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Members of committee of Outreach, Communications, Web Content & Museum
Lu Lu (Chair) | Mallory Conlon | Ben Harpt | Robert Joynt | Haddie McLean | Sarah Perdue | Susan Nossal | Chad Seys | Maxim Vavilov | Steve Narf | Cierra Atkinson
Useful links
- committees of the physics department https://www.physics.wisc.edu/department/committee/
- UW physics outreach page http://physics.wisc.edu/outreach
- Physics museum https://www.physics.wisc.edu/ingersollmuseum/
- Wonders of physics https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/
- Wonders of quantum physics https://hqan.illinois.edu/education-and-workforce/woqp
- IceCube outreach website https://icecube.wisc.edu/outreach/neutrinos
Monthly meeting time and location
The 2nd Wednesday of the month, Chamberlin 4274
Upcoming meetings:
Feb 8, 2022 11:30
Mar 9 2022 11:30
Apr 13 2022 11:00
May 11 2022 11:00
Monthly: Join Zoom Meeting https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365844069?pwd=aUlVR0pKRDNKUEZwRTBEYmt3dEthUT09
Meeting ID: 963 6584 4069 Passcode: 820603
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2022 Meetings
202205011
Meeting time: 11:00 am Wednesday May. 11th (hybrid)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365844069?pwd=aUlVR0pKRDNKUEZwRTBEYmt3dEthUT09
- Ellen Bechtol: Upcoming plans for IceCube exhibits in Chamberlin
- Aedan Gardill: Murals in Chamberlin (climate and diversity committee) [to be confirmed]
- Haddie McLean: Setting parameters for the traveling Wonders show? (e.g., minimum audience count, free travel range etc)
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: News from outreach team
- Bob/Cierra/Steve: Updates on Museum (and discussions from the department meeting)
- Sarah: Updates on Web contents and communications
- All: our end-of-the-year report link
202204013
Meeting time: 11:00 am Wednesday April. 13th (hybrid)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365844069?pwd=aUlVR0pKRDNKUEZwRTBEYmt3dEthUT09
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: News from outreach team
- Wonders/PhysicsFair
- Preparations for quantum time and quantum day
- Bob: Wonders on Day of the Badger
- Bob/Cierra/Steve: Updates on Museum
- Museum front-end evaluation results and new signage plan
- Progress with physics of climate change exhibit ideas
- Mallory et al.: Climate-change task force updates
- climate change grant progress
- All: end of the year summary
20220309
Meeting time: 11:30 am Wednesday Mar. 9th (hybrid)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365844069?pwd=aUlVR0pKRDNKUEZwRTBEYmt3dEthUT09
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: News from outreach team
- Funding applications update
- Preparation for the Wonders/Fair weekend: calling for presenters and other supports.
- quantum time and quantum day
- Bob/Cierra/Steve: Updates on Museum
- Ellen Bechtol/Jim Madsen/Karl Nutting/Steve: Thoughts on IceCube exhibit in the physics museum
- Cierra et al.: Climate-change task force updates
20220209
Meeting time: 11:30 am Wednesday Feb. 9th (hybrid)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96365844069?pwd=aUlVR0pKRDNKUEZwRTBEYmt3dEthUT09
Meeting ID: 963 6584 4069 Passcode: 820603
Google drive folder: link
- Bob/Cierra/Steve: Updates on Museum
- New signage and Ellen Bechtol consultation
- Climate change updates
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: News from outreach team
- Frozen Assets Festival
- Funding applications update (congrats getting WI Idea Collaboration Grant!)
- Climate change x physics outreach master spreadsheet
- Maxim: Poster idea updates
- Susan: a brief overview of some of the focus areas of the climate change exhibits at the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s museum
- Susan: figures from the recent climate reports
20220112
Meeting time: 11 am Wednesday Jan. 12th (online only!)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97707704613?pwd=YWdlWmM4OFF5Y3RrOGNJV0hsNW56Zz09
Google drive folder: link
- Cierra/Steve: Updates on Museum
- New signage and Ellen Bechtol consultation on (1/13)
- Medical Physics Exhibits
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: News from outreach team
- Wonders of Physics annual show and COVID
- Funding applications update
- Climate change x physics outreach master spreadsheet
- Maxim: Posters on vibrational and rotational modes, their dipole moments
- Susan: Continue discussions on physics & climate change resources
- Sarah: Website and communication updates
- Setting spring semester meetings (Sarah will send a poll the second week of classes, thanks Sarah!)
2021 Meetings
20211208
Meeting time: 11 am Wednesday Dec. 8th
Guests: Justin Vandenbroucke (Energy course) and Cameron Kuchta (PGSC, GMaWiP)
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97707704613?pwd=YWdlWmM4OFF5Y3RrOGNJV0hsNW56Zz09
Meeting location: Chamberlin 4274
Google drive folder: link
- All: Brainstorming on outreach ideas for global warming and action items - an overview spreadsheet
- Mallory: Thoughts on ideas of improving volunteer recruiting
- Event calendar?
- PGSC and GMaWiP involvement
- Blog posts from volunteers? example link
- Sarah: Advertising for the Wonders annual shows with special focus on the minority readers.
- Cierra: Collaboration with UW Medical physicsfor outreach projects
- Sarah: Updates on web contents and communications. (Christmas special per research group? End of the year post?)
- Cierra: News on the museum
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: Outreach group updates
20211110
Meeting time: 11 am Wednesday Nov. 10th
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97707704613?pwd=YWdlWmM4OFF5Y3RrOGNJV0hsNW56Zz09
Meeting location: Chamberlin 4274
Google drive folder: link
- Susan Nossa, Steve Narf: Discussion on new outreach ideas related to the global warming ( C02 demo, Global Warming from 1880 to 2020)
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie/all: Outreach events in October
- Wonders of Physics
- Wisconsin Science Festival
- Robert Joynt: news on the museum
- Sarah Perdue: updates on the research webpage
- Sarah Perdue: updates on the outreach tab
- Any other?
20211013
Meeting time: 1 pm Wednesday Oct. 13th
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99622781460?pwd=bktmejRkUGRGeTl6ejBvNkM5REZJQT09
Meeting ID: 996 2278 1460
Passcode: 414958
Meeting location: Chamberlin 4274
Google drive folder link
- Susan Nossal: Discussion on connecting to diversity
- Expanding opportunities for underserved communities
- Outreach related to applications of physics to societal challenges
- Robert Joynt/all: follow up on museum discussions
- Follow up on outreach discussions
- Mallory/Sarah/all: UW-Madison Physics Outreach Fellows
- NSF graduate student grant
- any other
- Sarah: Follow up on research webpage updates and the outreach tab
20210915
Meeting time: 10 am Friday Sept. 17th
Zoom connection: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92296563021?pwd=eGJEV01OYnpGczNPOFN6bWZ5dndzdz09
Meeting location: Chamberlin 4274
- Sarah/Mallory/Haddie: State of the art report on 'wonders of physics', museum and other outreach events in the light of the pandemic and future plans
- Kevin Black/others: Report on outreach as component of NSF Fellowship NSFGRFP
- Robert Joynt: Discussions on museum
- Museum review
- Museum duties and breakdown of roles
- Sarah Perdue: Discussions on website
- Updates to research section of the website
- Create outreach sub tab (example)
- Susan Nossal: Discussion on connecting to diversity
- Expanding opportunities for underserved communities
- Outreach related to applications of physics to societal challenges
- Planing on the future meetings