15 March 2001

Plainsboro, New Jersey -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will be hosting a conference for more than 150 eighth through 12th grade female students from area schools on Friday, March 16. The event, "Expand Your Horizons Mini-Conference for Young Women in Science, Mathematics, and Technology," will be from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at PPPL. The conference will include talks by various women in the sciences, a panel discussion, exhibits, and lunch. The guest speakers and panelists are from the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, PPPL, Princeton University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, UCLA, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Participating schools and programs are the College of New Jersey College Bound Program in Ewing; High Technology High School in Lincroft; Northern Burlington High School in Columbus; Helen A. Fort Middle School in Pemberton; Columbus Elementary School, Grace A. Dunn Middle School, Granville Charter School, Arthur Holland Middle School, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, and Trenton Central High School, all in Trenton; Vineland High School-South in Vineland; West Windsor-Plainsboro High School-North in Plainsboro; and Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge.

Exhibitors for the event include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Communications Workers of America, FMC Corporation, Lucent Technologies, PPPL Science Education Program, and the Princeton Environmental Institute.

Representatives of the media are invited to attend the mini-conference at PPPL. The Laboratory is on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus off U.S. Route 1 in Plainsboro and not on the University's main campus in Princeton.

For further information, please contact:

Anthony R. DeMeo
Head
Information Services
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(609) 243-2755
ademeo@pppl.gov

Patricia Wieser
Information Services
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(609) 243-2757
pwieser@pppl.gov