Spring 2026 SOTM: Dr. Lena Al-Harthi
By Sophie Wu and Veronica Villanueva Dr. Lena Al-Harthi is a scientist who wears many hats. She is a professor and chair in the Department of Microbial Pathogens at Rush […]
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2025 AWIS-CAC Scholarship Winners Announced
Read more about our three scholarship winners who participated in the 2025 Summer Mentoring circles! Heaven Wade The AWIS-Chicago chapter has been instrumental in shaping my post-baccalaureate journey in science.
2025 AWIS-CAC Innovator & Motivator Awards
Congratulations to our 2025 Innovator & Motivator Award recipients! We invite you to celebrate them with us on Thursday, November 6th at Pilot Project – Wrigleyville. Innovator Award Recipients Dr.
Spring 2025 Innovators and Motivators Podcast with Dr. Valerie Taylor
with mentee, Dr. Lan Zhiling Valerie Taylor is the director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science
Mentoring Circles
Mentee application (coming soon!) Mentor application Summer Mentoring Circles are back! You do not need to be an AWIS member to join and the program is FREE. Mentoring Circles follow
New Questions Winter 2025: Chi Che Wang
3 Oct 1874 – 10 Oct 1979 Chi Che Wang (王季茝), also known as Wang Chi-Lian, was born in Suzhou, China. She came to the United States during the Chinese
2024 AWIS-CAC Innovator & Motivator Awards
Congratulations to our 2024 Innovator & Motivator Award recipients! We invite you to celebrate them with us on Monday, December 16th at Half Sour. Innovator Award Recipients Dr. Gülin Özcan
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Congrats to the Winners of this Year’s Annual Innovator & Motivator Award!
This December, we are celebrating this year’s winners of our Annual Innovator & Motivator Awards! In total this year, we honored seven amazing women in STEM, spread over three Innovator