Along with the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development and CIRTL, we are excited to host our first career panel: Exploring Careers in Academia: Broadening your Options When: Tuesday, December 10; 9:30 am-11:30 am. Where: Campus Center 163C (down the escalators). Check out the event agenda in the Academic Panel Flyer. Also, if you are interested […]
Workshop collaboration with Mass Academy of Sciences
Title: I Spy DNA: DNA Extraction from Natural Sources Run-through Meeting: Friday November 22, 2013 4pm, Morrill 3 Room 306 Workshop Date (in Holyoke): Tuesday December 10th, 2013 2-6pm, Holyoke Public Schools Workshop overview: The goal of this workshop is to demonstrate the process of scientific enquiry by highlighting key components of the scientific method. […]
STEM talk: “Why aren’t more women in science?”
Physics Professor Kathy Aidala is the Department Chair Mount Holyoke College, and will be giving a talk to the STEM audience titled “Why Aren’t More Women in Science?”. Tuesday November 19th at 4pm in Hasabrouck 138 The talk abstract is here: We will examine the differences among the sciences and the assumptions people often make to […]
GWIS social hour!
Join us at the UMass campus center U-PUB on Friday (november 8th) at 5:30 pm for the GWIS social hour! Let’s get together, get to know eachother better, and relax, and ring in the weekend. See you there, and bring friends!
Graduate Student and Faculty Luncheon!
Interested in meeting other STEM faculty from across the CNS and CoE departments? Join us for an informal lunch discussion Wednesday November 13th from 12:00 – 1:00 in ISB 427L. It’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with several women faculty about their research and careers in STEM! Lunch is provided! Seats are limited so […]
Next Food for Thought Event
The next Food for Thought Meeting will be on Monday evening November 11th at Bart’s ice cream in Amherst town center. Bart’s has good food and we will be having a great discussion on women’s issues in the workplace guided by chapters 6 and 7 of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. If you’re not caught up on […]
THIS WEEK: Interactive panel discussion on future careers aimed at women graduate students and postdocs in engineering and computer science!
When/where: Wednesday Oct 9, 5-6pm in the Kellogg room in Elab II Refreshments will be served. Topics: Q&A on careers in academia and industry
Upcoming outreach opportunity! Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day 2013
Get involved! Volunteer at Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day Register here: http://umass-career-day.eventbrite.com/ Need some Broader Impact for an upcoming grant? Want to add to your teaching statement? Interested in community service? Ways to help: 8am– 9am Setup; registration and greet girls 10:15 – 11:15 Help with a hands-on computing/engineering activity with a group of 50-60 […]
Woman of Science blog
Check out the blog by an awesome lady physics professor at UMass Amherst (http://womanofscience.wordpress.com). Recent posts feature advice from graduate student women for graduate student women. Check back often for inspiration and we encourage you to submit about your own experiences (anonymously, or not)
Update on Upcoming Professional Development Events Sponsored by the Grad School OPD
Coming up THIS WEEK… Wednesday, October 9, 12pm in LGRT1634 From Ph.D. to Patent Attorney – The Inside Scoop Meaghan L. Richmond – Patent Attorney, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals The details…. Meaghan L. Richmond, Ph.D. is a Patent Attorney at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals located in Waltham, MA. After trying several majors at different universities, she graduated from Rhode […]
