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Women in Science and Engineering
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Archived Events
| 2006/7 |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007: |
WISE Faculty Lunch. Meet WISE Chair Deborah Belle, and Co-Chair Margrit Betke, Noon-1:00 pm BRB 113, 5 Cummington St |
| Wednesday, September 12, 2007: |
Reception for newly arrived Assistant Professor Patricia Ganea,
Human Development Program, Department of Psychology,
3:30-5:00 pm, Rm 150, 64 Cummington St |
| Friday, September 21, 2007: |
Reception for newly arrived faculty members in Sargent College,
3:00-4:30 pm, Setterberg Lounge (2nd floor) |
| Tuesday, October 2, and Tuesday, October 16, 2007: |
Student workshops by the WAGE
Project, designed to help young women learn the sobering
realities of wage discrimination and learn strategies to make sure
that throughout their careers they receive the salaries they deserve.
Location: AME room 245 at 110 Cummingon St. |
| Friday, October 5, 2007: |
"As the twig is bent: The powerful effects of the early years on
gender differences in math and science preferences." Lecture by Rosalind Barnett, Senior Scientist and Director of the
Community, Families, & Work Program, Women's Studies Research Center
at Brandeis University, 3 pm, Trustee Ballroom, One Sherborn Street. Presentation Slides. |
| Tuesday, October 9, 2007: |
Welcoming reception for Geography and Environment's newest faculty
member, Dana Bauer. Dana is a natural resource economist with a focus
on land use issues, particularly the tradeoffs between land
development and preservation. Refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Georgraphy and Environment.
4:00-5:30 pm (Please note Monday schedule for Oct 9th). Rm 442, 675
Comm. Ave (Stone Science Bdlg). |
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007: |
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. Reading by Ayesha Siddiqa from her new book Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy. Dr. Siddiqa was Director of Naval Research for the Pakistan Navy,
the first civilian and the first woman to hold that position in
Pakistan's defense establishment. She is currently a Ford Fellow and
was the 2004-2005 'Pakistan Scholar' at the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars. Co-sponsored with BU Women's
Studies. |
| Thursday, October 11, 2007: |
Lunch with Leaders: Virginia Sapiro, Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences at Boston University. Open to WISE
faculty. Noon-1:00 pm, AME Room 245, 110 Cummington St. Paper on Gender Stratification |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007: |
Lunches
with Leaders: Barbara Simons, a leader in national discussions on
internet voting. Dr. Simons has served as President of the Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM), the nation's oldest and largest
educational and scientific society for computing professionals. Among
her many awards, Simons is a Fellow of ACM and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. She was selected by Open
Computing as one of the "Top 100 Women in Computing" and Science
Magazine featured her in a special edition on women in science. Open
to WISE faculty. 12:00--1:00 Kenmore Conference Room, 9th floor of One
Sherborn Street. Dr. Simons' ECE/CS colloquium on Computerized Voting Machines: Who is Counting your
Vote? at 4 pm is open to the public. |
| Thursday, November 8, 2007: |
"The Research Life: Work/Family Issues for Scientists and
Engineers." Program. This day long conference should be of interest to faculty, graduate
students, administrators and others concerned with making it possible
for academic scientists and engineers to have work lives and family
lives that are positive and fulfilling. Speakers will include:
Stephanie Coontz, sociologist, historian of the family and author of
"The way we never were" and "Marriage: A history" who will speak on:
"New Frontiers: Why work-family issues are the next frontier for the
gender revolution," Jody Heymann, public health expert and author of
"The widening gap" and "Forgotten families," whose talk is entitled
"Removing the blinders: How do the work and family lives of American
scientists and engineers stack up globally?" and Robert Drago, labor
economist and author of "Striking a balance: Work, family, life" who
will speak on "Gender and family in the academy." Talks on productive
individual strategies, family strategies, and management strategies as
well as ideas for institutional reform will be followed by
brainstorming sessions on these topics. This conference is free and
open to the public, but pre-registration is suggested. Please email
our dedicated rsvp line (wisersvp@bu.edu) to reserve a place at the
conference and receive updates about the conference schedule.
8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Location: George Sherman Union.
The Research Life: Work/Family Issues for Scientists and Engineers
November 8, 2007
George Sherman Union
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
| Schedule |
| 8:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 8:45 |
Welcome |
| 9:00 |
Stephanie Coontz “New frontiers: Why work/family issues are the next challenge for the gender revolution.” |
| 10:00 |
Jody Heymann “Removing the blinders: How do the work and family lives of American scientists and engineers stack up globally?” |
| 10:50 |
Break |
| 11:10 |
Robert Drago “Gender and family in the academy” |
| 12:00 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Robert Cunningham “Work-Life Balance” |
| 2:00 |
Thierry Guedj “Helping faculty cope with the demands of academic and personal life” |
| 2:30 |
Break |
| 2:50 |
Roscoe Giles “Family leave for faculty” |
| 3:20 |
Elizabeth Ewen “Parental leave for graduate students” |
| 3:50 |
Break |
| 4:00 |
Facilitated brainstorming sessions on personal, familial, managerial, and larger institutional responses to work/family stresses led by Bonnie Teitleman, Thierry Guedj, and Robert Cunningham |
| 5:00 |
Reception |
| 6:00 |
Conference ends This conference is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Boston University Women in Science and Engineering (BU WISE). To register or receive further information please email wisersvp@bu.edu. |
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| Thursday, November 15, 2007: |
Lunch with
Leaders: Andrea Dupree, Senior Astrophysicist
at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and
a nationally recognized leader in ultraviolet astronomy. She obtained
the first image of the surface of a star using the Hubble Space
Telescope and recently led a team that discovered fast hot winds from
very young stars, which could profoundly affect their evolution and
the environment of surrounding planets. Open to WISE faculty.
Location: Kenmore Conference Room, 1 Sherborn Street, 9th
floor. Time: noon-1pm. |
| Friday, December 7, 2007: |
WISE meeting with Leaders: Andrei Ruckenstein, 3pm. Provost's Conference Room, One Sherborn Street, 8th floor.
more info » |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007: |
WISE Faculty Breakfast, 9-10 am. Open to WISE
faculty. The B.U. Experience at 602 Commonwealth Ave, Blandford
Entrance, Morse Auditorium (MOR). |
| August 7, 2007: |
Joan Brugge
on "Honing Your Time and Personnel Management Skills to
Successfully Balance Home and Work Life." Prof. Brugge is the Chair
of the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard University. ppt.
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| May 1, 2007 | End-of-semester WISE Meeting |
| April 6, 2007: | Lecture by Abigail
Stewart on "Advancing Women in Science and Engineering."
ppt.
Dr. Stuart is a Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies and the
Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the
University of Michigan. Introduction by President Robert Brown. BU Today Article. |
| Lunches with Leaders: Abigail Stewart |
| WISE Advisory Board Meeting |
| March 8, 2007: | Lunches with Leaders:
Zorica Pantic, President of Wentworth Institute |
| February 20, 2007: | Lunches with
Leaders:
Karen Antman, Provost of the Boston University Medical Campus and
Dean of the School of Medicine |
| January 12, 2007: |
Negotiation Workshop with
Barbara Butterfield and Jane Tucker
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| November 13, 2006: |
Panel Discussion on
"Transforming the Culture of Academic Science and Engineering:
Removing Barriers for Women." Speakers included Deborah Cotton, Eve Riskin, Debra Rolison and Lotte Bailyn. Provost David Campbell and Karen Antman served as discussants on a panel with the speakers.
Video,
BU Today Announcement. |
| | Lotte
Bailyn, "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of
Women in Academic Science and Engineering." pdf. |
| September 18, 2006: | Start-of-semester WISE Meeting
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2005/6 |
| May 1, 2006: |
End-of-semester WISE Meeting |
| April 10-11, 2006: | Lecture by Virginia
Valian on "Why so slow? The advancement of women,"
Video.
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| Workshops with Virginia
Valian on "Effectiveness, Negotiation and Gender" for WISE faculty
members and graduate students,
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| Workshops with Virginia Valian on "Creating Equity"
for Deans and Chairs |
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BU Today Article
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March 15, 2006: |
GWISE Panel: Women in Industry and Academe, Career Planning and
Work/Family Balance. |
| February 28, 2006: | Networking Luncheon
for assistant professors: Joyce Wong
on "Preparing for the Tenure Track" |
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February 13, 2006: |
Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University, on "Improving Retention of
Women Scientists and Engineers" |
| January 17, 2006: | Colloquium by
Nancy Hopkins, MIT, on "Increasing the
Number of Women in Science and Engineering".
MIT Gender Equity Project
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December 7, 2005: |
Workshop on "Strategic Performance" by
Nancy Houfek and
Lee Warren, Harvard University. |
| November 13, 2005: |
President Robert Brown speaks to WISE faculty members.
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