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Wesleyan Women in Science: 2007-2008 EVENTS |
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In planning for
Fall 2008 |
Joint with AWIS-CT, the Connecticut chapter of the Association of Women in Science, a Panel Discussion of Careers in Industry. Please submit nominations for 2008-2009 WesWIS steering committee. (Yourself or a friend.) |
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Saturday May 10, 12-5 pm Veteran's Park (10 min walk from campus, or take shuttle.) |
Feet to the Fire Festival - A campus/community eco-arts festival for all ages Members of ASK andWesWIS will have a table with kid-friendly hands-on science demos. Come take a shift, or see the installations generated by art/science collaborative courses on global warming. | ||
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Thursday April 30, 6 pm 230 HA |
Monthly meeting of AWIS-CT steering committee.
Anyone intersted in getting involved in this state-wide
organization is invited. For more information, see the newAWIS-CT website, at www.awisct.ning.com |
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| Fri. April 18, 4 pm Exley 216 (Hosted by Prof. Stewart, Wes Physics Dept.) |
Dr. Lori Brock of Osram-Sylvania in Peabody, MA will present a short talk and conduct a discussion on Getting That First Job after your B.A. Dr. Brock is responsible for hiring scientific staff at Osram-Sylvania's research laboratories in Peabody and will offer guidance to those puzzling over the mechanics of finding that first job. Light refreshments will be provided. |
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Friday April 18, 2008 1:30-3 pm Exley Lobby |
Celebration of Science Theses BA and MA honors thesis students in Natural Science and Mathematics will present their research to peers and the community in a poster session. Come join us in celebrating their achievements. (Refreshments provided) |
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Friday April 18, 2008 1:30-3 pm Exley Lobby |
Interested in the Sciences? (For Pre-Frosh) Pre-frosh who are interested in the Sciences are invited to stop by and talk to students to see what's going on. Representatives of the science-themed student groups are invited to be there to talk about their program and experiences. |
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| Jobs - Jobs - Jobs For those who missed the alumnae MD and MD/PhD panel: two of the panelists invited graduating seniors who are interested in research tech positions in Boston or at U Conn to e-mail them. Prof. Appel has details. We've also gotten a listing of summer research positions from the Connecticut Ag Station--opportunities to do things like track West Nile Virus, or invasive plant species, in the field or in the lab. e-mail msnow@wes for a copy of the listing. |
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Thursday April 10, 2008 6:30-8 pm 121 Exley |
WesWIS/CRC Career Panel: Alumnae on the Medical Track. Wesleyan (and WesWIS) alumnae who went on to Medical School (some joint with PhD ) will come back to tell us about their experiences. Panel will include: Tamika Brierley '96 BA (Biology)
New Britain Pediatric Group, New Britian CT; MD, Univ of Conn. School of Medicine; Residency Yale Children's Hospital
Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, '02 BA, '03 MA (Biology)
Biomedical Research Career Award Fellow, Harvard Med. School;
Keren Griffiths '05 (Chemistry and MBB)
MD Candidate, New York University School of Medicine MD/PhD Program, Univ of Connecticut School of Medicine
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Monday April 7, 2008 noon-1pm 139 Exley |
WesWIS peer-advising/course-selection lunch Get together with other WesWIS members in your (potential) major to talk about options and choices. Jrs and Srs, bring your experiences and advice; everybody bring your questions and appetites. |
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Thursday April 3, 2008 6:00 pm YALE UNIVERSITY Bass Ctr. Room 305, 266 Whitney Ave New Haven |
AWIS-CT, the Connecticut chapter of the Association of Women in Science, will be present a Panel Discussion of Careers in Industry. Speakers will be: Denice Spero, CEO, Developing World Cures Michelle Kelly, Senior Director, Pfizer Global R&D Guene Thio, Scientist, Invitrogen Dawn Mattoon, R&D Manager, Invitrogen For more information, see the newAWIS-CT website, at www.awisct.ning.com . All WesWIS members are invited to visit the site to find out about events (including directions to this panel) and join the state-wide network. |
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Congratulations to our sister group, ASK! (Action Science Kids), recipients of a Community Service Award from the Connecticut Department of highes Education for their outreach work bringing science experiments and enthusiasm to Middletown 5th graders. (e-mail scheng@wes if you want to join one of their visits.) | ||
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Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008 noon-1pm 137 Exley |
Part 1. Henny Admoni '08: A report from Carnegie Mellon's Conference for Undergraduate Women in Computer Science. |
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Friday Nov. 16 Two-part meeting. |
WesWIS peer-advising/course-selection lunch, plus guest speaker Dr. Debra Rolison at 12:30. |
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Monday, Nov. 12, |
Speaker Luncheon: |
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October 25 2007, Russell House 4:15 pm, with reception to follow (co-sponsored with Robert Schumann Lecture Series) |
Speaker: Ivy Wong, CEO, World Wildlife Fund Malaysia Ms. Wong will begin with an introduction to
Malaysia: its biodiversity, the
diversity of people, cultures, natural resources, and the remoteness of many
areas. The talk will focus on
the tradeoffs and challenges for sustainable development while balancing the
need to protect and better conserve natural resources. She will include aspects of the
governance structure of Malaysia and how policies governing the diverse areas
of Malaysia are formulated and implemented. Ms. Wong wil be available to meet informally with students
after the talk. |
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TBA/ONGOING |
ASK (Action Science Kids) will be planning their first set of outreach
experiments, and making trips to local fifth graders. ASK is a group of
Wesleyan women interested in teaching science to Middletown schoolkids
through fun and interactive experiments. |
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Tues. Oct. 2, Noon - 1 Woodhead Lounge |
Panel Discussion: "What is it like to be
a Graduate Student?" Wesleyan Grad Students from various science
departments will talk about their experiences and future plans, and answer
questions from the group. |
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Wed. Sept. 19 Noon-1pm 84 Hall-Atwater |
Wesleyan Women in
Science Opening Meeting. |
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Friday Sept.14, 2007,
2-5 pm |
WSA Activities Fair -- Wesleyan Women in Science staffs a booth
with information and fliers. |
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