WISC Winter Social and Poster Session - January 23, 2009 - 6 PM, Location TBA

Join WISC for a fun evening of drinks, food, socializing and science! We will also be having a poster session during the party, to give everyone a chance to learn more about each other's research interests. Email wisc.group@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing a poster!

Science and Engineering Graduate Student Panel - November 14, 2008 - 4 PM Havemeyer 7th Floor Lounge

Interestested in going to graduate school in science or engineering? Come and hear what graduate students from various departments at Columbia have to say about their experience. Free snacks!

Breakfast with Prof. Eve Marder (professor of biology at Brandeis University)- September 17, 2008 - 10 AM

Join Prof Eve Marder for breakfast at Kitchenette Uptown. Make sure to contact us if you are interested, as space is limited.

September Meet and Greet - September 19, 2008 - 6 pm

Come and meet fellow WISC members at our September Meet and Greet! This will be a great chance to mingle and chat with other members in a non-meeting setting about anything from research, to teaching to fun things to do around NYC. Make sure to bring anyone you think would be interested in joining WISC!

Attorney Suing Columbia over Women's Studies Courses Speaks - August 28, 2008 - 1-2pm

Lawyer and self-proclaimed "anti-feminist" Roy Den Hollander is suing Columbia University for offering Women's Studies courses, claiming it is sexist and discrimination against men. This follows lawsuits against various NYC nightclubs for offering "Ladies' Nights". He'll give a short talk briefing us on the case against Columbia and then answer any questions from the audience.
Room TBA, check back here!

REU Graduate School Panel - July 21, 2008 - 3pm

Open to all science, engineering, and math undergraduates interested in learning about graduate school applications, visits, etc. Panellists will be present to answer any questions and offer their experiences and advice. Panellists will represent various departments, including the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physics, Neuroscience, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.
Location: 7th floor lounge, Havemeyer Hall

Year End Banquet - May 14 - 7:00pm

This is a great opportunity for WISC members to get together to socialize, have some food, and relax. All are encouraged to attend. If you are in the middle of finals or end of the year projects, please drop by anyway (you need to eat, don't you?!).
Food (vegetarian and non) and drink (alcoholic and non) will be provided
7th floor lounge, Havemeyer Hall
RSVP by May 5th to Mary or Kathleen

Post-doc Panel for Graduate Students - February 8, 2008 - 4pm

WISC will be hosting a panel in collaborating with Columbia’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs on Friday, February 8th at 4pm, probably in Havemeyer (more details to come). The panel will include 3 female postdocs and a “post doc expert” from the administrative end of things.

REU Panel for Undergraduates - February 4, 2008

MRSEC and NSEC are funding a panel on how to get an REU for Columbia undergraduates on Monday, February 4th, details to come. There will be pizza. If you had an REU back in the day and would be able to serve on the panel please contact Melinda Han.

Welcome Back Social - January 23, 2008 - 6:00pm

The first meeting of 2008 and Spring Semester Social event will be held in Havemeyer 328. If you have never been to a WISC meeting, please stop by and find out what we are all about. If you are already a member, bring your ideas for new events or guests to host. After the meeting we will have *plenty* of refreshments for all and a chance to meet one another.

Panel Discussion for Undergraduates - October 29, 2007

A diverse panel of graduate students answered questions for undergraduate applying to graduate schools.

2007 WISC Sponsered Speaker for the Chemistry Colloquim: Professor Melanie Sanford - September 18, 2007

Melanie Sanford grew up in Providence, RI. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Yale University in 1996 where she worked with Professor Bob Crabtree studying C-F bond functionalization. She then moved to Caltech where she worked with Professor Bob Grubbs investigating the mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions. After receiving her PhD in 2001, she worked with Professor Jay Groves at Princeton University as an NIH post-doctoral fellow studying metalloporphyrin-catalyzed functionalization of olefins. Melanie has been a professor at the University of Michigan since the summer of 2003. She has received numerous awards including the AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award and a National Science Foundation Career Award.

Participation in GK12 expo - June 6, 2007

WISC officers ran a booth at the GK12 expo, interacting with middle school and high school teachers, and displaying past outreach work, such as Girls Science Day and Take a Girl to College Day. Interest in WISC and its activities was high, and many teachers expressed interest in getting their students involved in WISC events. The dean of the Graduate School, Henry Pinkham also commended WISC as a great organization.

End of the Year Banquet - April 20, 2007

An annual celebration dinner to thank everyone who volunteers their time and effort to make all WISC events ( e.g. Girl's Science Day, Game of Life discussion series, Take a Girl to College day, etc) successful.

Post-doc Panel - April 23, 2007

WISC sponsored a post-doc panel designed to answer all of your questions about how to get a post-doc, what being a post-doc is like, how does being a woman affect the experience, etc. We had post-docs from the following departments: chemistry, physics, astronomy, applied physics and applied math, and the Earth institute.

WISC and SPS (Society of Physics Students) REU Panel Discussion - February 1, 2007

WISC and SPS (Society of Physics Students) are co-sponsoring a panel discussion on REUs (research experiences for undergrads). This event will be especially for physics undergrads, both men and women. If you have done an REU in physics or a related field, and are interested in sitting on the panel, then please contact me, Melinda. The event will be at 7pm on Thursday, Feb 1st, and there will be pizza, snacks, and drinks provided.

E3B mentoring for 1st year students - Fall 2006

WISC members organized a succesful event for mentoring in the E3B department.

Grad School panel for physics undergrads - October 19, 2006

Third year physics PhD student Laura Newburg gave a short presentation about graduate school, followed by an informal discussion with a group of graduate students from many different research areas in the Physics and Applied Physics departments. Co-sponored by the Society of Physics Students.

Intelligent Design in American Politics - February 27, 2006

Intelligent Design Panel, organized by The Columbia Political Union, co-sponsored by WISC.

WISC Social - January 26, 2006

Slices of New Yorks finest (yes, pizza), wine and a selection of domestic and imported beer. Come find out what WISC is all about and get to know other Columbia Grad Students. Even if you've never been to a WISC meeting or event, come and meet us.

Grad Student Lunch - November 11, 2005

Christine Aidala is a high-energy nuclear physicist working on the PHENIX experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory, studying the decomposition of the spin of the proton. She is in her fourth and final year of the physics PhD and will continue working on PHENIX for UMass Amherst as a post-doctoral fellow starting in January.

Graduate Student Panal - July 26, 2005

For Undergraduates and REUs, questions included how to choose an adviser, what to expect financially, how to go about applying to grad school, and whether taking a year off is a wise choice.

Prof. Janet Conrad, Department of Physics - February 7, 2005

"How to give a good science talk"
pdf version of the slides