Pushing the Boundaries - Girls in Physics

Statistics have historically shown girls to be less interested and involved in the sciences than boys.  While the reasons for this disparity are still hotly debated, there are people and organizations who are taking strides in changing the demographic landscape of the sciences.  Hear from the recent attendees of an optics-based workshop presented to girls in conjunction with the National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS) and from one of the organization’s Executive Directors Meg Milne Moulton. This and other news about pushing the boundaries of science from the 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO) Press Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.