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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 |
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| October 18 | First meeting of the year: organizing agenda | |
| June 4 | Presentation Skills: How to Put On a Professional Persona Guest Speaker: Jacob Bruce |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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” |
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| 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 |