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| Check-in Open | 2:00 – 6:00 PM | Hilton Orrington (map) |
FRIDAY’S AGENDAJANUARY 18, 2019 |
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| Research Safari Optional View Shuttle Runs Between Hotel & Meeting Venue |
3:00 – 5:00 PM | Technological Institute (Room Finder) Ground floor: M-G28 First floor: L-168, LR4, LR5, M-166 Third floor: M-349 |
| Welcome Professors Wen-fai Fong & Zosia Krusberg Professor Michael Schmitt, Department Chair |
6:00 – 6:10 PM | Hilton Orrington |
| Opening Plenary Talk Marie Curie and Me: Our Northwestern Direction Professor Teresa Woodruff, Associate Provost, Dean of the Graduate School |
6:10 – 6:30 PM | Hilton Orrington |
| Dinner | 6:30 – 7:30 PM | Hilton Orrington Grand Ballroom 2nd Floor |
| Plenary Talk I An Unexpected Path to a Spacetime-shattering Discovery Professor Vicky Kalogera, Director of CIERA |
7:30 – 8:30 PM | Hilton Orrington |
| Free Time | 8:30 PM – 12:00 AM | Hilton Orrington |
SATURDAY’S AGENDAJANUARY 19, 2019 |
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| Walk / Transit in Groups View Shuttle Runs Between Hotel & Meeting Venue |
7:45 – 8:30 AM | Hilton Orrington to Technological Institute (map) |
| Breakfast | 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Technological Institute Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Discussion Diversity & Inclusion in STEM Professor Zosia Krusberg |
8:30 – 9:00 AM | Technological Institute Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Plenary Talk II Polymer Electrolytes Professor Monica Olvera de la Cruz |
9:00 – 9:50 AM | Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Coffee Break | 9:50 – 10:15 AM | Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Career Panel Meghan Anzelc, Heidi Eichler, Jessica Esquivel, Nicole Fields, Amy Ziegler |
10:15 – 11:00 AM | Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Transition | 11:00 – 11:15 AM | |
| Panel / Breakout Session I | 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Technological Institute, Various Rooms |
| Lunch | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Technological Institute Buffet in Tech Ryan Lobby; Proceed to L-361 or M-345 for a place to eat |
| Plenary Talk III Professor Fabiola Gianotti |
1:00 – 2:30 PM | Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Transition | 2:30 – 2:45 PM | |
| Panel / Breakout Session II | 2:45 – 3:30 PM | Technological Institute, Various Rooms |
| Coffee Break | 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Group Photo | 4:00 – 4:30 PM | Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Walk / Transit in Groups View Shuttle Runs Between Hotel & Meeting Venue |
4:30 – 5:00 PM | Technological Institute to Hilton Orrington (map) |
| Poster Session & Networking Fair | 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Hilton Orrington Grand Ballroom 2nd Floor |
| Pizza Party | 7:00 – 8:00 PM | Hilton Orrington Grand Ballroom 2nd Floor |
| Movie & Ice Cream | 8:00 – 10:00 PM | Hilton Orrington Hinman Auditorium 9th Floor |
SUNDAY’S AGENDAJANUARY 20, 2019 |
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| Walk / Transit in Groups View Shuttle Runs Between Hotel & Meeting Venue |
7:15 – 7:45 AM | Hilton Orrington to Technological Institute (map) |
| Breakfast / STEP UP 4 Women | 7:45 – 8:30 AM | Technological Institute Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Plenary Talk IV The Importance of Supportive Communities: One Path from an Undergraduate Degree in Physics Dr. Angela Little |
8:30 – 9:20 AM | Technological Institute Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Coffee Break | 9:20 – 9:45 AM | Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Panel / Breakout Session III | 9:45 – 10:30 AM | Technological Institute, Various Rooms |
| Transition | 10:30 – 10:45 AM | |
| Panel / Breakout Session IV | 10:45 – 11:30 AM | Technological Institute, Various Rooms |
| Discussion Reflection Professor Zosia Krusberg |
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Ryan Auditorium (map) |
| Lunch (Boxed lunches for Adler) |
12:00 PM | Ryan Auditorium Lobby |
| Transit to Adler Planetarium (Adler Planetarium Outing is Optional) |
12:30 – 1:15 PM | Technological Institute to Adler Planetarium |
| Science/Outreach Careers Andrew Johnston, Vice President of Astronomy and Collections Grace Wolf-Chase, Astronomer Michelle Larson, President and CEO |
1:30 – 2:15 PM | Adler Planetarium |
| Explore the Planetarium | 2:15 – 3:30 PM | Adler Planetarium |
| Dome show: Imagine the Moon | 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Adler Planetarium |
| Transit back to Evanston | 4:00 – 5:00 PM Approximate |
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