by jkorsmeyer | Mar 24, 2023 | Events, Outreach
If any of members are interested in volunteering at a science outreach fair, please see the attached flyers and email. A local elementary school (just past Washington Park) is hosting a science fair in May and WiC+ would be happy to support any students who are...
by jkorsmeyer | Jan 26, 2023 | Events, Outreach
WiC+ was asked by the advisor of Maine High School’s Women in STEM club to speak with some students about what a career in chemistry is like. Eventually, we decided that the best way to get them excited about STEM would be to show them! On Friday, Feb. 3rd WiC+...
by jkorsmeyer | Sep 20, 2022 | Outreach
For the first time, UChicago hosted the Southside Science Festival (affectionately nicknamed S3F) as an opportunity for students and families to get a taste of all the different science that happens in Hyde Park. On September 17 2022, the UChicago Science Quads was...
by brookeschuster | Dec 7, 2019 | Outreach
Each year, elementary school students from around Southside Chicago visit the University of Chicago with their families to attend “Physics with a Bang!,” hosted by the UChicago Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. On December 7 2019, the GCIS...
by brookeschuster | Oct 8, 2019 | Outreach
WiC hosted their second annual First-Year Mentoring Program with a dinner welcoming the newest class of chemistry women to the department. Mentors and mentees met over a delicious meal at Pizza Capri in our very own Hyde Park. The WiC First-Year Mentoring Program...
by colameta | Jan 30, 2019 | Outreach
Each year, elementary school students from around Southside Chicago visit the University of Chicago with their families to attend “Physics with a Bang!,” hosted by the UChicago Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. On December 8 2018, the GCIS...