Hello women in science!

Below are the minutes from today’s WISC meeting. The cookies were
especially fantastic this week. As was the hard cider. Moving on…

1. Recent events
2. Upcoming Game of Life events
3. Take a Girl to College Day – need co-coordinator and volunteers
4. Other spring events
Next meeting: Wednesday March 26th at 6 or 7pm (time TBA)

1. Recent Events:
Recently, WISC hosted several fabulous events, including a Game of
Life lunch with Vice Provost Geraldine Downey from the Office of
Diversity Initiatives.  She told us about their recent push to hire
more diverse faculty, especially in the sciences.
WISC also hosted an REU Panel for Undergraduates, a Post Doc Panel
for graduate students, and a breakfast with Dr Elsa Reichmanis,
director of materials research at Bell Labs.

WISC Spring Events:2. There are two Game of Life discussions coming up!
- Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig - February 26, 2008 - 3:30 pm. Havemeyer 328
She leads the Climate Impacts research group at NASA's Goddard
Institute of Space Studies, working to predict the impacts of climate
change and how humans must adapt, especially in regards to food
production. She also served as Coordinating Lead Author of Working
Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
(RSVP to Heidi Perry (hap2102@columbia.edu) by Monday morning to
attend this event)
- Dr. Rebecca Goldburg - March 5, 2008 - 12:30 pm.  Havemeyer 711
She is a Senior Scientist for Environmental Defense. She is trained
as an ecologist and works on public policy issues in food production.
She serves on several committees, including the USDA's National
Organic Standards Board and the EPA's Pesticide Policy Dialogue
Committee. Heidi will send out an email next week asking for RSVPs
for this event.
- If you have any ideas for people you’d like to invite for a Game of
Life event, email Heidi!

3. Take a Girl to College Day will probably be on Wednesday, April
23rd this year. The day involves middle and high school girls
attending classes and learning what it is like to be a college
student. Stephanie has volunteered to coordinate undergrads, but we
still need someone to coordinate the event and people to help
publicize the event, plan afternoon activities, give lab tours, etc.
Mindy has offered to share these duties with someone (co-coordinate)
and so if you’re interested in sharing let Mindy
(msl136@columbia.edu) or Victoria (vkl2103@columbia.edu) know.

4. Other Spring Events
-Center for Career Education: Gender and the Workplace: Panel- Women
in the Sciences
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 from 6:00-8:00 PM Philosophy 301.
- Women in Science and Engineering Conference at Princeton
University, Friday, March 14, 2008. A conference to discuss career
choices, explore the position of women in science and engineering,
and improve professional skills. More info at: http://
www.princeton.edu/~gwise/events.htm Email Jackie Catalano
jic2104@columbia.edu - she can give you a ride!
-Explore Your Opportunities –(formerly called Expanding your
Horizons) is being held on Saturday, March 15 from 8:30 AM –3:00 PM
at Barnard College, sponsored by American Association of University
Women. Volunteers are needed to be workshop assistants and volunteers
to get the workshop leaders to their classrooms, the parents to their
conference and helping the girls switch workshops.  Email Lorrin
Johnson (ljohnson@barnard.edu)
-Career Women in Chemistry Event Invitation at Pfizer Groton on March
25, 2008. This is an opportunity for area synthetic organic chemistry
students, undergraduates to post docs, to get a better understanding
of what it takes to work in our industry.  The program focuses on our
science and career opportunities in research, including panel
discussions around women in science and industry.  The RSVP deadline
is March 7, 2008.
Next WISC Meeting, Wednesday March 26th at 6:00 PM, maybe 7:00 PM so
more DEES ladies can make it, we’ll email the exact time soon.

That’s all for now!

-Mary