Register now for the virtual 2021 APS Annual Leadership Meeting!
Join us virtually on Thursday, February 4, and Saturday, February 6 for the APS Annual Leadership Meeting. Registration is free; APS membership is not required. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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As a physics educator, someone who studies physics education, or a department chair, you may be particularly interested in attending:
Thursday, February 4
Thriving physics departments: Proactive steps to take in difficult economic times
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
The new economics of higher education, changing demographics, and the economic wake of COVID-19 compel universities to reconsider how education survives and thrives. Join us for perspectives from faculty and administrative leaders, followed by small group discussions on how physics departments can take a proactive stance to adapt, grow, and thrive in this new environment.
Effecting Change: Individual Actions and Leadership
2:30-4:30 p.m. ET
This event focuses on how individuals can lead to effect change, particularly to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The discussion will begin with motivation—in this case, self-reflections on the value of diversity. We will then learn from the experiences of individual activists who have worked to increase DEI in physics, and will end with a discussion of how individuals can support organizational change.
We believe that you and your students may also be interested in attending:
Saturday, February 6
Communicating Science to Nonscientists in the Post-Election & Post-Pandemic World
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. ET
- Alan Alda, Stony Brook University, founder of Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
- April Burke, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
- Brian Greene, Columbia University
- Cailin O’Connor, University of California, Irvine, author The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
- Kip Thorne, California Institute of Technology
The full program is available on the website.
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