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Upcoming Events

Women in Science Research Conference

Monday, March 3, 2008
9 AM - 2:30 PM
Indiana Memorial Union, Solarium

*A fantastic opportunity to enhance your future educational and employment opportunities*

Present a poster about your research at the 10th annual Women in Science Research Conference and compete for the 2008 Outstanding Research Award. Cash prizes will be awarded for best poster presentations on each of the following categories: Natural Science, Social Sciences, Mathematics & Technology. $100 for first place, $75 for second place.

This is a fantastic opportunity for undergraduate and graduate women to enhance their future educational and employment opportunities.

Open to all undergraduate and graduate women at IU studying Mathematics, Technology, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. Register by Feb. 22nd by contacting wisp@indiana.edu or click here to register online.

Annual Events

Women in Science Research Conference

The Women in Science Research Conference is an annual spring event held in conjunction with Women's History Month. Undergraduate and Graduate women give poster presentations about their research and compete for the Women in Science Outstanding Research Award. Cash prizes are awarded for best poster presentations in each of the following categories: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Technology. This is a fantastic opportunity for professional development in a familiar setting which will enhance students' graduate school and employment opportunities.

Outstanding Women in Science Speaker Series

Twice a year WISP invites notable women scientists from around the United States to speak at IU about their research and issues related to women working and studying in the science, math and technology fields. Previous speakers include the following.

Dr. Janice Bishop, Principal Research Investigator for the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute The Surface of Mars: What we know and how we’re learning more Dr. Joanna Aizenberg, Nanotechnology Researcher, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Lessons in Optics and Mechanics from Marine Creatures

Dr. Stephanie Forrest, Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico Why a Computer needs an Immune System & Why an Immune System Needs a Computer

Dr. Virginia Valian, Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) Why So Slow?: The Advancement of Women in Academia IDS Article about Dr. Valian's visit to IUB

Dr. Cynthia Friend, the T.W. Richards Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Harvard University Dynamic Restructuring at the Nanoscale: Reactions on Au Surfaces

Recent Articles and Reports about Women in Science

National Science Board Releases "Science and Engineering Indicators 2008" The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News Number 11: January 25, 2008

Hearing on Barriers to Women's Advancement in Academic Positions in the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on October 17, 2007 The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, American Institute of Physics, Nov. 30, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2008.

Broad National Effort Urgently Needed To Maximize Potential of Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia National Academies News, September. 18, 2006 Vines, V., Strikowsky, M. Broad National Effort Urgently Needed To Maximize Potential of Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia. National Academies News. Retrieved September 26th 2006

Report from the January 2006 Workshop entitled "Building Strong Academic Chemistry Departments Through Gender Equity Preparation of this report was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health)

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