News: Education & Outreach

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12/01/2024

Physics with a Bang! – Volunteer Opportunity

On Saturday, December 7th, the CLS will be helping participate in Physics with a Bang! Please let Rachel Strom know if you are interested in helping with demos and an open house in GCIS. Volunteering is from 10am-5pm. The link to details is here.

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11/01/2024

Mentor Training Opportunity

In early 2025, Laura Rico-Beck will facilitate 2 mentoring sessions for postdocs. Please use this form to sign up and indicate which time is preferred for both days.

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11/01/2024

Upcoming: Physics Pedagogy Colloquia – 11/21/24 & 4/24/2025

As part of one of the CLS goals to examine culture and practices of Physics education, we’ve invited two experts on these topics to give a Physics Colloquium. Geraldine Cochran is speaking on 11/21/2024 and Catherine Crouch will be visiting on 4/24/2025.  Prof. Cochran is an Associate Professor at U. Ohio and will be speaking on “Understanding the Community Cultural Wealth of Physics Graduate Students and Implications for Graduate Programs.”

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10/01/2024

A reminder the CLS provides support for trainee travel and undergraduate research

CLS funding information to support trainee travel to conferences is found here.

Details regarding support for undergraduate research in CLS labs can be found here

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We are actively recruiting for volunteers from all labs to help us set up and perform several demos for a sizable crowd of all ages! If you are interested in participating, please reach out to Rachel Strom (rstrom@uchicago.edu).

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We are looking for a few (1-3) individuals - who may be a motivated advanced graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or faculty member - who are interested in curation and development of curricular materials for Biological Physics/Physics of Living Systems. Please see here for more information.
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