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Past Events

Date Topic Documents
2018
June 6 Lunch meeting with Professors Tongyan Lin and Elena Koslover
May 29 Practice Talks Session
May 16 Meeting with Dr. Chung-Pei Ma
April 6 Lunch meeting with prospective physics grads
February 20 Mixer with UWIP
January 23 Lunch Meeting – Sexual Harassment Discussion
2017
December 9 End of Year Dinner
November 29 Meeting with Dr. Elizabeth Krause
October 19 Introductory Lunch Meeting
September 20 Meeting with Dr. Joan Schmelz
April 7 Meet with prospective physics grads
March 10 Meeting with Dr. Jedidah Isler
February 22 Meeting with Dr. Sarah Ballard
January 25 Discussion about impostor syndrome
2016
December 10 End of year potluck dinner
November 9 Meeting with Dr. Smadar Naoz
October 14 First meeting of the academic year: organizing agenda
2012
December 6 Advice on graduate school: from first year to final years
November 1 Careers in Science Policy
Guest Speaker: Anna Quider
October 18 First meeting of the year: organizing agenda
June 4 Presentation Skills: How to Put On a Professional Persona
Guest Speaker: Jacob Bruce
April 30 Final discussion of Hardball for Women: How to Set Your Own Goal and Stay Focused
April 4 Meet with prospective physics grads
March 26 Hardball for Women (3): How to Effectively Communicate and Negotiate
February 27 Hardball for Women (2): How to be a Team Player in the Workplace Setting
January 30 Undergraduate mentoring session: advice on academic curriculum, peer group issues, dealing with gender biases, and more
2011
December 9 Discussion of the book Hardball for Women: Rules of the Game in Workplace Settings
November 7 Planning career strategies for different stages in grad school and postdoc positions
October 18 First meeting of the year: organizing agenda
May 16 Lunch with Women in Chemistry!
April 18 Discuss recent talk: “Where Are All the Women in Science and Engineering?”
April 6 Meet with prospective physics grads
March 14 Guest Speaker: Tatyana Sharpee (Salk)
February 28 Supervising and teaching men
January 17 Science Journalism
Guest Speaker: Genevive Bjorn
Genevive’s Advice: “Getting Started in Science Writing”
2010
December 13 UCSD’s Diversity Faculty hiring initiative
November 15 Postdoc and faculty application process
October 18 Organizing
June 2 Guest Speaker: Betsy Komives (UCSD Chemistry) Alison’s notes
April 28 “Hardball for Women”
April 6 Meet with prospective physics grads
March 31 Organizing
February 26 Anat unveils the new website
January 27 Working in a National Lab
Guest Speaker: Daniel Holz (LANL)
2009
December 4 Guest Speaker: Adam Burgasser (UCSD Physics)
November 9 Teaching and Education Research
Guest Speakers: Mike Anderson (UCSD Physics)
and Stacey Brydges (UCSD Chemistry)
October 9 First meeting of the academic year: organizing agenda
August 27 Trip to see the Body Worlds exhibit
July 10 Organizing
June 1 Guest Speaker: Katja Lindenberg (UCSD Chemistry)
May 8 How to Negotiate:
“Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide”
April 8 Meet with prospective physics grads
March 13 Presentation by Christel Smith on the status of women in physics
February 13 Getting the most out of advisors
January Going to conferences
2008
November 21 How to navigate grad school
October 31 Organizing Alison’s notes