We think that it might be time to broaden the name of WCS to be inclusive to all forms of diversity in our department. We want to continue supporting the same events, workshops and lectures, just under a broader name to serve a more diverse…
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Welcome to all our incoming first years! We will have our first member meeting of the academic year on Wednesday October 3rd from 1-2 PM in CHB 439. We’ll discuss upcoming officer elections – the list of current officers can…
Leave a CommentThe Women in Chemical Sciences and Diversity in Clean Energy groups at UW are teaming up to start a career soft-skills workshop series. We are planning three workshops for the summer and plan to continue the series throughout the academic…
Leave a CommentThe 4th annual WCS lecture took place on Wednesday, May 2nd. Our speaker was Dr. Jennifer Gerbi, a program director at ARPA-E. Dr. Jennifer Gerbi has been practicing physics and materials science for over 20 years, and has a keen…
Leave a CommentDo you want to share the passion you feel for your research in your presentations? In this hands-on workshop, learn how to apply acting skills to your own science communications, to better engage and inform your audiences. Snacks provided. (Feb.…
Leave a CommentWCS members had the pleasure to attend lunch and dinner with Mangels Lecture speaker Donna Nelson last week. Donna also gave some excellent talks about both the Nelson Diversity Surveys and her work as a science adviser for Breaking Bad. Special thanks…
Leave a CommentWCS is hosting this year’s Mangels Lecture! As science advisor of the hit TV series Breaking Bad Donna J. Nelson will speak about her experiences in Hollywood and how the world of science and film connect. She will reveal how…
Leave a CommentLast week, UW’s physics department hosted a seminar by Rachel Scherr, a UW physics alumna and senior research scientist at Seattle Pacific University who has also conducted research on diversity and education for the American Physical Society (APS). This discussion was prompted in part by the lack of diversity in this year’s cohort of physics graduate students: of 31 students, 30 identify as male. While the demographics of our chemistry department are much more balanced in terms of gender, the topic of diversity in admissions is important for anyone interested in graduate education.
Leave a CommentVictor Lee, Abbie Ganas, and Katie Guye visited a local school during one of their science events, where they illustrated how different type of markers and pens are affected by mixtures of solvents on coffee filters. When these coffee filters…
Leave a CommentJoy Delyria talked to us about easing the difficulties that scientific controversy presents. As a scientist, we are not here to change an individual’s mind using one conversation. I mean, if we do, that is awesome! However, realistically, that is usually…
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