WiPA is invited to meet with colloquium speaker Dr. Victoria Kaspi for coffee and breakfast. Her colloquium topic is “Astronomy's Newest Extragalactic Mystery: Fast Radio Bursts,” and she is also our speaker for the annual Kaufmanis Lecture next Wednesday.

• Date: Thursday, April 19
• Time: 9:15-10:am
• Location: Tate 301-20

WiPA invites current women grad students, postdocs, and faculty to enjoy dinner and networking together with alumnae from the graduate physics and astronomy programs.

• Date: Wednesday, April 25
• Time: 6pm
• Location: Tate 201-20
• RSVP: Send us an email at wipa@umn.edu, or RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/7CHkGOgVZIASx9TV2.

Professor Laura McCullough will be visiting from UW-Stout to host a professional skills seminar for WiPA grad students and postdocs. Professional Skills Development Seminars are highly interactive workshops where participants will learn and practice communication and negotiation skills. The seminar will focus on the skills that women need to effectively perform research and thrive in physics, including how to:

• Negotiate a graduate, postdoc, or professional position in academia, industry, or at a national lab
• Interact positively on teams and with a mentor or advisor
• Think tactically
• Enhance personal presence
• Develop alliances
• Achieve professional goals

• Date: Wednesday, May 2
• Time: 3:30pm
• Location: Tate 201-20

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• Fellowships for Graduate Research
• Travel Funding Opportunities
• Postdoctoral Positions
• Presentations and Papers by WiPA members
• Survival Guide to Graduate School by three graduating students

Interested in graduate school? Planning for graduate studies in Physics and related fields is a good resource from the American Association of Physics Teachers.

• The greatest women in science history
• AAUW “Why so few?” about Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Read Meg Urry's article “Diminished by discrimination we scarcely see”
• American Institute of Physics statistics/reports on women in physics and astronomy
• Women in the history of science

The Women in Physics and Astronomy (WiPA) group was established to raise awareness throughout the entire school of not only the important contributions women have made and continue to make in physics and astronomy, but also about the various mechanisms that make it difficult for women to make those contributions. Planned activities raise the visibility of women within the school and encourage interactions amongst female graduate students, faculty and/or research associates. It is hoped that the Women in Physics and Astronomy group will encourage a respectful climate for women in the school.