WIN Colloquia Program
The goals of the sponsored colloquia program are to increase the visibility of women in STEM departments, strengthen the networking and career opportunities for women in the STEM disciplines, and bring new ideas to BU from industry and other ADVANCE schools. Both Colloquia programs are designed to integrate into existing seminar or colloquia series within departments and centers.
Women in Industry Colloquium Program brings women scientists and engineers in non-academic careers to Boston University in order to provide faculty and graduate students with additional female role-models and mentors while providing information on industry agendas and networking opportunities for all faculty. WIN will sponsor up to 4 industry colloquia each year.
An honorarium of $250 will be paid to the speaker from the WIN budget. In addition, the hosting group can request an additional $200 for a reception associated with the seminar. No travel funds are available for this colloquia program as we expect that the nominees will be from somewhere in the vicinity. The colloquium will be publicized through WIN and WISE in addition to the hosting unit’s normal publicity. The publicity should state that the seminar is co-sponsored by the BU WIN Initiative.
Women of ADVANCE Colloquium Program is aimed at fostering relationships with women in STEM disciplines from other NSF ADVANCE Institutions with programs designed to advance women faculty in the STEM disciplines. WIN will sponsor 2 visits each year to BU by female faculty members who are also active with ADVANCE programs at their institutions. Each visit will include a research seminar given as part of an ongoing college, departmental, or center seminar series as well as an ADVANCE related seminar or discussion during which WIN participants can learn more about the initiatives and outcomes of ADVANCE at the visitor’s university.
An honorarium of $250 will be paid to the speaker from the WIN budget. In addition, the hosting group can request an additional $200 for a reception associated with the seminar. Travel expenses for the ADVANCE speaker will also be provided from the WIN budget.
For a list of participating ADVANCE schools and key ADVANCE faculty at some of these schools click here. If you wish to invite a faculty member from an ADVANCE institution who is not listed on the attached sheet, please provide with your nomination, information on her level of involvement in the ADVANCE program at her institution.
A nomination should include
- the name, title, and affiliation, of the person submitting the nomination
- the name, title, research area, and affiliation of the nominee
- how the nominee is known to the person submitting the nomination
- if the nominee has past or present ties to BU
- a short statement on how the nominee’s research area, company connection, etc. relate to activities in the hosting unit
To submit a nomination please click on the colloquia nomination link on the right side navigation bar and fill out the submission form. Upon your submission you should receive a confirmation email. If you do not please contact Sheryl Grace at sgrace@bu.edu.
Colloquium Schedule:
Upcoming:
ADVANCE:
Patricia Davies, Director of Herrick Labs and Professor of ME at Purdue University Current President of INCE (International Noise Control Engineering)
March 26, 2010
9:30 – Graduate Student Breakfast in the West End Lounge, 9th Fl. Photonics
11 – ME/WIN Colloquium in RM 245 @ 110 Cummington
Past:
ADVANCE:
Elizabeth Simmons
Elizabeth Simmons, Dean of Lyman Briggs College and a Professor of Physics in the Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy.
February 22 – 23, 2010
To RSVP for the Lunches with Leaders event please click on the RSVP form found on the right hand navigation menu.
Clare Rimnac
Case Western Reserve University
September 24: Lunches with Leaders at 12 PM in the Kenmore Conference Room located at 1 Sherborn St on the 9th Floor.
September 24: Tea with GWISE in the first floor conference room of the Life Science and Engineering Building located at 24 Cummington St.
September 25 Colloquium Lecture on ME Colloquium featuring Claire Rimnac at 11:00 in Room 245 at 110 Cummington St.
Hosted by the Mechanical Engineering department in collaboration with the WIN Colloquia Program
Jo Anne Powell
Iowa State University
November 8-9, 2009
Hosted by the Biology Department
Industry:
Susie Wee
Susie Wee is the Chief Technology Officer of Client Cloud Services in HP’s Personal Systems Group. She is creating HP’s strategy in client-based cloud services.
February 24, 2010
To RSVP for the Lunches with Leaders event please click on the RSVP form found on the right hand navigation menu.
Jennifer Chayes
Microsoft Research
October 28, 3 pm
Hosted by the Computer Science Department
Beth Marcus
Zeemote Inc.
April 29, 11 am
Hosted by the Computer Science Department