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Information on several issues discussed during the Third International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP2008) which was held on October 7-10, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea is presented. Topics accordingly include the physics achievements of women, and the outreach efforts on the U.S. and Great Britain to encourage middle school students to liking physics, Meanwhile, Catherine Massey and Jacob Clark Blickenstaff were among those who partook the said event.

Comments on the centennial meeting of the American Physical Society held in Atlanta, Georgia. The lighthearted approach to the meeting; The image people have of physicists; Seminars held, including the physics of dance; Comments from physicist Brian B. Schwartz, who organized many of the events; Number of people who attended; Who attended, including Nobel Prize winners and former White House science advisors; Former go-go dancer, Lynda Williams' `Cosmic Cabaret'; Other information.

The article offers information about several workshops for 2010 in the U.S. including the Arizona State University (ASU) Modeling Workshops in Physics, Chemistry and Physical Science from June 14 to July 30, the Leopold Education Project National Conference to be held in Baraboo, Wisconsin from June 17 to 19, and the Nature Journaling Workshop to be held in Fergus Falls, Minnesota from June 23 to 24.

The article reports on the statements by Wallace R. Brode, past president of the American Chemical Society, on the expected shortage of scientists in the 1970s and the 1980s, at a press conference by the American Institute of Physics and at a meeting of the American Physical Society. Brode called on universities and colleges to continue producing doctoral graduates in the sciences.