Events
September 2010 Scientist of the Month: Jameela Jafri
September 2010 Scientist of the Month: Jameela Jafri
by Heather King
Jameela Jafri has just spotted a red-tailed hawk, calls out to the group, and raises her arms in triumph over her head. “There it is!” she shouts, and we all look into the sky to see the majestic bird of prey ride the thermals above us. The ‘we’ is myself, Jameela, two other educators, and nine high school girls from Chicago’s inner city. We are in Yellowstone National Park for the week, participating in the All Girls’ Expedition, a yearly program run by Project Exploration (PE), a non-profit organization dedicated to science education and outreach in the Chicago area.
Jameela has coordinated girls’ programs at PE since 2007, but her interest in science and science education began much earlier. Her father, a medical technologist, and her mother, a math teacher, came to New York from Karachi, Pakistan in the 1970s and brought with them their passion for the natural world. They passed this knowledge and passion on to Jameela and her sisters by taking them on camping and fishing trips while the girls were growing up.
Jameela felt as a child that she was meant to be a part of science, but didn’t do well on tests and was weeded out of science honors classes in middle school. She also struggled with her identity as a first-generation American and a woman of color. “I really needed encouragement, and someone to believe in me,” Jameela said of her middle school days. She got that encouragement while enrolled in high school at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY. The most influential experiences Jameela had were outside of the classroom, and included school camping trips and birding expeditions. These experiences with her high school teachers reinforced her passion and curiosity for the natural world and inspired her to share that passion through education.
In 1997, Jameela graduated with a Batchelor’s degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology from Barnard College (Columbia University), and in 1999 with a Master’s degree in secondary science education from Teachers College (Columbia University). She taught science at several high schools, including the Masters School, where she created curriculum that is still being used today. “It was such a privilege to give back to a place that had given so much to me,” said Jameela of her time teaching at the Masters School.
After teaching science in the United States for several years, Jameela lived in Damascus, Syria for sixteen months to accomplish a life-long dream of learning Arabic. While there, she met educators and informally spoke with them about how science is taught in Syria.
In 2007, she returned to the United States and moved to Chicago, where she began working for Project Exploration. Project Exploration was founded in 2000 by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and his wife, educator Gabrielle Lyon. The mission statement of the organization is “to ensure that communities traditionally overlooked by science, such as minority youth and girls, have access to personalized experiences with scientists.” PE acts as a bridge between local scientists and Chicago youth through after-school programs. Scientists volunteer to design and execute lesson plans with the guidance of program coordinators like Jameela. Since many PE programs are held weekly, the students involved become part of something larger, building lasting relationships with the program coordinators and scientists.
Perhaps because of her own experiences as a student, Jameela was very interested in how students’ after-school time complimented their time in the classroom, and understood the potential of afterschool programs like PE: “The power of this format, with the scientists coming to give personalized lessons to the students after school, is that the lessons can be more hands-on and in-depth. In addition, the lessons are informal, and once a scientist starts sharing about her personal challenges and triumphs, the students can see that this scientist is a real person, and that they could someday follow that same path. The scientists can also learn about the students, and this turns the tables as if to say to the students ‘you’re just as interesting as I am.’”
Jameela began as the Girls’ Programs Coordinator and was promoted to Manager of Girls’ Programs after two years. She and PE co-founder Gabrielle Lyon recently published an article about their work in the June 2010 issue of Afterschool Matters.
After three and a half years with PE, Jameela will be doing some scientific research of her own. The seeds planted during her time in Syria have grown into a Fulbright fellowship to perform a case study on the teaching practices of a female science teacher in urban Damascus. The study will address why science is important to Syrians culturally and socially, and what factors affect teaching practices in science. “I’m interested in a cross-cultural understanding of how science is taught to youth, but I don’t think ultimately that we’re all that different. I predict that many of the same factors that influence teaching and learning in the United States, such as race, gender, and economic status, will also influence teaching and learning in Syria,” says Jameela of her study.
I nominated Jameela for AWIS Scientist of the Month because she has been such a role model to me, and has inspired and encouraged me to become involved in my community and reach out to young women in the Chicago area. Some of my first teaching experiences were through the PE programs, and she helped me expand my definition of a ‘scientist’ to see that there isn’t much separating me from a seventh-grade girl from the Chicago urban area; we both have a curiosity for the world around us, and we want to learn more about it. We wish Jameela the best of luck during her time in Syria and beyond.
Learn more about Project Exploration.
To read the Jameela’s June 2010 article published in Afterschool Matters click here.
Nomination and article submitted by AWIS Chicago Staff Writer Heather King. Ms. King is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago.
*Know a scientist you think should be featured in an upcoming “Scientist of the Month” article? Send nominations to Jessica Reimer. Your nominee does not need to be an AWIS member or a woman, but should promote the advancement of women in science, technology, mathematics and engineering.
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May 24th: 4th Annual AWIS Chicago Innovator Award Dinner
2010 AWIS Chicago Innovator Award Dinner
Join AWIS Chicago in honoring this year’s Innovator Award recipient, Alicia Loffler PhD! Meet and mingle with area women (and men) in science over dinner at Blue Star Wine Bar in the Noble Square neighborhood.
May 24th, 2010
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Blue Star Wine Bar
1209 N. Noble St.
Chicago, IL 60642
Online advance registration for the award dinner has closed. AWIS Chicago will be accepting CASH ONLY at the door.
Dr. Loffler is the Associate Vice President for Innovation and New Ventures at Northwestern University, in the newly created Innovations and New Ventures Office (INVO). She is a faculty member at the Kellogg School of Management, has been involved in multiple biotech start-ups and has served on the advisory board of several venture capital firms. In addition, she was recently the director of the Kellogg Center for Biotechnology Management. Dr. Loffler has received several other area awards, including being named one of the Tech 100 Stars by Crain’s Chicago Business and the “Women in Black” I-Street award from the Chicago Sun-Times. Dr. Loeffler recieved her BS from the University of Minnesota, her PhD from the University of Massachusetts and did a post-doc at Caltech. She will be giving a brief presentation, title to be determined, prior to dinner.
Students: $20
AWIS Members: $25
Non-Members $30
Dinner is included in the cost of registration. Vegetarian options available. View a PDF of the menu.
Blue Star Wine Bar is accessible by bus (#9 Ashland, #70 Division, or #56 Milwaukee) and is conveniently located 2 blocks east of the Division Blue Line stop. Street parking is available. See a map of the location and generate driving instructions here.
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April 17, 2010 is Women In Science Day in Chicago!
Mayor Richard M. Daley declared April 17th, 2010 to be Women in Science Day in Chicago. The proclamation coincided with the first annual Women in Science Symposium, co-sponsored by AWIS Chicago and C2ST. Read the Mayor’s Proclamation.
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2010 Past Events
-Outreach-
AWIS Chicago Special Award Given at the 60th Annual Chicago Public Schools Science Fair
March 2010–This science fair features the best projects from all over Chicago and it is one of the final stages before students advance to the international INTELScience and Engineering Fair to be held in San Jose, California in May, 2010.
AWIS Chicago has been a proud supporter of this science fair for many years and on this, its 60th year, chose girls who showed the most promise to receive an AWIS Special Award. In 2009 AWIS Chicago presented four awards to young women with outstanding science projects in their specialty.
-Career Development-
AWIS Chicago Presented a Panel Discussion on Academic Contract Negotiation
February 2010–AWIS Chicago hosted a panel discussion targeted at women interested in pursuing careers in academic science. Panelists Clodia Osipo, PhD (Loyola University Chicago), Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, PhD (Midwestern University) and Sally Horne-Badovinac, PhD (University of Chicago) gave their perspectives on what academic contracts are, how institutions handle the negotiation process and provided tips on how to get a faculty position. This was the final installment of the AWIS Chicago 2009 ‘Effective Negotiation’ Career Development series.
* This event was co-sponsored by the Northwestern University Office of Post-doctoral Affairs.
Topics covered in the panel discussion:
- Panelist career paths to their current faculty position.
- Advice to those interested in pursuing a career in academia to position themselves for a tenure-track position.
- Insight into the academic hiring process.
- Information about “traditional” faculty appointment and becoming tenure-track.
- What an academic contract constitutes.
- Whether all universities require contracts.
- Ability to negotiate terms in academic contracts.
- Types of things that can be negotiated in an academic contract. (i.e. funding, laboratory space, teaching appointment, project, collaboration with other labs, hiring practices (for technicians), time off for family, student researcher quota, etc.)
- Situations where negotiation is not allowed.
- Impact of personal life (spouse, children, being single) on academic negotiation.
- Ability to re-negotiate an academic contract.
-Networking-
AWIS Chicago Lift A Fork Networking Event at Pete Miller’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant
January 2010–2009 was a great year for AWIS Chicago, so we took the opportunity to celebrate with our members and their families. Attendees enjoyed socializing, cocktails and appetizers in Evanston. AWIS Chicago participated in Pete Miller’s Steak & Seafood restaurant’s Lift a Fork program, which contribued 20% of the eventing’s bill to AWIS Chicago. Proceeds will be used towards helping AWIS Chicago expand programming and outreach in 2010.
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Seeking “Scientist of the Month” Nominations
AWIS Chicago is seeking nominations for “Scientists of the Month” to be featured on our website!
Nominate a scientist (man or woman) from any STEM field in the Chicago area who has made an impact on your education, career, or the scientific community as a whole. The “Scientist of the Month” profile acknowledges and recognizes the achievements of local scientists. Check out the inaugural profile of Heather King for more details. This profile was completed in 2008, so we’re looking to resurrect the series!
Please send a brief note with your nomination about the impact the nominee has made. The nominee does not need to be an AWIS member. Please send nominations to Jessica Reimer.
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2009 Past Events
AWIS Chicago Hosted a ‘People Management Workshop’ Presented by Dale Carnegie Training.
Sandra Larkin, a respected Dale Carnegie workshop leader, advised graduate students, post-docs and industry researchers about effectively managing others in a life sciences environment. This 90-minute workshop was formulated specifically for our members by Dale Carnegie Training. Men and women participated in the interactive presentation. Topics covered included: people management (in industry and academia), how to get noticed for promotions and advance into management positions. The group gave individualized examples of management style in their workplace and Sandra provided constructive criticism about how to better approach conflict situations in the laboratory.
For more information about Dale Carnegie Training, please visit their website.
AWIS National Winter Webinar Series: For New Job-Seekers.
AWIS members were invited to particpate in a free webinar series for new job seekers. Topic covered:
- Interview Skills
AWIS Chicago presented “Negotiation in the Workplace” as part of the 2009 “Effective Negotiation” Career Development Series
Dr. Alice Stuhlmacher, associate professor in Organizational Psychology at DePaul University, presented a seminar entitled “Negotiation in the Workplace”. Dr. Stuhlmacher’s interactive and informative presentation highlighted the gender differences seen with negotiation in work situations.
A synopsis of evening’s topic: Negotiation influences tangible work outcomes (such as pay) but is also critical in daily activities of distributing tasks, building networks, and claiming resources. Research suggests that men are more likely than women to negotiate at work, which directly impacts a woman’s success. Dr. Stuhlmacher discussed findings on gender differences in negotiation with particular attention to negotiation situations where women are most successful and explanations for gender differences.
AWIS National Fall Webinar Series: For New Job-Seekers.
AWIS members were invited to particpate in a free webinar series for new job seekers. Topics covered included:
- Tips on writing an effective resume
- How to perform a meaningful job search
Enjoying the Wine
Fall 2009 Kickoff Event at Windy City Wine Festival.
We socialized with other Chicago area scientists at the Windy City Wine Festival on September 12th. We met at 4pm and enjoyed sampling over 250 wines, WINES bingo and Christine McCary, graduate student at Northwestern University, was the lucky winner of a $25 Binny’s gift card
Argonne Laboratories Open House
August 29th, 2009. AWIS-CAC stopped by Argonne to let other women in science know about our organization.
3rd Annual AWIS-CAC Innovator Award Dinner May 19th 2009: Capturing Life at the Interface.
Dr. Tijana Rajh was honored as the 2009 AWIS Innovator Award winner.
Dr. Rajh is a chemist at Argonne National Laboraties. She gave a brief talk at the dinner about her career and experiences as a female scientist. *Support for Northwestern University students generously provided by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Integrated Graduate Program.
2009 Innovator Award Winner Dr. Tijana Rajh (right) and AWIS Chicago Chapter President Sandra Pearce (left)
AWIS National Spring Career Coaching Tele-seminar Series. Looking for a new job or a career change in this tough economy? AWIS Career Coaching can help. This tele-seminar series covered the following topics:
- Networking Now – When Everyone is Looking: How To Be More Effective in the Current “Crowded” Marketplace
- Effective Communication in a Four Generation Workplace
- Impression Management for Interviews
- How to Keep Your Job in a Tough Economic Climate
Motherhood and Success in Science Panel
Date: May 18, 2009
Time: 11:30am – 2:30pm at Northwestern University-Evanston campus, 4-6:30pm at the University of Chicago campus (Biological Science Learning Center, 924 E. 57th St, Rm 109)
Registration: Free
Motherhood and Success in Science featured a set of panel discussions about balancing a career in science and motherhood. Panelists included contributors from the book Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory.
Spring Social Networking Event. On April 16, 2009 AWIS-CAC hosted a wine tasting event at Drinks Over Dearborn. The event was attended by approximately 20 female scientists, including the Chicago Chapter board members. Six wines and one liquor were sampled. It was a great opportunity to meet women from various scientific disciplines, several of whom had never been to an AWIS-CAC event before. Please join us for our next social event in summer 2009.
2009 AWIS judges
AWIS special award presented at the Chicago Public Schools Science Fair
Date: March 27, 8am-noon at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
This science fair features the best projects from all over Chicago and is the last stage before students advance to the international INTEL Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Reno, Nevada in May 2009. We were a part of this momentous occasion and volunteers served as a judge at this years Science Fair! AWIS-CAC presented a Special Award to 4 young girls who showed the most promise in their science specialty.
iBIO CareerLinks and iBIO IndEX Conference
Date: March 18th, 2009 from 7am-7pm at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
iBIO CareerLinks provides graduate students in various fields insight into careers and opportunities in the life sciences industries in the Chicago area. Two panels (science and business) will be held to provide an individual perspective on these industries from recent graduates as well as experienced professionals. Our own AWIS-CAC past president, Heather Behanna, will be moderating the science panel. The science panel will be held from 1:30-2:45pm, the business panel from 3:15-4:30pm. These panels overlap with iBIO IndEX programs and registrants for CareerLinks will have all-day access to the conference as well.
iBIO IndEX is “the premier life sciences event in the Midwest”. Local companies will be present and panels will discuss various life sciences topics. Included will be an Agricultural Panel, Nanotech Panel and Regenerative Panel. The keynote address will be given by Miles D. White, Chairman and CEO of Abbott Laboratories. This conference provides a great opportunity to meet and network with area professionals, researchers, executives and leaders in the life sciences industry.
Women on Boards
Date: March 9th, 2009 from 3-6pm at Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
Join AWIS-CAC and Women on Boards for a panel discussion by experienced board members. Topics of discussion include:
- Being an effective board member
- What boards are looking for in board candidates
- How to position yourself to get on a board
- How to transition from serving on non-profit boards to for-profit boards
Negotiation Skills Workshop Part II: Negotiation for Women in Industry.
Date: February 27, 2009 from 12-1pm at Abbott Laboratories
Join AWIS-CAC and Diagnostics Women in Action (DWA) in learning how to negotiate in an industry job. A presentation will be given by Jamie Stacey, Director of Talent Acquisition and a 12yr Abbott employee. Ms. Stacey has 7yrs of experience in Talent Acquisition as well as a background in chemistry and cancer research. This will be a brown bag lunch event. *Advance pre-registration will be required for Non-Abbott employees for security purposes*
Transportation will not be provided, if you need or can offer a ride please include this information in your registration email.
AWIS-CAC VP for Communications, Jessica Reimer, welcomes National AWIS to the AAAS meeting
AAAS and AWIS
AWIS National and the local chapter have a history of hosting a few events at the AAAS conference every year. This year the National Fellows were honored, as was the service of other members.
Feb 15: AWIS Fellows reception. The 2009 AWIS fellows were announced and honored. For a list of the 2009 AWIS Fellows, please visit the National AWIS website (www.awis.org).
Feb 16: AWIS Breakfast, Networking and Program event.
Topic: “Learn to Juggle without Joining the Circus: Strategies to Deal with Your Career and Work-Life Balance Challenges”
This interactive workshop provided practical strategies to help you:
- Assess your personal and professional responsibilities
- Prioritize the demands on your time
- Identify your sources of joy and happiness
- Increase your satisfaction with your life and work
Dr. Marlanda English, an executive coach and member of the professional AWIS Coaching Team, gave a lively session on juggling the demands of career, family, and hobbies and left attendees with a plan for recapturing that elusive work-life balance. If you were unable to attend the event, Dr. English’s slides are available online here.
The Science of the Small Team with their project
Science of the Small, Jan 17 2009, Northwestern, Science Saturday program
This event was run with the support of the Institute for Nanotechnology, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Northwestern University. The day was split in half – the morning was an intimate session (max of 50 students – we are targeting girls age 9-13) on demos and tours of Nanotechnology, and the afternoon featured a larger scale chemistry show. We are grateful for the AWIS-CAC members who volunteered to help out and keep this event running smoothly.
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Women’s Health Research Monthly Forum
The Institute for Women’s Health Research is excited to invite you and your colleagues to the Women’s Health Research Monthly Forum. This forum will occur once a month at noon in Prentice Women’s Hospital. The objective is to present current links and implications between basic and clinical research related to sexual dimorphisms, to encourage increased sex- and gender-based studies, and to provide support and role models for the emerging women’s health scholars. Visit the Institute’s website for more information about upcoming events at http://www.womenshealth.northwestern.edu/index.html.
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2008 Past Events
Effective Negotiation of Employment Contracts (Part I)
Join Kristi Nelson (Chen Nelson Roberts Ltd) and Noelle Brennan (Noelle Brennan & Associates Ltd) for a workshop on effectively negotiating employment contracts. How and when to negotiate as well as common terms of an employment contract will be discussed. View the Bios of the speakers.
Follow-up sessions are planned for next year that will address negotiation in academic and industry environments. In addition, on November 13th the AWIS National Coaching team will be hosting a tele-seminar on Negotiation Skills entitled “Interviewing as Part of the Opportunity Creation System”.
AWIS regional career development workshop: What Works Workshop, From the Bench to the Boardroom
The goal is to provide early to mid-career women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with the personal and practical tools they need to be successful in their professions. The one-day seminar will offer workshops focused on skill-building and work/personal life integration as well as networking opportunities.
Date: Saturday, October 11
Location: Eli Lilly Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN
Time: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Old Town Oil Social Event
Fall kick off event
Old Town Oil tasting
Old Town Oil provided beer, wine, bread, pesto, cheese, olives and all the oil & vinegar we could taste. They gave a brief lesson on Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegars. Guests were able to sample from the 25-30 oils and vinegars “on tap”. The store also offered a 10% discount on purchases made that night.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, from 7:00-8:00pm at Old Town Oil, 1520 North Wells, Chicago
In addition, past president Heather Behanna passed the torch to our new president for 2008-2009, Sandra Pearce.
AWIS Chicago Past President Heather Behanna (left) with President Sandra Pearce (right)
Solar Photography
Using nothing more than the sun and basic cyanotype materials we will explore the science of early printmaking and the techniques used in this beautiful art form. Cyanotype photography uses the sun to develop images on chemically treated paper. Participants will use tap water, hydrogen peroxide, and sunlight to develop and expose 8×10 photographs. The final activity will be to make four huge cyanotype prints (the size of queen bed sheets), on which participants can expose images with any number of items, including their own bodies. Chemistry is an important part of the artistic process, and participants will be able to discuss chemistry, chemical reactions, and the interplay between chemistry and art with the instructors. Participants will create photographic images that can be brought home and put on display as well as contribute to a large multi-exposed canvas for permanent display in the city. You are welcome to bring items that can lie flat and fit in an 8×10 space to create images of your choosing!
This event was co-sponsored and held at Harold Washington college.
Dr. Theresa Woodruff (left) being presented the award by AWIS-CAC VP for Membership Joy Ramos
Innovator Award Dinner and AWIS-CAC 30 Year Celebration
Schedule of Events:
6:30pm Appetizers and cash bar
7:00pm Presentation by Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., Innovator Award Winner and Dinner (Choice of Cedar Planked Salmon, Nick’s Prime Sirloin, Little Italy Penne or California Chicken Marsala)
8:00pm Dessert buffet
Date: Monday, June 23
Time: 6:30 – 9:00pm
Location: Prairie Moon 1520 Sherman Ave, Evanston
More information about Dr. Woodruff and the Innovator Award can be found under the Community tab.
Girls in the Game
Girls in the Game outreach event
AWIS volunteers to assisted in meeting and greeting the young girls, ages 9-12, played a few outdoor games and overall were a positive influence on the girls and shared their background in science. The main event of the morning was a speaker from the Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. Elizabeth Kovacs, who is the Director of the Alcohol Research Program. She discussed the negative effects of alcohol on the body with the girls and included some interactive examples which the volunteers helped execute by getting the girls involved. This event was a fun, positive way t0 share science with local youth!
Learn to Golf
Join AWIS for Womens Golf lessons, offered through the Skokie Park District. All skill levels are welcome!
Dates: Saturdays, May 3, 10, 17 and 31 (no classes Memorial Day weekend)
Location: Weber Park golf course (first class) and Sports Park Driving Range (all other classes), Skokie
Time: 10-11am
Cost: $100 for nonresidents, $80 for residents
Equipment: Putter and 9 iron or wedge
Bring a Friend Wine Tasting event
Meet members of AWIS and find out what we and other Chicago organizations are doing!
Date: Monday, April 14
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Location: Kafka Wine Company, 3325 N. Halsted, Chicago
2008 Science Fair Judges
Give an AWIS Special Award at the 58th Annual Chicago Public Schools Science Fair!
This science fair features the best projects from all over Chicago and is the last stage before students advance to the international INTEL Science and Engineering Fair in May to be held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Be a part of this momentous occasion and volunteer as a judge at this year’s Science Fair and help AWIS-Chicago choose which young girls show the most promise and deserve an AWIS Special Award.
Date: Friday, March 28, 8am-12pm
Location: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Diverse Careers in Science Panelists
Diverse Careers in Science panel
This panel was organized by AWIS and Thy Nguyen at Northwestern University Career Services, and was part of the Chicago Science Career Forum, a job fair for graduate students in the sciences. The following speakers from the areas of consulting, forensic science, medical writing and scientific affairs were represented:
Cynthia Wallner Ph.D, Senior Consultant, Sg2
Karl Reich Ph.D, Chief Scientific Officer, Independent Forensics
Jennifer Hepker Ph.D, Account Director, Prescott Medical Communications Group
Kara Johnson Ph.D, Scientific Affairs Area Manager, Abbott Laboratories and AWIS board member
Chicago Scientists Practice Networking
Networking and AWIS Program Planning
Date: Wednesday, February 20
Location: Illinois Science and Technology Park (4901 Searle Parkway, Skokie, IL 60077)
Schedule of Events:
6:30-7:00 pm: AWIS Planning Session
Interested in future events? Looking to help bring science to youth across the great Chicago area? Looking to bring high profile speakers to Chicago? Want input on various social and career building events? Join us for our planning session!
7:00-8:15 pm: Networking Seminar
What is it, and how can I do it well? Learn the basics and put your new skills to work in a structured format. Heather Sevener, Assist.Dir. Grad. Services, Biological and Physical Sciences, U. Chicago will be our speaker.
8:15-9:00 pm: Reception
Stay for a reception and some unstructured networking!
Outreach meeting
Date: Monday, February 11
Location: Prairie Moon, 1502 Sherman Ave, Evanston
Time: 7:00pm
RSVP to Jen Crawford at JCrawford@kforce.com
Refer to the Meeting Minutes page for the minutes of this event.
Outreach Planning Meeting
AWIS has been given the opportunity to be part of planning a citywide event geared at engaging young people in science by helping them to see the fun and excitement of science in everyday life. If you have ever had an idea for outreach programming, now is the time. Some of these programs have potential to be funded, and collaborations are possible with everyone from the school systems to the Art Institute to the Shedd Aquarium.
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2007 Past Events
Beauty Bar at Elm Street Liquors
Date: Thursday, December 6 from 7-10pm
Location: Elm Street Liquors, 12 W. Elm St, Chicago
Emily Kadens giving pointers
Public Speaking for Women: Learning through Critique
Presented by: Lisa Bernstein, Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Civil Justice, University of Chicago, Emily Kadens, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Texas-Austin
Date: Sunday, November 18 at 6:00pm
Location: La Vita Restaurant, 1359 W. Taylor Street, Chicago
Cost: $20 students, $30 AWIS-CAC members, $35 Non-members
Price includes dinner at La Vita (antipasti, insalata, pasta, entree, dolce)
Midnight Yoga
Date: Friday, November 2, 2007 at 10:30pm
Location: Yoga Bloom, 4663 N. Rockwell, Chicago
Book Club
Discussion of the book “Women Don’t Ask” by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
Date: Thursday, October 4th at 7pm
Location: Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge at the Old Orchard Shopping Center (253 Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie, IL 60077)
Beauty Bar
Beauty Bar at Elm Street Liquors
12 W. Elm St, Chicago
Thursday, August 30th, 7-10pm
Cocktail Hour
Thursday June 7th, 2007
Place: Iguana Cafe, 517 N. Halsted
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Dinner with Speaker
Monday, May 14th, 2007 6:30-8:30pm
Prairie Moon, 1502 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL
Guest Speaker: Holly Falk-Krzesinski, Northwestern University
Developing a Career Path in Sciences and Engineering
Book Club
Book Club
April 12th 2007 Downtown Chicago, at the Starbucks at 42 East Chicago (cross street is State street), , 6-7:30pm
April 17th 2007 Evanston, at Kafein at 1621 Chicago Avenue , 6-7:30pm,
April 23rd 2007 University of Chicago, at the Starbucks at 1174 East 55th Street , 6-7:30pm,
Our first selection is: “Every Other Thursday” by Ellen Daniell
Women Chemists Committee
Open Meeting and Celebration of 80 Years of Women in Science: panel discussion and poster session
Saturday, March 24, 2007 – From 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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2006 Past Events
Entrepreneurship: The challenges of starting a company and working for a startup
November 6, 2006, 6-7pm
ITEC Building, Evanston
Wines of the World
October 26, 2006, 6:30-9 pm
Lurie Atrium, Northwestern University, Chicago
Science Cafe
September 22-30, 2006
Borders and Starbucks in the Chicagoland area
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