REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics for Women and Minorities

这一奖项是为了支持芝加哥大学物理系本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划的更新。这一方案的独特之处在于，它的目标特别是吸引妇女和在物理界代表性不足的少数群体成员。申请在全国范围内征集，重点是历史悠久的黑人大学和传统的女子学院。每个学生项目的核心是在芝加哥大学一名教员的指导下，完成一个明确的为期10周的暑期研究项目。项目分布在：高能、宇宙线和天体物理学、广义相对论、凝聚态物理、非线性现象和生物物理学。该计划旨在为被选中的实习生不仅提供研究性培训，而且还提供强大的同行互动。它允许他们成为对科学感兴趣的不同个人的一部分。此外，每年夏天还会有为期十周的非正式指导、指导和职业咨询。除了个人研究项目的常规工作外，教师每周还安排两次讲座，并通过对费米国家实验室、阿贡国家实验室和耶克斯天文台的特别实地考察，以及非正式和正式的社会活动来补充个人研究项目的常规工作。非正式的指导和咨询由教职员工提供。

This award is to support the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program in the Physics Department at the University of Chicago. This program is distinctive in that it has been targeted particularly at attracting women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the physics community. Applications are solicited nationally with emphasis on historically black colleges and traditional women's colleges. The core of the program for each student is a well-defined 10 week summer research project under supervision of a University of Chicago faculty member. Projects are distributed among: high-energy, cosmic-ray and astrophysics, general relativity, condensed-matter physics, non-linear phenomena and biophysics. The program is structured to provide the selected interns not only with research training, but also with strong peer interactions. It allows them to be part of a cohort of diverse individuals interested in science. In addition, there is informal instruction, mentoring, and career counseling over a ten-week period each summer. Regular work on the individual student's research project is augmented by two scheduled lectures each week from faculty as well as by special field trips to Fermi National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory and Yerkes Observatory, and by informal and formal social activities. Informal mentoring and advising is provided by members of the faculty.