krzyzanowski
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Graduate Student
Lisa Nash
UChicago Graduate Student
Stuart Gazes
Undergraduate Chair, Physics
Jobs/Networking
Joseph Bernstein
Associate Director, Career Advancement (pdf)
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch
2:00pm - 2:45pmHeather Whitney, Wheaton College
2:45pm - 2:50pmClosing remarks, Young-Kee Kim, The University of Chicago
3:00pm - 4:00pmWriting workshop, Tracy Weiner, UC Writing Program
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