[On_site_list] JLab Seminar - Women in Physics - TODAY at 3 p.m.

[deborah magaldi]

*Women in Physics in the U.S.: Numbers, Challenges and Solutions

JLab Seminar Today (Apr. 5) at 3 p.m.
CEBAF Center Auditorium

Dr. Elizabeth Simmons
Theoretical Physicist
Michigan State University*

You are invited to attend a presentation by theoretical physicist, Dr. 
Elizabeth Simmons, today at 3 p.m. in the auditorium. She will discuss 
the role of women in Physics.

Simmons is a particle theorist, whose research focuses on the origins of 
the masses of elementary subatomic particles - particularly the W and Z 
bosons that transmit the weak nuclear force and the heaviest known 
particle, the top quark. She investigates theories in which these masses 
arise from new strong dynamics at energy scales accessible to 
experiments like those now underway at the Large Hadron Collider in 
Switzerland. She is the recipient of numerous Physics and Education 
awards and serves on a variety of advisory boards.

A central part of her mission as an educator is encouraging more 
students (especially those from groups now under-represented in physics) 
to consider studies and careers in the physical sciences. She was 
selected as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the IUPAP International 
Conference on Women in Physics in 2008 (South Korea) and again in 2011 
(South Africa).

Refreshments will be served in the lobby beginning at 2:30 p.m.

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Regards,
Deb Magaldi
JLab Public Affairs
269-5102

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