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 […]

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Dr. Marisha Godek Returns to UMass Next Wednesday, 4/22

Dr. Godek previously attended our Spring 2014 Networking Mixer, where she was a stellar panelist.  Next week, she returns to give a talk at Casey Gilman’s Science Communication course.  The talk will be open to other students – pre-registration is required (see details below). Communications is very excited to announce that OPD is sponsoring an […]

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Networking’s First Event – the Gender Matters Lecture Reception

Around fifty people showed up to our networking reception which took place immediately after the Gender Matters Lecture last week.  The lecture focused on implicit biases against women in STEM, in academia, and in general.  The reception afterwards had a fantastic turnout – we were really excited to see everyone there!  Attendees included students, faculty, […]

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