Women in Genome Sciences
The Women in Genome Sciences (WiGS) organization was created in order to establish an environment supportive of women in Genome Sciences. Our primary mission is to address issues particularly relevant to women in the department. These issues include, but are not limited to recruitment of graduate students and faculty, attrition of women from academic science, navigation of an academic career with a family, and development of a department friendly to women. Many of these issues are relevant to other minority groups (by gender, race, sexuality, class, nationality, religion, ability, age etc). We are also interested in addressing problems faced by other minorities in science. We provide a forum for the discussion and ultimately resolution of these issues. Our group also has an interest in understanding how the research we perform ultimately affects minorities and society at large. Our group strives to create a department where women and minorities are an important part of the scientific community and all are welcome. We encourage all members of the department who are interested in these issues to join us.
For more information, please contact us at gswomen [ a t ]
u.washington.edu
those who would like to sign up for our email listserv can do so at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/womenings
flyer from 2007 GS dept retreat
Next Meeting:
organizational meetings - first Monday of each month, 12:00, Foege S-230
Upcoming Events:
- May 19 lunch with Dr. Kathy Friedman, 12:30, Foege S-110
- May 22 policy seminar with Dr. Sandra Lee, 2:30 Foege Auditorium
- June 5 seminar on the value of academic work with Dr. Carol Sibley & Dr. Willie Swanson
- June 23 Combi Seminar with Dr. Rebecca Doerge, 3:30 Foege Auditorium
- summer 2008 department barbecue
- August 2008 - chalk talk workshop with Dr. Jay Shendure
Past Events:
- 20 February 2008 GS research seminar with Dr. Elaine Ostrander
- 24 January 2008 job-hunting seminar with Dr. Christine Queitsch
- November 19, 2007: ethics seminar with Dr. Wylie Burke
- June 27, 2007: seminar with Dr. Dahlia Nielsen
"Examining the dirt underneath the association mapping carpet: what kind of genes do we expect these methods to find?"
- career path / research seminar with Dr. Barbara Wakimoto
minutes from past meetings:
May 5, 2008
April 7, 2008
December 3, 2007
November 5, 2007
August 6, 2007
July 2, 2007
June 1, 2007
Academic Job Search Events:
information will be posted as it becomes available
more information :
http://www.careers.washington.edu
Websites of Interest:
www.engr.washington.edu/wise
www.engr.washington.edu/advance
Articles of Interest:
Gender Issues: Universities Urged to Improve Hiring and Advancement of Women http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5794/1712?eaf
Commentary: Numbers Are Male, Said Pythagoras, and the Idea Persists http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/science/03comm.html?ex=1160539200&en=845c46e793d06279&ei=5070&emc=eta1
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11624.html
http://mommyscientist.blogspot.com/
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