The leaves are changing colors, the undergraduates have arrived, and the fall graduate student/faculty luncheons will return! Make sure you RSVP to reserve your spot at the table. Don’t be shy – register for one OR both today! When: October 21st and November 18th, 12-1pm Where: Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall Why: Enjoy a free lunch […]
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Dynamic STEM careers lunch
What are your plans after graduate school? In an intimate setting, have a conversation with a small panel of scientists and engineers who have changed careers about job searching, building your career, and life beyond academia. When: Thursday, October 9th from 12:30-2:00p.m. Where: ISB 145 Confirmed panelists: Christos Dimitrakopoulos of the UMass chemical engineering department […]
Research2Innovation workshops in the spring
Explore the potential business application of your research! The Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development is sponsoring TWO Research2Innovation workshops in the spring semester led by the renowned Dr. Judith Giordan, the keynote speaker at GWIS networking event last spring. For more details, click here to see the flyer: Research2Innovation Get a team of graduate students together and […]
Positive feedback on pilot interactive python workshop
The first GWIS interactive python workshop held earlier this week was an introduction to python and general programming. On average, attendees reported that the workshop was very useful for their research, and most plan to attend future workshops on more advanced python topics. Registration for the pilot workshop filled up in under 30 minutes after […]
First Informal Mentoring Dinner was a Wild Success!
Last week, UMass Amherst undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences and College of Engineering were able to attend an informal mentoring session with some of the school’s graduate students in STEM fields. A pizza dinner was served, and undergraduates had a unique opportunity to chat with their graduate student counterparts. Around thirty undergraduate mentees […]
Introduction to Peer Mentoring Groups
Are you interested in making friends outside your department? Want to chat about your graduate experience with other women in STEM? Already in a peer mentoring group? Please join us on September 30th at 5 pm in Marston Hall Room 234 to kick off a new year of peer mentoring! The GWIS Mentoring Committee is […]
Python programming – an interactive workshop series
Programming is a valuable and marketable skill for STEM fields! But it is not formally taught in many graduate programs. Join GWIS for an interactive workshop series on the very versatile and popular python programming language. The first workshop will be focused on installation and first steps: Monday, Sept 29th 3:00-4:30pm in ISB 145 Led by […]
Fall 2014 calendar of Office of Professional Development Events
The Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development (OPD) is offering a wide range of events this fall, many geared toward powering the funding of women graduate students in STEM! Of particular interest: Pizza & Proposals September 19, 5:00-7:00pm Goessmann 153 We provide the pizza, you provide the proposal! Pre-registration is requested. Pizza & Proposals: NSF GRFP […]
GWIS’s Eureka! Summer Workshops were a success!
This July marks the second summer of the Eureka! program, which is a partnership between Girls, Inc. of Holyoke and UMass’s College of Natural Sciences (CNS). Approximately 50 rising 8th and 9th graders from the Holyoke area come to UMass all day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. They participate in STEM workshops created […]
Check out the Spring 2014 issue of GQM!
Brought to you by the UMass Graduate Women in STEM! Click the link below to see the spring edition of GQM: GQM Spring 2014 Reader responses received by July 1st 2014 will may be published (with permission) in the summer issue, along with a response from the editor. T-shirt contest also ends July 1st 2014. […]
