Welcome to the 2017 APS CUWiP held at Harvard!

NOTE: This conference occurred in 2017. Please see the APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics site to get information about future conferences. This website is preserved for archival purposes.

We, the SPIN UP committee and CUWiP local organizing committee, strongly condemn hate: racism, sexism, xenophobia, ableism, homophobia, and all other forms of discrimination are not welcome at this conference. We are committed to making the SPIN UP workshop and our regional CUWiP a place where ALL voices are truly welcome, supported, safe, and heard. The SPIN UP and local organizing committee give our personal promise to do EVERYTHING in our power to make sure our events are a place where hate is not tolerated or normalized. We are also structuring our CUWiP to educate participants about these issues and amplify the voices of those affected by them. We invite anyone to contact us for any reason, to give feedback, or make suggestions about how to improve. Our email is cuwip2017@g.harvard.edu.

We have a facebook group! Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/harvardcuwip2017/

We have a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/PhysicsNexGen

Come to the 2017 CUWiP held at Harvard serving undergraduates in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. In addition to the CUWiP, you are invited to attend the first Supporting Inclusion of Underrepresented Peoples (SPIN UP) Workshop, on January 12 and January 13 prior to the start of CUWiP. Our CUWiP will include:

• Research talks from faculty members and industry professionals

• Panels of experts to answer questions on graduate school, undergraduate research, and career options for physics majors

• A graduate school and career fair with local universities and companies

• Student talks and poster presentations

• SPIN UP: An optional pre-conference workshop focusing on underrepresented and underserved communities to support the inclusion of women who are members of racial and ethnic minorities; are members of gender and sexual minorities; have physical, mental, and learning disabilities; are from low income backgrounds; are first generation college students; and/or members of other underrepresented or underserved communities.

About the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)

APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) are three-day regional conferences for

undergraduate physics majors held simultaneously at several universities in the United States. Their goal is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. The 2017 conferences will be held from Friday January 13 through Sunday January 15.

The other 2017 conference sites are:

• McMaster University

• Montana State University

• Princeton University

• Rice University

• University of California Los Angeles

• University of Colorado Boulder

• University of Wisconsin

• Virginia Tech

• Wayne State University

These conferences are supported in part by the National Science Foundation (PHY-1346627) and by the Department of Energy Office of Science (DE-SC0011076). Further details are available on the APS conference website.