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Past Events
ANNUAL EVENTS:
Women in Science Day - Held November 7th, 2006, November 7th, 2007, November 5th 2008, November 4th, 2009
The Young Scientist Program (YSP) and Association of Women in Science (AWIS - St. Louis) at Washington University in St. Louis hosts Women in Science Day annually in November. Women in Science Day is an exciting one day workshop event that brought approximately 150 young women plus teachers from ten St. Louis City Public High Schools to Washington University (Danforth and Medical School campuses) for hands on activities, speakers, tours of facilities, and a panel composed of women who have succeeded in science from a variety of field and stages in life. The girls can ask quesitons about school and career possibilities as well as hear the stories of these wonderful women.
Some of the many activities have included:
- See the Brain from the Inside-Out Neuroimaging Lab Tour
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
- Seismology and Slinkies
- Home-brewed DNA DNA Extraction
- Get Physical!
Physics, Electrify your Gel
- Chemical Engineering: Make your own polymers
- Move Like a Primate Anthropology
- Meteorites and Meteorwrongs
- Minerals and Crystals Growth
- Mars Rovers
- Choose your own planetary science adventure
- Ecology and Evolution: The fate of species
- Paleontology and Sedimentology
View a pdf with pictures from 2009 here.
The Women in Science Day event combined the missions of the YSP and AWIS organizations to specifically extend science outreach to young women in the St. Louis public schools.
This was a succesful and fun event!! We hope to continue this each year. For more information please see our full report from 2006 or the schedule from 2008.
View a few more pictures from past years in powerpoint format :)
Summer Get-Together
Our chapter also hosts an annual summer barbeque at Tower Grove Park.
Last years flyer can be found here.
OTHER EVENTS IN 2009
Organizaitoal Meeting and Book Discussion
AWIS hosted a dinner at Schlafly's Bottleworks, and discussion of: Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out by Emily Monosson
When? Wednesday, February 11th
Time? 6:30-7:00 Organizational Meeting - all welcome to come and help out and see more what we do.
Where? Schlafly's Bottleworks
Plus general good times! Feel free to come even if you do not have time to read the book and/or do not get a chance to RSVP ahead of time.
Fall Brownbag Social and AWIS Informational Lunch
September 22nd in the DUC Graduate Student Center (3rd floor). Bring your lunch and get to know women scientists from other departments. AWIS will provide dessert and short activities centered around issues of interest to women in science.
OTHER EVENTS IN 2008
2008 Fall Kick-off Coffee Hour
- Tuesday, September 9th at 7:00pm, held at the apartment of a steering committee member
- Join AWIS for coffee, tea and tasty snacks. Meet up with current members and find out more about what we do forwomen in science here in St. Louis.
Spring Get-together and Discussion of Articles
- 7 PM, at the Schlafly Bottleworks, on Tuesday April 15th
- If you have time, read the attached article about women in science, several articles from the NYTimes...
Schlafly Bottleworks is at 7260 Southwest Ave, Maplewood, MO 63143.
It's between Big Bend and McCausland, off of Manchester.
2008 Winter Cider Social
Join AWIS for appetizers and hot cider. Meet up with current members and find out more about what we do for women in science here in St. Louis.
When? January 23rd, from 5:30 - 7pm
Where? Grad students' lounge, 4th floor of Wilson Hall, Danforth Campus (look for our signs)
OTHER EVENTS IN 2007
Secrets of Her Success - Panel and Discussion
Download Flyer here.
When: Tuesday September 11, 2007 at 7 - 8:30 PM
Schedule:
7:00-7:15 - Reception and Introductions
Focusing on Questions such as:
How did she get to her current position?
What helped her get there?
What were key experiences to find her path?
How does she balance family and career?
How has mentoring and mentorship contributed to her success?
7:15-8:30 = Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
PANELISTS:
Barbara Schaal, Professor of Biology, Wash U
Cynthia M. Dupureur, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMSL
Shelley D. Minteer, Professor of Chemistry, SLU
Cheryl Asa, Director of Research, St. Louis Zoo & Professor, SLU
Deborah Heuvelman, Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Sue Kastigar, Senior Design Engineer, Bausch&Lomb
Location: The panel discussion will be held at the Knight's Room of SLU - Saint Louis Univeristy.
Getting there: Those interested in carpooling can contact us for arrangments.
Parking: Available in the Laclede garage (~5 minute walk to the library directly down Grand)
RSVP: awisevents@yahoo.com send us an e-mail so we know how many to plan for.
- Also: Please include any questions you have already so that our panelists may be better prepared to answer them, and a request for carpool information if you are interested in that as well.
Financial Literacy for Scientists and Engineers
(AKA: You're so smart. Why aren't you rich?)
Lead by Stephen J. Congdon, CLU of Sandusky, Ohio
Hosted by The St. Louis Chapter of AWIS with support from the UMSL Biology Graduate Student Association
Held Sunday, April 22nd 2007 in the Student Government Chambers of the Millenium Student Center at the University of Missouri-St Louis campus
AWIS-Informational session at Pfizer
Hosted by the St. Louis Chapter of the Association for Women in Science
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Title: The Association for Women in Science: A Network, A Resource, A
Voice
Presented by: Julie Dyall, AWIS-President and Industry Outreach Lead
AWIS, and AWIS events, is open to all women and men of the St. Louis scientific community
concerned with promoting a positive environment for women in the larger
scientific community, at all levels of scientific training, in all manners of scientific pursuit. To get involved in AWIS-STL and help with getting our events off the ground, contact Genevieve Croft, AWIS-STL Co-President at croft(at)wustl.edu. We look forward to meeting you.
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