University of Connecticut Planetarium Renamed for Cynthia Wyeth Peterson '54
November 04, 2024
November 04, 2024
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 4 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news:
When Cynthia Wyeth Peterson '54 first joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1968, she was the only woman teaching in the physics department. It would remain that way until 2002.
She was an energetic presence in the department, serving as the second director of the university's planetarium, the first in the state, which opened in 1954. Peterson also led the construction of a . . .
When Cynthia Wyeth Peterson '54 first joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1968, she was the only woman teaching in the physics department. It would remain that way until 2002.
She was an energetic presence in the department, serving as the second director of the university's planetarium, the first in the state, which opened in 1954. Peterson also led the construction of a . . .