Know of any events that would be of interest to WISC members or other interested parties? Send an email to tlj2109 @ columbia.edu with the info and/or link!

AAUW Career Development Grants - Apply now through December 15, 2009

Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.

Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor's degree, including a master's degree, second bachelor's degree, or specialized training in technical or professional fields. Funds are available for distance learning. Course work must be taken at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States, or at a technical school that is fully licensed or accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. Funds are not available for PhD-level work.

Award $2,000 - $12,000
Applications available* Aug. 1 - Dec. 15, 2009
Application deadline* December 15, 2009
Grant year July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

* All supporting documents must also be received by this date. If an application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, supporting documents must be received the next business day.

Apply at the AAUW website: http://www.aauw.org/education/fga//fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm.

"Bio-Life-Tech Conference" by Womensphere - December 8-9, 2009 - Princeton, NJ

Featuring Dr. Robert Laskowski, CEO, Christiana Care Health System, the largest health care system in the Midatlantic region, addressing "The State of the Health Care System in the United States."

Bio-Life-Tech continues to be the exclusive Venture Capital Conference event for the Life Science and Healthcare Industry. Last year Bio-Life-Tech attracted over 250 industry leaders from the Mid-Atlantic region to Baltimore, Maryland. Bio-Life-Tech focuses on the most promising early stage entrepreneurs in their respective fields. The conference features companies looking to raise their first and second rounds of institutional funding. Presenting companies are selected by venture capitalists for venture capitalists. Past presenters at Early Stage East events have gone on to raise over $1 Billion in institutional funding.

This event is brought to Womensphere by Early Stage East, our Community Partner. This event has limited seating for 200 only, first come, first served.

To register to attend the Bio-Life-Tech Conference: http://www.earlystageeast.org/blt_conf/BLT-registration-2009.asp

To apply to present at the Bio-Life-Tech Conference, register here: http://www.earlystageeast.org/blt_conf/BLT-applicants-2009.asp

Egg Donation: A blessing or a business - November 16, 2009 - 5:30 pm, James Room, Barnard Hall

The Hughes Science Pipeline Project (HSPP) at Barnard College in collaboration with the Office of Career Development is organizing a discussion on the topic - ‘Egg Donation: A blessing or a business’ on Nov 16th, 5.30 pm in the James Room, Barnard Hall. The esteemed lists of panelists invited are President Debora Spar, Kitty Kolbert, Director, Athena Center for Leadership Development, Valerie Estess (Barnard College alumna), co-founder and Director of Research, Project A.L.S and Dr.Nicole Noyes, MD, NYU Fertility Center. We also have a current Barnard student as a panelist representing the voice of her classmates and colleagues. Guests will include Barnard & Columbia students, faculty and friends. Refreshments will be served.

Egg is the genesis of all creation. However, of late the process of creation is under debate, experimentation and immense pressure. This makes it the ideal time to discuss and enlighten our students about its fallouts and benefits.

ABC's of Child Care Options - November 16, 2009 and December 11, 2009 - 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 516 W 112th St.

Learn about the variety of child care options available so that you can best determine which type meets your family's needs. Two dates are offered; select one that is most convenient for you. Please feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch.

"Naturally Obsessed" Film Screening - November 13, 2009 - 6:00 - 7:00 pm, Havemeyer 209

Please join the Chandler Chemistry Society on Friday November 13th at 6pm in 209 Havemeyer Hall for a FREE movie screening of "Naturally Obsessed". This documentary captures the daily lives and struggles of three graduate students working in the Structural Biology laboratory of Professor Lawrence Shapiro at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Campus. The film runs for one hour and will begin at 6pm.

Please visit http://www.naturallyobsessed.com/ for photos, clips, and more information.

Grant Development Workshop - November 11 - 13, 2009 - City College of NY, 138th St @ Convent Ave.

Please join the Chandler Chemistry Society on Friday November 13th at 6pm in 209 Learn from professional grant writers how to prepare, write and secure winning grants from various funding agencies. If Interested please contact Matt Devine at (866) 704-7268 or coordinator@fundingsolutions4u.com to reserve seating. Additional discounts are available for groups that would like to participate in this interactive workshop.

Virtual Career Fair - Spotlight on Diversity at Intel - Three dates in November, see dates and times below - Virtual Career Fair online

Come learn about Diversity at Intel!

From November 3, 2009 – November 10, 2009, they are hosting three diversity-focused web-based events and launching a three-week Virtual Career Fair. The first event features the perspectives and experience of three technical females who are Emerging Leaders at Intel. Later that week, join four members from various employee groups as they discuss mentoring, networking, and leadership opportunities. Our last Diversity focused event will feature a trio of talented business women who have taken different paths integrating and creating a career with Intel.

What:
* Tuesday, November 3 - 3:00 - 4:00 pm – Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Emerging Leaders at Intel: Jennifer Bly, Kimberly Harr, and Deborah Stromberg
* Thursday, November 5 - 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Employee Groups at Intel: Denise Davis, Danette Hilton, Thomas Lucero, Armando Torres
* Tuesday, November 10 – 3:30 - 4:30 pm - Integrating at Intel: Monica Martinez-Canales, Patricia Perry, and Cristina Pieracci
* PLUS, the Virtual Career Fair and replays will run 10/29 through 11/17

Attendees of each event will receive advance access to the Virtual Career Fair at the conclusion of the presentations. To submit your questions and learn more, visit http://www.intel.com/jobs/virtualevent/VE11032009.htm. For more details, see the event's flyer.

Interview Makeover - for Women of All Career Stages - November 10, 2009 - 6:00 pm, UJA (130 E. 59th Street)

Most interviewers make up their minds about candidates within the first two minutes. Let award-winning career author Vicky Oliver and stylist for all seasons Kathy Weimar show you how to make your best impression at an interview by what you say and how you look. Kathy will make over the outside and Vicky will make over the inside. Includes a live demo and lively Q&A. Learn:

• 16 key things executive recruiters look for in candidates
• How to form an indelible impression within the first 60 seconds
• Body language Do’s & Don’ts
• Finding your power colors – what to wear for wardrobe, makeup, and jewelry
• Resume extraordinaire – secrets of crafting a killer resume
• How to research companies, competitors and the person interviewing you
• How to look alive, healthy, and confident
• What to say to guarantee a follow-up call

These teachings apply to women of all career stages.

Price of admission is * $5 for Junior Members (of the Smith College Club of NYC) * $10 for Contributing Members (") * $15 for General Admission - Click here to buy tickets!

If you have any questions about attending, please contact Teresa (tlj2109).

Medical Center FREE Basic Self Defense Class - November 10, 2009 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm, 622 West 168 Street PH Cafe 1st floor, Rear Conference Room

The Department of Public Safety & The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Program Presents: A Class on Basic Self Defense, FREE! This is a very popular class, so RSVP is a MUST to rm29@columbia.edu. For more information please call 854-8513. Please do not RSVP for this class if you're not sure you can make it.

Queer Academics of Columbia (QuAC) Workshop - November 10, 2009 - 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Counseling & Psychological Services, 8th Floor of Lerner

This workshop is for queer grad students at Columbia. Come to meet other queer grad students, talk about the challenges and opportunities of being queer and a grad student at CU, and learn about resources on and off campus. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Calvin Chin at cc803@columbia.edu.

Embodiments of Science Conference - November 6 - 7, 2009 - Sulzberger Tower on the 17th Floor of Sulzberger Hall, Barnard College

Other presenters include Evan Balaban (Psychology, Montreal), Duana Fullwiley (African American Studies, Harvard), Christine Hauskeller (Sociology and Philosophy, London), Mark Liberman (Linguistics, Pennsylvania), Jennifer Reardon (Sociology, Santa Cruz), Marianne Sommer (Science Studies, ETH Zurich), Jennifer Terry (Women Studies, UC Irvine), and Miriam Ticktin (Anthropology, New School).

“Embodiments of Science" examines the history of present scientific approaches to bodies, identities, and destinies including neurological, genetic, and epigenetic interventions. The workshop will bring together scholars of science and science practitioners to critically discuss the social and political dimensions of neurological, genetic, and epigenetic interventions.

Co-sponsored with the Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Barnard Provost Office.

For more information, please visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/irwag/events/main/embodiments.

Citizenship, Labor and the Biopolitics of the Bioeconomy: Recruiting Female Tissue Donors for Stem Cell Research - November 6, 2009 - 4:10 - 6:00 pm - Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor, Barnard Hall

Catherine Waldby on "Citizenship, Labor and the Biopolitics of the Bioeconomy: Recruiting Female Tissue Donors for Stem Cell Research" The Institute for Research on Women and Gender presents:

Catherine Waldby, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Sydney University

On: “Citizenship, Labor and the Biopolitics of the Bioeconomy: Recruiting Female Tissue Donors for Stem Cell Research” in this Keynote Lecture of the Embodiments of Science Workshop.

Co-sponsored with the Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Barnard Provost Office.

Outstanding Female Scientists Lecture - November 5, 2009 - 2:00 - 3:00 pm - 754 Schermerhorn Extension (Morningside Campus)

Corinna Barth (Humboldt University, Berlin) lectures on "The Mother of all Programmers: The Reception of Ada Lovelace in Gender Studies and Computer Science."

Tanja Paulitz lectures on "Simultaneity of Award and Discrimination: The Exceptional Case of Physicist Lise Meitner."

Part of the seminar "Charismatic Femininity" in the Institute for Research on Women in Gender Studies.

The Pearl Meister Greengard (Biomedical Science) Prize Seminar by Dr. Suzanne Corey - November 5, 2009 - 6:30 pm - Capsary Auditorium, Rockefeller University, York Ave. @ E.66th St.

Dr. Corey's career began in the 1960's and she has since made many historic contributions to biomedical science, including areas of antibody diversity, tumorigenesis, and apoptosis. She was the first woman to serve as directory of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, is a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences & recipient of the Royal Medal from the Great Britan Royal Society.

The guest speaker and presenter will be Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, the director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programsat Columbia University, who is also the recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Genius Award.

For more details about Dr. Cory's work, and details on how to RSVP, see the event's flyer.

McKinsey & Company Event - Destination Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) - October 30, 2009 - 6:00 pm, Midton Manhattan

Destination EMEA is an event designed to allow you get to know more about their work, their people and career opportunities with McKinsey in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The presentation will highlight some of the work they do, and the reception will provide you an opportunity to meet representatives from a wide range of offices and functional practices. Following the reception, dinners organized by country will enable you to spend time with consultants from the office of your choice.

Please note: this event is specifically for students interested in career opportunities within Europe, the Middle East, or Africa.

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009 in midtown Manhattan
Time: 6:00 pm reception, presentation and dinner
RSVP: Please RSVP by October 15 via www.destination-emea.mckinsey.com.

Space is limited; we encourage you to sign up on-line before October 15 and they will forward additional logistics.

If you have any questions about this recruiting event, please email us at destination-emea@mckinsey.com. For general questions about McKinsey, please email elizabeth_verhagen@mckinsey.com.

Womensphere Global Summit 2009 - October 24, 2009 Tribeca Performing Arts Center

The Womensphere Global Summit will feature over 40 inspiring speakers and world-renowned leaders such as Suzy Welch (author of "10:10:10"), Suzanne Bates (author of "Speak like a CEO" and "Motivate Like a CEO"), and Barbara Adachi, National Managing Principal and global leader of the Women's Network at Deloitte. Connect with a community of women leaders and CEOs who are building organizations and businesses across different industries.

The Womensphere Global Summit is a great opportunity to:
Build connections with high-impact women and influential leaders. Unleash and fulfill your potential as a creative leader and effective manager of organizations and people . Develop your business. Refine your expertise. Gain insight into the future. Create and expand your opportunities. Access Womensphere Circles to make a difference in the world. Belong to a special community of leaders, movers, and shakers.

To take advantage of the Super-Early Bird registration price today, sign up on: http://globalsummit.eventbrite.com/.

"A Lab of One's Own: A Place to Measure the Broken Symmetries of This Particular Elegant Universe" - October 21, 2009 - 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Sulberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall, Barnard College

Roslyn Silver '27 Science Lecture with Professor Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University. An experimental particle physicist who studies hadron collisions produced by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, she works in a collaboration of over 600 international physicists who discover ed the top quark, the most massive of known elementary particles. Her work is focused on looking for new particles, which can only be produced by colliding protons at very high energies. She will also be collaborating with 2000 other physicists on experiments using data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, when the LHC is turned on this fall. Professor Franklin will discuss her research and its potential to answer questions about how these elementary constituents of matter come together to create more complex forces, including those forces that may have created the universe. She will also discuss the challenges in navigating the university and the international laboratory in order to make a contribution to this effort, and the importance of having "a lab of one's own" to allow for independent thinking.

Professor Franklin received her B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and her Doctorate from Stanford University. She worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and as a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard, before joining the Harvard faculty in 1989 and becoming the first woman to gain tenure in the department of physics in 1992.

NanoDay 2009 - October 17, 2009 - 8:15 am - 1:00 pm, Aaron Davis Hall; 1:00 - 3:00 pm, The Great Hall - CCNY (135th & Convent Ave)

SciGirls television show filming needs volunteers! - End of September, beginning of October

The goal of SciGirls is to inspire more girls to pursue STEM in high school and beyond by spotlighting real girls and women - not actors - who are using science to accomplish something meaningful. Each half-hour SciGirls episode will follow a group of girls (ages 12-14) and their adult mentor at periodic intervals as they conduct an engineering or inquiry-based science project from start to finish. The mentor's role is to guide the girls in their investigation; serve as an inspiring role model for our audience; and highlight an exciting career path in STEM. SciGirls is committed to featuring ethnically diverse girls and women scientists, reflecting the diversity we hope to help foster in STEM studies and careers. They are looking for a Latina volunteer; please check out their website.

Interest Lunch Meeting for NanoDay 2009 - October 7, 2009 - 12:00 to 1 pm - 715 Shapiro (aka Interschool Lab)

Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit 2009 - September 26, 2009 - 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

The Emerging Leaders Global Summit 2009 will convene, gather, and connect over 1,000 of the next generation of women leaders, coming from over a hundred of the leading graduate programs and undergraduate universities, and from leading companies and organizations, throughout the United States and around the world.

The program includes:

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration and Networking
• 9:00 - 10:40 AM Keynote General Assembly
• 11:00 - 12:15 PM Concurrent Roundtables
• 12:15 - 1:30 PM Networking Lunch & EXPO
• 1:30 - 3:00 PM Keynote General Assembly
• 3:15 - 4:30 PM Concurrent Roundtables
• 4:30 - 6:30 PM EXPOs
  * Best Practices & Career Expo
  * Graduate School Expo
  * Community Partners & NGOs Expo
  * Women Entrepreneurs Expo
  
• 9:30PM to Midnight (optional) - SUMMIT AFTERPARTY

Women at McKinsey - WebEx presentations - Aug. 24 & various dates in September

Learn more about what makes the experience of women at McKinsey unique. Presenters will discuss the support they receive in their personal and professional growth, the network of exceptional women professionals of which they are a part, and share personal stories about their McKinsey experience. You'll have a chance to ask questions and understand why other women with backgrounds like yours explored McKinsey as a career option. All sessions will cover similar information. While not required, we recommend attending our general recruiting presentation on Campus or via WebEx in advance of a Women's WebEx. The general recruiting presentations are the primary source for general information about McKinsey and our Advanced Professional Degree (APD) Recruiting efforts. Please RSVP through this page, and visit the company's website to learn more about McKinsey & Company.

Dates & Times:

• Monday, August 24 7:00-8:00pm ET
• Wednesday, September 2 4:00-5:00pm ET
• Friday, September 11 12:00-1:00pm ET
• Thursday, September 17 6:00-7:00pm ET
• Friday, September 25 3:00-4:00pm ET

Face to Face with Ira Flatow - September 23, 2009 - 8:30 PM, The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 W 11th St 5th fl (enter at 66 W 12th St)

A series of one on one interviews between Science Friday radio host Ira Flatow and renowned scientists from across the United States. This series of conversations will take a more personal look at the life of accomplished scientists. These events will be free and held on college campuses in the New York area s o that students who are exploring the idea of a career, or life, in science can be face-to-face with the scientists shaping and exploring the modern world, and so that young people have the opportunity to ask the questions they care about.

Join Ira Flatow in a discussion with cosmologist and theoretical physicist Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss.

Admission is free, but space is limited; RSVP's recommended by email: langscience@newschool.edu
For the rest of the schedule and details about the program, see the website.

**Mad Scientist Shindig ** - September 25, 2009 - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Forum on Innovation for Social Good - September 24, 2009 - 5:00 - 8:00 PM, NYU Kimmel Center, Washington Square Park South

The L.I.V.E. WORLD Forum Innovation for Social Good will connect you with global leaders creating technologies and driving innovations that are positively transforming the world.

Keynote Speakers (& their bios):

VICTORIA GARCHITORENA - President, Ayala Foundation; Leader of GILAS, a nationwide initiative providing computer labs and internet connectivity to all public high schools in the Philippines through innovative public-private partnerships and grassroots mobilization.

DEAN KAMEN - Chairman, DEKA Research & Development. Inventor and owner of 440 patents for health and medical technologies. Awarded National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton for his life-saving inventions in the health and medical sector.

DR. ANITA GOEL - Founder, Chairman, Scientific Director, Nanobiosym Inc. Founder, Chairman & CEO, Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc. Recognized "Top 35 Science and Technology Innovator Under the Age of 35" by MIT Technology Review. Leading the development of next-generation nano-enabled platforms for pathogen detection and nanoscale diagnostic kits for molecular biology and clinical medicine.

Columbia Child Care Fair - September 23, 2009 - 4:00 - 6:30 PM, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall

Stop by the Child Care Fair to gather information and talk to representatives from Upper West Side child care centers, family day care homes, and nursery schools, including those affiliated with Columbia. Co-hosted by Columbia's School and Child Care Search Service and the Office of Government and Community Affairs, this event is open to the community. No registration is required.

Please note that child care is not available for this event.

A Blog of One's Own: Scholarly Women on the Web - September 21, 2009 - 12:30 - 2:30 PM, Lerner Hall 555

Bloggers from Bitch PhD, Tenured Radical, Oh! Industry, and Easternblot discuss the interplay between blogging, gender, and scholarship.

Cosponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

The Women's Forum: Investing in Women - September 21, 2009 - 6:00 - 8:30 PM, NYU Kimmel Center, Washington Square Park South, NYC

The Women's Forum is an opportunity to learn about investments in solving the most pressing issues faced by women in America and around the world today. Meet women who are changing the world with their leadership and investment. Join an inspiring Forum followed by cocktails and networking with fellow leaders!

• Maya Ajmera - CEO & Founder, Global Fund for Children
• Jennifer Buffett - Co-Chair & Co-Founder, NoVo Foundation
• Christine Grumm - CEO, Women's Funding Network
• Mary Ellen Iskenderian - CEO, Women's World Banking
• Carol Jenkins - President, Women's Media Center
• Milbry Polk - Founder & Executive Director, WINGS Worldquest
• Jacki Zehner - Founding Partner, Circle Financial Group; Former Partner, Goldman Sachs; Vice-Chair, Women's Funding Network.

"Inclusive Leadership, Stereotyping and the Brain," a research symposium - September 18, 2009 - 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM, The Italian Academy

Leading effectively in today's workplace requires the ability to manage many types of diversity, including cultural, gender and generational diversity. A key challenge to leaders is the tendency for societal stereotypes to bias one's evaluations and expectations. The psychology of stereotyping and of strategies for minimizing its influence is thus highly relevant to managers and organizations.

Research in social psychology and social cognitive neuroscience provides insights about how and when stereotypes affect judgments. In this research conference, these scientific insights are explored, and discussions will draw out some of their practical implications for managing diversity and inclusive leadership. More details, including the schedule and speakers, available on the website. The cost is $75 and you must register online asap. Sponsored by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics and the Program on Social Intelligence (PSI). The Italian Academy is at 1161 Amsterdam Avenue (between 117th and 118th Streets).

L.I.V.E. World Forum on Education for Social Change - September 18, 2009 - 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Sarah Meltzer Gallery, 525-531 W 26th St, NYC

The L.I.V.E. WORLD Forum on Education for Social Change will feature CEOs and leaders of organizations that are driving innovation in the future of education, and changing the landscape of opportunities for educating youth in America and around the world.

• Deborah Bial - Founder & President, Posse Foundation
• William Goodloe - CEO, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
• Monisha Kapila - CEO & Founder, ProInspire
• Lindsay Kruse - Senior Director of Human Capital, Uncommon Schools
• Fred Mednick - CEO, Teachers Without Borders
• Gerald Topitzer - Co-Founder & COO, Advancing Rural Kids (ARK)

Laura Smoliar, Ph.D from Astia to speak on Entrepreneurship & Technology - September 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Schapiro 750

Innovation and commercialization of technology are essential to the U.S. economy and becoming increasingly the domain of start-up companies rather than large corporations. Dr. Smoliar will discuss trends and opportunities for entrepreneurs in the context of her own experience commercializing fiber lasers at Mobius Photonics, a company she founded in 2005 in Silicon Valley. For more information about the event, or Astia, check out their website.

Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze - Various dates in August

Are Women Inferior to Men in Math and Science?  . . . as Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard, suggested several years ago? Writer/performer and recovering mathematician Gioia De Cari offers a woman's perspective on this question, as she shares her experiences in the exotic boys club of higher mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the autobiographical solo show, TRUTH VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH MAZE, directed by Miriam Eusebio.  While making the most of the comic absurdity of being pawed by nerds, being asked to serve cookies at a seminar, and retaliating with fashion experiments, TRUTH VALUES is also a serious exploration of the world of elite mathematics and the role of women in science.  Unexpected Theatre is proud to present this play as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC, a production of The Present Company.

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