Northwestern University is proud to host a 2019 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP). CUWiP is a three-day regional conference that will be held across the country the weekend of Friday, January 18 – Sunday, January 20, 2019. Northwestern University will be one of twelve universities hosting. Our region includes Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico region.
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Meeting Goal
The goal of APS CUWiP is to help undergraduates continue in physics by providing them with an opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other professionals in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas.
Statement of Inclusivity
The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Northwestern CUWiP meeting is working with thoughtful intention to include diverse perspectives and issues related to diversity and inclusion into all conference programming. The LOC is committed to creating a positive and respectful atmosphere of learning and collaboration with all participants of the Northwestern CUWiP. The LOC stands in support of members of all groups. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns.
About Northwestern University
With a vast array of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, Northwestern provides students at every level with hundreds of options to suit their personal academic goals. Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
Within the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Northwestern, we have very active research programs that span many areas of physics, from thermal effects in mesoscopic systems to the nature of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
About Our CUWiP Logo
The background image is the NGC4993 galaxy, a galaxy 40 Mpc away in the Hydra Constellation, where a neutron star merger was recorded for the first time (August 2017). That event created the gravitational wave signal GW170817 recorded by both the LIGO and Virgo detector as well as the gamma ray burst GRB 170817A. This was a significant event both for the scientific community in general and our faculty in particular, as the observation signifies the onset of multi-messenger astronomy which allows us to study a single event through several coordinated signals of different natures. For more information on the detection and subsequent observations of the merger, listen to our very own faculty discuss its significance.
But that is not all. We decided to include in our logo for the conference another landmark of the Northwestern Physics & Astronomy Department, and one of the most recognizable Northwestern monuments: our very own Dearborn Observatory. It is remarkable for its rich history as well as its established goal in the greater Evanston community. Although not used for research anymore, the lens at the end of the telescope once held the status of the largest in the world for many years. It was left in the care of Northwestern University on the one condition it would remain available for public viewing — a tradition that is still in place, as the Observatory opens its doors to the public every Friday night, rain or shine. Today, it serves as a reminder for everyone to keep on looking up and forward.
