GWISE Year End Survey

Want to win a free hour-long massage?  How about a free mani or pedi?  Or maybe a gift card to Amazon or Espresso Royale?!  Don’t Mind if I DO! Take the (super short!) Year End Survey HERE

The key to a successful organization is its members!  GWISE wants to hear from you! What events did you love? What events do you want to see more of? What times work best for you?  We’d love your feedback so that we can provide the programming you want! Let us know how we’re doing and how we can improve things for you.

As a special incentive for our members taking the survey, we are offering AMAZING PRIZES!  Complete the survey for your chance to win one of the fabulous prizes below:

• Gift certificate good for an hour-long introductory massage (or equivalent spa service) at Massage Envy in Brookline
• Gift certificate good for pedicure (or equivalent service) at MiniLuxe in Brookline
• $20 gift card to Amazon.com
• (3) $10 gift cards to Espresso Royale Cafe!

GWISE Event: June Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

Date & Time: Thursday, June 14th, 12pm

Location: Alumni Board Room, SMG 7th floor

RSVP HERE

To start off the summer, GWISE Book Club will be reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.

Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Join GWISE as we read and discuss this popular and thought-provoking book. GWISE has several copies; please contact Rachel at rcs204@bu.edu to borrow one.

GWISE Event: Professional Development Book Club Reads Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists by Ellen Daniell

Date & Time: Friday, June 22th, 12pm
Location: TBA
RSVP HERE

This book tells the story of a professional problem-solving group that for more than 25 years has empowered its members by providing practical and emotional support. The objective of “Group,” as Ellen Daniell and six other members call their bimonthly gatherings, is cooperation in a competitive world. And the objective of Every Other Thursday is to encourage those who feel isolated or stressed in a work or academic setting to consider the benefits of such a group—a group in which everyone is on your side.

Each of the high-achieving individuals in Group (including members of the National Academy of Sciences, a senior scientist at a prestigious research institute, and university professors and administrators) has found the support of the others to be an essential part of her own success. Daniell provides detailed examples of how members help one another navigate career setbacks or other difficulties. She shows that group support, discussion, and application of common experience bring to light practical solutions and broader perspectives. In an inspirational conclusion, the author offers advice and practical guidelines for those who would like to establish a group of their own.
Please join us in reading and discussing this book in the GWISE PD Book Club! GWISE will have several copies available for loan.  Contact Emily at welsch@bu.edu to borrow one.

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