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WISP's mission is to collaborate in creating a learning environment where women can thrive in science, engineering and mathematics.
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News & Announcements
Lunch with Global Health Initiative Coordinator
Posted by Mary Pavone | June 30, 2009
WHEN: Tuesday, July 7
TIME: 12-1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Dickey Center for International Understanding, Haldeman Center
RSVP by July 5 to dickey.center@dartmouth.edu
The Dickey Center is hosting a lunch on July 7 for interested students to learn more about Lisa Adams, M.D., and the Center’s Global Health Initiative (GHI). The Dartmouth Medical School and the Dickey Center were awarded a two-year grant totaling $250,000 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the Global Health Initiative at Dartmouth. Under the academic leadership of Dr. Lisa Adams, Assistant Professor in the Section on Infectious Disease and International Health at DMS and the Director of the GHI at the Dickey Center, the new funding will be used to develop a Certificate in Global Health to be offered by the Dickey Center and provide for additional healthcare-based exchanges between Dartmouth and sites in Tanzania, India, Vietnam, South Africa and Haiti where Dartmouth faculty are conducting research. New courses will be developed to expand on the existing Global Health and Society course. Both undergraduate and graduate students will be eligible for the program, which provides a foundation in global health measurement, practice and research methods. Come to the lunch (please RSVP) and learn more.
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“Sophomore Summer” Arrives
Posted by Mary Pavone | June 29, 2009
Welcome, ’12’s, to that interlude at Dartmouth when you are “rising juniors.” And warm greetings to all those women in science from other classes who are sharing the campus and labs with you this summer! Congratulations to you all on declaring majors in disciplines that will challenge, intrigue, and satisfy your intellectual appetites both now and in the future!
This summer is an excellent time to explore, plan, prepare, and get acquainted:
(1) Explore the opportunities and resources that lie waiting for you on and off-campus for leave-term internships, networking with professionals, grad students, and faculty.
(2) Thoughtfully lay out a plan and a strategy for your next two years and beyond. The faculty, your class dean, the Office of Undergraduate Research, Career Services and WISP staff are all willing to be sounding boards for your plans and aspirations. Get in touch with us! Our doors are open.
(3) Plans become reality when you adequately prepare yourself and set achievable goals and timelines.
(4) Finally, getting acquainted with your science peers is one of the most powerful things you can do to assist you during the next two years. Peers share and support your sentiments about science and engineering, your aspirations, and your fears; they experience your highs and lows, and your problem sets! You are assets to each other!
Get off to a good start this summer!
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2009 Wetterhahn Science Symposium a Success
Posted by Mary Pavone | June 15, 2009
The 18th annual Wetterhahn Science Symposium, Dartmouth’s annual celebration of undergraduate research, took place on Thursday and Friday, May 21-22 where 125 students presented 114 research posters to share their science with the Dartmouth community. All four floors of Fairchild Tower were filled with faculty, students and family members who came to view this record number of undergraduate posters. Alumna Ginny Eckert’s keynote address, “A Million to One: Marine Ecology in the Arctic” combined a wonderful overview of her career path with a lively and engaging introduction to her research on commercially important marine invertebrates in Alaska.
For more highlights of the 2009 symposium, including Sigma Xi awards and photos, go to http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wisp/wetterhahn/crswin2009.html
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Congratulations to ‘09 Graduates!
Posted by Kat Carmody | June 8, 2009
Best wishes from the Women in Science Project to the class of 2009!
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Recap: WISP student/Faculty dinner with Lorie Loeb and Lisa Adams
Posted by Kat Carmody | May 28, 2009
On May 11, WISP students had the wonderful opportunity to attend dinner with Professor Lisa Adams, Coordinator of the Dickey Center’s Global Health Initiative, and Computer Science Professor Lorie Loeb, who is the founder of the Digital Arts Minor. The professors shared how they ended up in academia and at Dartmouth, answered students’ questions, and offered advice to students. Their curiosity and continuous search for a challenge demonstrated the main take home message of the evening: you can always change professions and decide on what you want to do as your life unfolds. This advice resonated well both with underclassmen deciding on majors and seniors making post-Dartmouth plans.
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Congratulations to Kathryn Holroyd ‘11 and Alison Stace-Naughton ‘11!
Posted by Kat Carmody | May 13, 2009
Both Kathryn Holroyd ‘11 and Alison Stace-Naughton ‘11 were recently awarded one of this year’s Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Goldwater scholarships, of which only 278 were given out nation-wide this year, are given to those who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering and demonstrate outstanding potential to succeed in those fields.
Last year, Kathryn was a WISP intern, working with Donna Coch in the Education department to research “Brain and behavior in the development of reading skills.” Alison is the president of the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. Congratulations to both!
More information about their award can be found at the Dartmouth News press release, “Two Dartmouth students win Goldwater Scholars awards.”
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WISP at Dimensions Weekend!
Posted by Kat Carmody | April 28, 2009
Dimensions 2009 marked the official welcome of the Class of 2013, who spent the weekend exploring all of the opportunities and resources available at Dartmouth. WISP held two events for prospective students: an informal dinner with members of the Peer Mentor Program, and an information booth at the Student Activities Fair. For a recap of WISP’s role in this exciting weekend, read on. Read the rest of this entry »
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science Tanzeem Choudhury Interviewed by the National Science Foundation
Posted by Kat Carmody | April 21, 2009
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Tanzeem Choudhury was recently interviewed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a piece entitled, “Computer Science–A Growing Field That Needs a Few (More) Good Women.”
In the article, Choudhury says, “There are lots of stereotypes, and stereotypes take awhile to go away. Just take the notion that women aren’t good at math and computer science, which is just not true.” She advises young women to ignore these stereotypes and talk to women working in computer science to get an idea of what the field is truly like.
Choudhury was recently named one of the top 35 innovators in science and technology under the age of 35 by MIT’s Technology Review. Her work focuses upon developing machine learning techniques that analyze how humans interact with each other.
Adapted from this NSF article. Photo credit: Rajeev Raizada.
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