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Diversity Journal Club - Annika Peter

Green Bank in Fall 2019 Students Posing
April 1, 2020
12:45PM - 2:00PM
ONLINE: Zoom Webinar

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Add to Calendar 2020-04-01 12:45:00 2020-04-01 14:00:00 Diversity Journal Club - Annika Peter Title: Growth and Demographics of OSU Physics (+ Astro) Majors Speaker: Professor Annika Peter  Abstract: OSU’s physics and astronomy departments face major challenges with the growth of their undergraduate major size, and with the lack of diversity in the major.  In this talk, I place OSU’s challenges in a national context.  I describe the work I am performing as part of a special assignment in the physics department, to study national trends and coping strategies.  I will describe some directions I think the departments should consider in order to manage the growth of the programs more sustainably, and make the majors (and departments) more diverse and inclusive. ONLINE: Zoom Webinar Department of Astronomy astronomy@osu.edu America/New_York public

Title: Growth and Demographics of OSU Physics (+ Astro) Majors

Speaker: Professor Annika Peter 

Abstract: OSU’s physics and astronomy departments face major challenges with the growth of their undergraduate major size, and with the lack of diversity in the major.  In this talk, I place OSU’s challenges in a national context.  I describe the work I am performing as part of a special assignment in the physics department, to study national trends and coping strategies.  I will describe some directions I think the departments should consider in order to manage the growth of the programs more sustainably, and make the majors (and departments) more diverse and inclusive.

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