The next Food for Thought Meeting will be on Monday evening November 11th at Bart’s ice cream in Amherst town center. Bart’s has good food and we will be having a great discussion on women’s issues in the workplace guided by chapters 6 and 7 of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. If you’re not caught up on […]
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THIS WEEK: Interactive panel discussion on future careers aimed at women graduate students and postdocs in engineering and computer science!
When/where: Wednesday Oct 9, 5-6pm in the Kellogg room in Elab II Refreshments will be served. Topics: Q&A on careers in academia and industry
Upcoming outreach opportunity! Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day 2013
Get involved! Volunteer at Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day Register here: http://umass-career-day.eventbrite.com/ Need some Broader Impact for an upcoming grant? Want to add to your teaching statement? Interested in community service? Ways to help: 8am– 9am Setup; registration and greet girls 10:15 – 11:15 Help with a hands-on computing/engineering activity with a group of 50-60 […]
Woman of Science blog
Check out the blog by an awesome lady physics professor at UMass Amherst (http://womanofscience.wordpress.com). Recent posts feature advice from graduate student women for graduate student women. Check back often for inspiration and we encourage you to submit about your own experiences (anonymously, or not)
Update on Upcoming Professional Development Events Sponsored by the Grad School OPD
Coming up THIS WEEK… Wednesday, October 9, 12pm in LGRT1634 From Ph.D. to Patent Attorney – The Inside Scoop Meaghan L. Richmond – Patent Attorney, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals The details…. Meaghan L. Richmond, Ph.D. is a Patent Attorney at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals located in Waltham, MA. After trying several majors at different universities, she graduated from Rhode […]
Upcoming Breast Cancer Awareness Event
Next week the CNS Women and Science Initiative presents an informative discussion of recent research on advances in breast cancer detection and treatment.
Date change for Food for Thought discussion
The next Food for Thought (focused on chapter 2&3 of Sheryl Sandburg’s Lean In) will be held on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th at 4 pm in Conte 609, instead of on the 7th. Hope to see many of you there for a great discussion!
Upcoming Happy Hour at the UPub
It’s that time again to come out and meet graduate students from other STEM departments. Join us for Happy Hour next Friday, October 11th, at 5:30pm in the UPub. All are welcome!
Fall 2013 Peering Mentoring Groups meeting
Want to join a peer-mentoring group or learn more about them? Join us this Thursday at 5:30 in Goessman 153! If you cannot attend but want to join a group, please fill out this quick form.
Upcoming professional development talk by EE alumnus
Mark your calendars! UMass alumnus Jon Roskill ’85 EE, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Worldwide Partners Group, will share his career experiences in a talk that will cross many disciplines,
