Women in Physics

WIP Events

• Women at the Top: The Changing Face of the Ivies
  Wed, 05/02/07 04:00PM

  More information at the Radcliffe Website.
• The Research Life: Work/Family Issues for Scientists and Engineers
  Thu, 11/08/07 08:30AM

  Location: GSU

  Speakers include:

  • Stephanie Coontz, author of “The Way We Never Were” and “Marriage, a History”
  • Jody Heymann, author of “The Widening Gap” and “Forgotten Families”
  • Robert Drago, author of “Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life”

  Please e-mail wisersvp@bu.edu to register or request more information. Sponsored by Boston University Women in Science and Engineering (BU WISE).
• Conference For Undergr. Women in Physics
  Fri, 01/18/08 09:00AM

  Deadline: December 1, 2007 Please visit the conference page for more information.
• A career transition: Hong Kong to the US
  Thu, 02/28/08 12:00PM   Ophelia Tsui, Boston University

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon

  Ophelia’s career path included an undergraduate training in Hong Kong, graduate school and two Post Docs in America, a faculty position back in Hong Kong, and finally a position in the BU Physics department. She explained the transitions she had to make along the way; skills she learned and challenges she faced along the way. She also gave lots of advice to the students, many of whom were considering looking for a job in a foreign country after they graduate.
• A Parental Leave Policy for Graduate Students at Boston University
  Wed, 03/19/08 01:00PM   Elizabeth Ewen, BU Biology Department

  Location: PRB 595

  Liz Ewen is a 5th year graduate student in the Biology department working with Dr. Frank Naya. Her research investigates how mutations in genes cause human diseases. She is a member of the Biology Graduate Student Association, a founding member of the Women in biology and the Chair of the Parental Leave Comittee for the graduate organization. Liz’s talk on “A graduate student parental leave policy for Boston University” reviewed the policy currently under consideration by the BU administration. Liz, along with Elizabeth Tanner and the Women in Biology, have compiled information on parental leave policies for graduate students in place in other universities. In her talk, she discussed the need for the policy as well as the details of the proposal. There were many questions and comments from the audience, as well as much discussion as to what we can do to get the administration to move forward with the policy. Liz mentioned that some advice that she was given by women from other universities is that we need to enlist the support of the faculty members. We decided to put together a statement which we could get faculty members from our departments to sign in support of out goals.
• A Woman in Physics
  Fri, 04/18/08 02:30PM   Marcia Barbosa, Institute of Physics Rio Grande University Brazil

  Location: PRB 365

  Marcia is an active member of the Women in Physics community in her home country of Brazil and also on the international level. She shared with us some of her experiences at international conferences, such as the IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics and the jury for the Loreal Prizes for women in science. She also described what it is like to be a female physicist in Brazil. It is clear that she has lots of fun being a scientist and spreads this positive attitude to those around her.
• My life in science: a biased random walk approach
  Wed, 04/23/08 12:15PM   Anna Swan, Boston University

  Location: PRB 595

  NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon

  Anna was a product of the Boston University graduate program herself. She gave us a personal narrative of her career path from her graduate training to her position now as Professor in the Engineering and Physics Departments, with the ups and downs along the way. She also offered the students advice and insight into how to navigate the field, especially as a female.
• EU gender policy and other stories
  Thu, 04/24/08 02:00PM   Giulia Pancheri, INFN, Italy

  Location: PRB 595

  NOTE: Special Women in Physics Seminar

  Prof. Giulia Pancheri, from the INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics) in Frascati, Italy gave a talk about gender policies and status of women physicists in EU. Prof. Pancheri is a theoretical physicist and her research focuses on high energy phenomenology. She was the national chair of the INFN Equal Opportunity Committee from 2000-2002 and has given many talks on the subject of women in physics, including a recent talk at the APS meeting in Missouri. Please take a look at the slides from her talk. She gives her own historical analysis of why there are so few women in physics as well as lots of statistics comparing the status of women in various European countries and the US.
• A curiosity-driven ride through uncertainties of my physics career pathway
  Wed, 05/28/08 12:00PM   Brigita Urbanc, Boston University

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon

  Brigita is a researcher at here at Boston University studying protein folding in relation to Alzheimer’s disease. She shared with us her story of about how she developed her interest in science and the personal and academic path that brought her to BU.
• WIP/ A Fresh Perspective on Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower
  Thu, 10/09/08 12:30PM   Rama Bansil, Boston University

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: Women in Physics/Lunch served
• Women in Physics Tea
  Wed, 02/04/09 01:30PM   Marcia Barbosa, Institute of Physics Rio Grande University Brazil

  Location: PRB Graduate Student Lounge
• CANCELLED: Snapshots of my life as a Woman Physicist/Women in Physics Event
  Tue, 03/24/09 12:30PM   Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: Please RSVP for this event: Women in Physics Lunch, Lunch Served
• A journey in search for new physics: from India to the LHC
  Wed, 05/27/09 01:00PM   Tulika Bose, Boston University

  NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon
• Why are there so few women in physics?
  Mon, 06/22/09 01:00PM   Gene Stanley, Boston University

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon
• Women in Physics Luncheon
  Wed, 08/19/09 01:00AM   Kristen Stoops, Rosetta Biosoftware

  Location: SCI 352
• Network Structure of Japanese Business Firm
  Wed, 08/26/09 04:30PM   Misako Takayasu, Tokyo Institute of Technology , Hideki Takayasu, Sony Computer Science Laboratories

  Location: SCI 2nd fl. lounge

  NOTE: Tea Time, 4:30 PM

  ABSTRACT
  We analyze network structure of about 1 million Japanese business firms based on a huge data including information about business connections. Clear power law distributions are confirmed for link numbers and Page ranks, and less clear power law laws hold for hub and authority. We observe correlations among network characteristics and economics quantities such as sales, incomes and growth rates. Summarizing all empirical facts we discuss about how to construct numerical models.
• Women in Physics: Tea w/ Professor Liz Simmons
  Mon, 02/22/10 04:00PM   Liz Simmons, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University

  Location: PRB 365

  Women in Physics would love to invite you to come to have tea with Prof. Liz Simmons. Liz is Dean of Lyman Briggs College and a Professor of Physics in the Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy. She spent a decade as a professor at BU before MSU. Liz is a particle theorist, whose research focuses on the origins of the masses of the elementary subatomic particles, particularly that of the top quark. You can find more about her at her website.
• Experimenting with Life: Entrepreneurship for Scientists
  Thu, 05/27/10 12:00PM   Terence Russell, President and CEO of Makoto Life Sciences, former BU Physics Ph.D.

  Location: SCI 352

  An entrepreneur and scientist, Dr. Russell is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Makoto Life Sciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the identification of the targets of pharmaceutically active small molecules and the elucidation of their mechanisms of action. Dr. Russell is also a founder of Critical Biologics Corporation, a critical care pharmaceuticals company. Previously, Dr. Russell was the Managing Partner of Vevionics, LLC, an engineering research and design company that developed innovative technologies for industrial process control and measurement. He was also the founder of LifeBeam Technologies, Inc., a high-speed genomics technology company where he was the inventor of LifeBeam’s patented core DNA sequencing technology. In addition to his entrepreneurial efforts, Dr. Russell has conducted research at Harvard University and Boston University on a wide range of topics, from detectors for biological warfare agents to genetically engineered proteins used in anti-counterfeiting applications. Dr. Russell is also the Managing Partner of Zensei Analytics, LLC, a Boston-based new venture creation and consulting company. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University. Everyone is welcome. Please respond at doodle.com before Tuesday May25th.
• Tea Time with Rachele and Mila
  Wed, 06/09/10 04:30PM

  Location: SCI 3rd fl. lounge

  Rachele Dominguez will be back visiting this Wednesday. Come to meet her and baby Mila for a special tea time!
• Welcome Baby Party for Profs. Tsui/Cohen & Jessica Morrison
  Fri, 06/29/12 03:00PM

  Location: SCI 352
• Life After a Physics Bachelor's (Poster)
  Thu, 02/15/18 05:00PM

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: This event is for all BU Physics Undergrads. Pizza will be served at this event.

  Ever wonder what applying to a graduate program will be like? How about what student life will be as a grad student? What does a possible career path look like for someone with a Physics PhD or MA? This series of panels, hosted by WiP, aims to help answer these questions. This panel is the first in the series and will mainly cover applying to graduate programs, life as a graduate student and preparing for graduate school. The panel will be held in Sci 352 from 5-6.
• Life After a Physics Bachelor's
  Thu, 03/22/18 05:00PM

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: This event is for all BU Physics Undergrads. Pizza will be served at this event.

  Ever wonder what applying to a graduate program will be like? How about what student life will be as a grad student? What does a possible career path look like for someone with a Physics PhD or MA? This series of panels, hosted by WiP, aims to help answer these questions. This panel is the second in the series and will mainly cover finding a research adviser/project and current BU Physics graduate student projects. The panel will be held in Sci 352 from 5-6.
• Life After a Physics Bachelor's (Poster)
  Thu, 04/12/18 05:30PM

  Location: SCI 352

  NOTE: This event is for all BU Physics Undergrads. Pizza will be served at this event.

  Ever wonder what applying to a graduate program will be like? How about what student life will be as a grad student? What does a possible career path look like for someone with a Physics PhD or MA? This series of panels, hosted by WiP, aims to help answer these questions. This panel is the last in the series and will mainly cover applying to alternative career possibilities with a BA in Physics, career paths for a Physics PhD/MA, Women in Physics and teaching in Physics. The panel will be held in Sci 352 from 5-6.