November 2008

Spice Up Your Life with Prof. Julie Kauer! Ever wonder what happens in your brain when you eat a hot pepper?

Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
Time: 4:00 PM
MacMillan 115

Students were encouraged to come hear Professor Julie Kauer of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology to discuss her research about ion channels in the brain and find out!

January 2009

Dr. Sue Rosser visited Brown Thursday, January 29th! WiSE and the ADVANCE Program presented a luncheon discussion session with Dr. Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, Professor of History, Technology, and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. All interested women in science were invited to attend this informal luncheon.

• Thursday, January 29th
• 12:30 PM
• Location: TBA

In addition, the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center and the ADVANCE Program presented “Institutional Transformation and Women in the Sciences,” a public lecture by Dr. Sue Rosser, later in the afternoon. All interested parties were encouraged to attend. Reception followed.

• Thursday, January 29th
• 4:00 PM
• Smith Buonanno 106

Dr. Rosser’s lecture outlined ways in which higher educational institutions’ engagement with the issues of women in the sciences can widen the path to success for all faculty. She identified key barriers that must be addressed for universities to better retain women scientists and engineers, and the challenges and rewards of institutionalizing ADVANCE goals.

Sue V. Rosser is Dean of Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech. She has served as Director for the University of Florida’s Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, and as Senior Program Officer for Women's Programs at the National Science Foundation. Rosser is the author of 120 journal articles on the theoretical and applied problems of women, science, and technology, and women's health; and 11 books, including The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed (2004); Female-Friendly Science (1990); and Teaching Science and Health from a Feminist Perspective: A Practical Guide (1986). She served as co-PI on Georgia Tech's NSF ADVANCE grant, and as PI on a current NSF grant entitled, "InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning."

Reception sponsored by the Offices of Women in Medicine; Institutional Diversity; and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Division of Biology and Medicine.

For more information, contact ADVANCE.

February 2009

WiSE Spelling Bee!

Want to impress all mentor/mentee with your amazing ability to spell long and complicated scientific words? Check out the WiSE Spelling Bee next Thursday, February 26, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM in Barus and Holley room 168. The winner will be regaled with a WiSE t-shirt and other spelling bee prizes.