Events

2023-2024 Academic Year

• Counterspace Event: Solar Powered Synth Workshop 

  • Sept 27th, 5-7PM

  • Built circuits that turn solar energy into electronic music

  • This workshop was designed specifically for self-identified minoritized/marginalized students to help create counterspaces within our department.

2022-2023 Academic Year

• SHC (Student Health and Counseling) Workshop

  • April 27th 4-5pm

  • A workshop from Student Health and Counseling to help graduate students in the department navigate graduate school and improve their health/well-being. 

• Graduate Town Hall with APS

  • Tuesday, March 21st at 5pm in DRL A1

  • The purpose of this town hall will be to enable graduate students to communicate directly with the department chair, graduate chair, and other professors making decisions about the graduate program at Penn. Topics were pre-chosen and the discussion was moderated.

• Reading Group - The International Student Experience

  • Tuesday, February 14th from 12-2pm in DRL 4C4

  • Links to article 1, article 2

• De-Stress with DIP

  • Monday, December 12th at 3:30pm in the Grad Lounge

  • Federal Donuts, vegan & gluten free pastries from Bakeshop on 20th, coffee from Dunkin, games, and free self-care swag from CAPS!

• Reading Group - Authorship & Acknowledgement

  • Tuesday, November 15th from 12pm - 1:30pm in DRL 4C6

  • Links to article 1, article 2

• Introduction Event

  • Thursday, September 22nd from 4:30-6pm in DRL 4N30

2021-2022 Academic Year

• DIP x PSPDG Workshop: Science Policy for Physicists! 

  • Thursday, April 28th from 4-6pm in DRL 3W2

• 'DON'T LOOK UP' Movie Night

  • Wednesday, Feb 16th 5-8PM in faculty lounge

• Annual Diversity Colloquium: Dr. Eve Higginbotham & Ms. Maria Lund Dahlberg

  • "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine"

  • Wednesday, January 12th 3:30-4:30 PM

  • Zoom link HERE

  • Link to flyer

• De-Stress with DIP

  • Wednesday, Dec 15th 3-5PM DRL 3C6

• Microresistance Workshop

  • "Microresistance: Understanding and Addressing Microaggressions"

  • Thursday, Nov 18th 5:15-7:15PM DRL 3W2

• October Reading Group - Billionaires in space

• • Thursday Oct 7th at 12PM in DRL 4C8

  • Link to article 1, article 2, article 3

  • Link to slides

• First Year Seminar

  • Tuesday, Sept 21st at 5pm

  • Link to slides

2020-2021 Academic Year:

• Annual Speaker: Dr. Gina Quan

  • "Cultivating Equity-Focused Institutional Change in University STEM Departments"

  • Link to slides

  • Funded by Trustees' Council of Penn Women (TCPW)

• Reading Group Series: AIP TEAM-UP Report: "The Time is Now"

  • Link to the report

  • Link to our reading schedule

2019-2020 Academic Year:

• Annual Speaker Follow-Up Discussion 

  • Thursday, April 30th at 12PM over Zoom

  • Link to article 1, article 2 (pg 100-102), article 3 (pg 115-119)

• Annual Speaker: Dr. Ebony McGee 

  • "The Inequality of STEM Higher Education and Beyond: The High Cost of Exclusion"

  • Link to slides and video recording!

  • Monday, March 9th at 3:30PM (DRL A4)

• Promoting LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Workshop

  • Friday, January 31st at 12PM (DRL 3W2)

• AAU Climate Survey Results & Sexual Harassment Policy Discussion

  • Tuesday, December 10th at 12PM (DRL 3W2)

  • See the meeting summary notes here and the Climate Survey report here.

• October Reading Group

  • Friday, October 18th at 12PM

  • Link to article 1, article 2, article 3

• September 2019 First Meeting

  • Friday, September 20 at 1PM (DRL 4C4)

Prior Events:

• June 2019 Reading Group Discussion

  • Friday, June 28 at 12PM (DRL 3N6)

  • Link to article 1

  • Link to article 2

• PVP (Penn Violence Prevention) Workshop

  • Addressing Sexual Harassment and Bystander Intervention

  • Friday, March 22nd at 12PM (DRL 3W2)

  • Goals for Future

• Annual Diversity Speaker: Dr. Kerstin Nordstrom

  • "Diversity and Inclusion in Physics: Data, Analysis, and What To Do About It"

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019

  • Link to slides

• January 2019 Reading Group Discussion

  • Friday, January 25th at 12PM (DRL 3C6)

  • Link to article

• November 2018 Reading Group Discussion

  • Friday, November 16th at 12PM (DRL 2C8)

  • Link to article

• Graduate Student Workshop

  • "Microresistance: Understanding and Addressing Microaggressions"

  • Monday, October 15th, 4-6PM, DRL 4C2

  • Link to slides

  • Link to handouts and resources

• September 2018 Introductory Meeting

  • Friday, September 21st at 12 PM (DRL Room 3W2)

  • Facebook event

  • Link to slides