Join us on Wednesday, July 8th in Goessman Hall 252 (GWIS HQ) for coffee, ice cream, and the good company of fellow graduate students! Meet new folks over ice cream sundaes (non-dairy options will be provided) and strengthen the bonds of existing relationships while sipping graduate-student fuel (coffee). All are welcome – no registration required. […]
Join the GWIS LinkedIn Group!
The UMass Graduate Women in STEM are now on LinkedIn! Connect with us to: Network with current GWIS members and alumni, Expand your LinkedIn network, Post/find job listings, Promote research and news, and Engage and participate in discussions. Follow the link here to request to join or search for “UMass Graduate Women in STEM” on […]
Enhancing Policy, Transforming Careers: An Online Chat Series with S&T Policy Fellows
What: Workshop on Science and Technology Policy When: June 30th at 2pm Where: Life Science Laboratories room N610 Why: Are you interested in connecting your health and/or medical sciences training to public policy? Want to transform your career by using your health/medical training to address societal challenges? Learn how veterinarians, physicians, and doctoral level health professionals have enhanced policy […]
Mastering the Poster Session
What: Situation Room on Poster Sessions When: Tuesday, July 14th @ 1pm Where: Life Science Laboratories room N610 Why: Gain practice in a commonly used form of presentation! Experts will first give an overview of presenting a poster at a conference or other setting. Volunteers will then have the opportunity to present a poster in a simulated poster […]
Networking Summer Kick Off BBQ a Wild(Wood) Success!
The sky was clear, the music was rocking, and the food was delicious! The end of spring semester/summer kickoff event drew a huge crowd, who were all there to mingle and enjoy the music played by Industrial Waste (the physics folk band) and Off the Mark (graduate students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering program). Some […]
Peer Mentoring Groups Will Kick Off Summer with an Ice Cream Social!
It’s an Ice Cream* Social! Join us for a chance to meet your new peer mentoring group members. We’ll be guiding groups with some icebreaker activities and tips & tricks to keep your group going strong all summer long! Monday, June 8th @ 5-6pm 252 Goessmann *dairy-free options and toppings will be available
Crash Course in R Programming
Have a massive data set to mine through or perform statistics on this summer? Want to learn a program that’s flexible, powerful, and free? Then the Crash Course in R Workshop is designed for you! In an hour and a half, led by Guillaume Pagnier, you will become acquainted with the basic operations in R […]
GWIS Summer Kickoff BBQ
Please join us for the first annual GWIS Summer Kickoff BBQ! Come celebrate the end of academic year and beginning of summer on Friday, May 29th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the “Engineering Quad” – the lawn in front of Marston and Marcus Halls. Feel free to bring a frisbee or lawn game to […]
Outreach Event on Friday May 29th @ UMass with 8th graders
Does your research address sustainability? The 8th graders of the Four Rivers Charter School in Greenfield MA are studying the question: what technologies (and ideas) represent the best hope for our future? It’s a question that focuses on sustainability in all the ways we can imagine we need to think about it. When: Friday May 29th from […]
GWIS Professional Development and Indian Student Association Lunch
The Graduate Women in Stem (GWIS) and Indian Student Association (ISA) are collaborating for the first time to help graduate students from all departments with professional and personal advancement along with some social events. We’re organizing our first social event including lunch on Thursday, May 14th, starting 12:30 pm and would be delighted to see […]
