Upcoming: GWISE May Book Club: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson Date and Time: Wednesday, May 3 12:00-1:00pm Location: ERB 705 (44 Cummington Mall) For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us – people who, say, made a joke on social […]
GWISE Holiday Social Date and Time: Wednesday, December 14th from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Location: PHO West End Lounge Hello GWISE and WISEguys! Winter is upon us, which means we are excited to invite you to our holiday social! Take a break from lab work and classes to enjoy some holiday fun with your friends. Celebrate the season and […]
GWISE Harry Potter Movie Night (Movie #5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) Date and Time: Wednesday, June 24 from 7:00pm-10:00pm Location: 24 Cummington Mall (LSEB), Room 103 RSVP Harry Potter Movie Nights are BACK for the summer! Come enjoy some popcorn, beer and comradery with fellow Harry Potter lovers. We hope to see you […]
GWISE Coffee & Conversations: The Future of the Postdoc Date and Time: Monday, April 27 from 12:30pm-1:30pm Location: 110 Cummington Mall, Room 245 RSVP Join GWISE for our monthly series, Coffee and Conversations, where we hope to provoke meaningful discussions about issues relevant to women in STEM. This month we will be discussing a recent feature in […]
GWISE Yoga Group Date and Time: WEEKLY: Mondays & Wednesdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm Location: Photonics 9th Floor, West End Lounge (8 St. Mary’s Street) Take a break with GWISE Yoga. Join us for a good, all-around yoga practice that can benefit your mind, body, and soul. All levels, genders, and ages are welcome. Please bring a yoga or exercise mat. […]
GWISE Ice Cream Social Date and Time: 12-2pm, Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Location: BU Beach (735 Commonwealth Ave) ** Rain location: First floor lounge of Metcalf Science Center (590 Commonwealth Ave) Cost: Free! RSVP Cool off with some free ice cream and frozen yogurt at the BU Beach, courtesy of GWISE! Open to all graduate students and post […]
GWISE Undergraduate Event: So you want to be a grad student? Time: October 19th, 5:30-6:30PM Place: Life Science and Engineering Building, 24 Cummington Street, Room B01 For undergraduate students thinking about graduate school: Come learn how to choose a grad school and make your application competitive from a panel of current students and professors! Have […]
From the Lab to the White House and Back: Bridging the Science – Policy Interface Spring Speaker Luncheon Wednesday, April 30 from 12:00-2:00 pm Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way RSVP Please mark your calendars and get psyched to attend this year’s Spring Speaker Luncheon, with Rosina Bierbaum! Rosina is an amazing interdisciplinary scientist working at […]
GWISE Winter Book Club–Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Date and Time: Tuesday, Jan. 28, noon Location: 44 Cummington St., Room 401 RSVP In this “artful, informative, and delightful” (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies […]
May 9, 2011 Spring Keynote Lecture on Climate, Oceans, and Public Health: Cholera in the Twenty-first Century by Dr. Rita Colwell Time: 4 PM (reception to follow) Date: Monday, May 9 Location: Trustees Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor Dr. Colwell is a distinguished university professor at University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, recipient […]