Are YOU ready for JOB SEARCHING? Knowing how to network is essential!! Join GWIS for an afternoon to boost your professional network and help you land crucial opportunities. What: The Young Professionals Networking Event When: Wednesday, May 14th – three events from 3pm – 7:30pm Where: The Student Union Ballroom At 3pm – […]
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Extracting DNA with Urban League of Springfield!
Middle school Students from the Urban League of Springfield came to UMass on Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 to tour the campus of UMass Amherst and participate in STEM-related activities. GWIS outreach members Arianne Bazilio, Amy Ryan, and Katherine Lownsbery had a blast working with the students using simple chemistry to extract DNA […]
Announcing the Young Professionals Networking Event
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 14th for a great opportunity to expand your professional network! Schedule of events: 3:00-4:00 – Our keynote speaker will share wisdom about the power of networking. 4:30-5:30 – STEM career panel – hear about how five STEM professionals in […]
GWIS team for UMass Dash&Dine 5k race
The Graduate Women in STEM will be running and walking as a team in the fifth annual Dash&Dine event at UMass to support the local community, the Amherst Survival Center, and Neighbors in Need. Support Amherst! Run or walk with GWIS! When: Saturday April 12, at 10:30am (race starts at 11am) Where: Meet at the […]
Spring Semester Graduate Student/Faculty Luncheons!
You’re Invited! The GWIS Mentoring Committee will be hosting two Graduate Student and Faculty Luncheons this semester, with lunch provided. The luncheon is a chance for a small number of graduate students and faculty from across the CNS and CoE departments to meet in an informal setting and discuss a range of topics from research interests and […]
SDI Diversity Day: Friday April 4th
SDI-Five Colleges, Inc. Distinguished Lecture in ISB221 4:00 From Bench to Boardroom: A Life in Science Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D. Reception to follow Dr. Villa-Komaroff is a molecular biologist who earned her Ph.D. at MIT in 1975. She was the third Mexican-American woman to earn a science Ph.D. in the United States […]
Announcing the 2nd Annual CNS Women in Science Lecture!
The College of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites you to the 2nd Annual CNS Women in Science Lecture: SUSAN METZ, Senior Research Associate and Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Stevens Institute of Technology “Moving Beyond Fixing the Women to Changing the Culture in Academic STEM Fields,” UMass Student Union Ballroom […]
Upcoming events from OPD
Check out these great upcoming events from the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development! Wednesday, March 26th (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, 153 Goessmann Lab) Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer Jointly sponsored by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Join us to learn about how intellectual […]
Become a Virtual STEM Mentor for Girls Inc Eureka Girls!
Dear CNS Post-docs and Graduate Students, Want to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals? Had a blast teaching workshops for the Girls Inc Eureka! program? Want to strengthen the presence of women in the STEM pipeline? Become a Virtual STEM Mentor for Girls Inc Eureka Girls! The Virtual STEM Mentoring project has been developed […]
Mathworks event!
Make a Smooth Transition from School to Work Continue to Learn and Grow Seeking MS and PhD students from Engineering and Computer Science If you have a strong technical background in software design, web development, control theory, signal processing, or embedded systems— we’d love to talk to you! For more information about our Application Support Engineer position, please […]
