Strengthening ties among women in physics
When Margaret Morris looks around her physics class, sometimes she is the only woman there. Morris, a senior at Brandeis University, is living the reality for physics in the United States. At a time when women make up the majority of the country’s college students, their numbers still trail male peers in certain fields. And in some disciplines, like physics, women remain a small minority. Last weekend, 250 physics majors gathered at Harvard to take a collective step toward a new reality. The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics included lab tours, lectures, personal stories, and practical discussions about research, graduate school applications, how to deal with discrimination and implicit bias, and finding mentors. Margaret Morris, a senior at Brandeis University, listens to a presentation at the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. Morris was one of 250 physics majors in attendance. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin Organizer Anne Hebert, a Harvard grad student, said the...