I will discuss the obstacles I have experienced as a female, non-native English speaker, and a first-generation college student with an F-1 visa enrolled in a PhD program in the US. I will give some pieces of advice to both the students who have a similar background and to the supervisors who mentor these students. I will also discuss some…

The CUNY Masters in Astrophysics program is in its first year, with the first cohort of students. I will give an overview of the design of the program, including the partnership between CUNY and the Flatiron Institute, recruitment strategies, mentoring structures, and anti-oppression work. Our goal is to increase opportunities for marginalized…

In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, academic institutions, student programs and the entire world were forced into virtual only formats. Now that we are post-pandemic, there are lessons that can be permanently adopted from this experience that will lead to greater inclusion, accessibility, and connection amongst students. In this talk I…

AstroCom NYC is an undergraduate mentoring program designed to improve urban minority student access to opportunities in astrophysical research by greatly enhancing partnerships between research astronomers in New York City (City University of New York – an MSI, American Museum of Natural History, and Flatiron Institute Center of Computational…

This interactive workshop on teaching strategies that can help promote student success, regardless of their gender. The discussion will revolve around studies that education researchers have shown to be effective in narrowing gender gaps in student achievement, paying particular attention to a study involving&nbsp…

All working groups will present ~5-10 minutes of updates on their ongoing projects.  We're looking forward to seeing you all then!

Women are 51% of the population and, in Mao Zedong's timeless words, "hold up half the sky." In the context of astrophysics, science, and STEM, why are women
glaringly absent from studies of the sky, and what can we do as colleagues, researchers, and everyday allies to increase their representation and support their
success in…

Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 2 pm - 3 pm

All working groups will present ~5-10 minutes of updates on their ongoing projects.  We're looking forward to seeing you all then!
(Check emails or the EDI Slack channel for an update on location and/or Zoom link.)

Please join us for the first in-person installment of the Seminar Series on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosted by the Department of Physics and the Department of Astrophysics. Guest speaker, Kasey Wagoner, will discuss the Simons-NSBP Scholars Program. 
Refreshments (cider and donuts) will be served outside…

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 2 pm - 3 pm

All working groups will present ~5-10 minutes of updates on their ongoing projects.  We're looking forward to seeing you all then!
(Check emails or the EDI Slack channel for an update on location and/or Zoom link.)

Speaker: Connor Holland, Princeton University Department of Physics graduate student
Talk title: "Lasers and Legos: AMO Through the Lens of a Graduate Student"
Abstract: Over the last decade, the subfield of Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (AMO) has made direct…

Speaker: Caroline Holmes, Princeton University Department of Physics graduate student
Abstract: Organisms sense the world through arrays of receptor cells, such as photoreceptors on the retina. In cases such as the compound eyes of insects, these arrays are nearly crystalline, while in…

Speaker: Adriana Dropulic, Princeton University Department of Physics graduate student
Talk title: "Searching for Dark Matter in the Milky Way"
Abstract: It is well-understood from Vera Rubin’s investigation of rotation curves of spiral galaxies that the majority of…

Featured speaker: Kelsey Hallinen, Associate Research Scholar/CPBF Fellow
Abstract: Our lab works at the intersection of physics and neuroscience to study the organism C. elegans. C. elegans is a small nematode that is about 1 mm in length, has only 302 neurons, and is a great organism to…

Featured speaker: Marianne Bauer, Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate/CPBF Fellow
Abstract: Gene expression is just one of the biological processes where physics can help form quantitative hypothesis, sometimes in the form of models, that can be investigated in conjunction with experiments. In this talk, I will…

The EDI committee for undergraduate recruitment is starting up our summer research talk series aimed at undergraduates. The goal of this series is to have graduate students and post-docs give accessible talks about their research and how they got involved in their particular field. This is a great opportunity to get introduced to various…

All working groups will present ~5-10 minutes of updates on their ongoing projects.  We're looking forward to seeing you all then!
(Zoom link will be sent via departmental email and the EDI Slack channel.)
 

Speaker: Dr. Dara Norman, a Full Scientist and Deputy Director of the Community Science and Data Center at the NSF’s National Optical and Infrared Astronomical Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)
Dr. Norman will highlight examples of past culture change in the field, growing trends toward implementation of the values that…

EDI initiative "All Hands" Meeting
1:30 pm (ET), Monday, April 12, 2021
All working groups should plan to present ~5-10 minutes of updates on their ongoing projects.  We're looking forward to seeing you all then!
(Check Slack for Zoom link.)

To join the EDI and attend this event, please contact us at…