786 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:27:37 -0400 From: WIPHYS To: Women in Physics Subject: WIPHYS Posting for Mar 11, 2013 Parts/Attachments: 1 OK 41 lines Text 2 Shown 50 lines Text ---------------------------------------- Sultana Nahar is the March CSWP Woman Physicist of the Month Sultana Nahar of Ohio State University is the featured physicist for this month. For more information on her recognition, click here. Do you know female physicists worthy of recognition? Nominate them! Find more info here. New Report released on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering Read the 2013 report here. March is National Women's History Month - the 2013 theme focuses on women in STEM! The 2013 National Women's History Month theme, Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination, honors generations of women who throughout American history have used their intelligence, imagination, sense of wonder, and tenacity to make extraordinary contributions to the STEM fields. Learn more here. Taking time to think about expectations for women in undergraduate science: article in Inside Higher Ed Marie-Claire Shanahan writes: ~SDecades of research in higher education has sought to understand why students come to STEM fields and why they leave. This has been especially true for women in science degree programs. ... Decades later, there are still significant gaps in women~Rs participation and persistence, especially in physics and physics-related engineering disciplines such as mechanical and electrical, despite efforts to overcome preparation deficits, provide role models and mentoring, and build communities for women in sciences.~T To read more, click here. Attention High School Students: U.S. Coast Guard Academy's AIM Application Now Open The Academy Introduction Mission (AIM) is a challenging summer program for high school juniors interested in serving their country and exploring technical degree programs. For six action-packed days in July, students will be immersed in Coast Guard tradition and Academy life in the classroom, engineering lab, playing fields, and on the water. Students compete in a water based robotics project as they interact and learn from cadets, faculty and Coast Guard professionals. Applications are now open to high school juniors. Please have your students visit www.uscga.edu/AIM to apply prior to April 15. Find career opportunities at the APS CAREER CENTER. ****************************** To post a message to the list, send it to wiphys@aps.org To subscribe to WIPHYS, send a blank message to join-wiphys@lists.apsmsgs.org or use the web form at http://lists.apsmsgs.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=wiphys To remove (unsubscribe) yourself from the list, send a blank message to leave-2645755-343585.5bac490bae81e4b509a19ec52e839979@lists.apsmsgs.org or log into the web form at http://lists.apsmsgs.org/read/login/?forum= and click "unsubscribe" To view archives of past mailings, please go to http://lists.apsmsgs.org/read/?forum=wiphys To search past mailings, please go to http://lists.apsmsgs.org/read/search/?forum=wiphys If you have any questions, please contact the moderator at women@aps.org ******************************