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Career Talk #1: Professor Hannah Lant
Thank you to everyone who turned out for WiC+'s first Career Talk of the academic year featuring Professor Hannah Lant! Professor Lant shared what motivated her to pursue a teaching career, what she did in graduate school to prepare for her current career path, what...
Winter Book Club
This winter Women+ in Chemistry (WiC+) will host a book club discussing gender and intersectional topics in STEM! Participation is open to graduate students and post-docs of all identities, within the Chemistry Department and PSD broadly. Book costs will be...
Volunteer with Chicago ACS at Navy Pier’s Spookfest!
Celebrate National Chemistry Week by volunteering your time at Navy Pier's Spookfest on October 26! This is a fun outreach event to help spark young children's interest in chemistry with fun, hands-on demos exploring this year's theme, "Picture Perfect Chemistry"....
Pipet Art Success at the South Side Science Festival!
Women+ in Chemistry hosted a table for an activity called Pipet Art, which teaches participants about 96-well plates and how to use dropper pipets while creating a unique suncatcher to take home with them. This activity was developed by the Bay Area non-profit Teach...
Volunteer at GAINS Conference
Below are some opportunities to participate in a conference run by Girls Advancing in STEM (GAINS) that will be occurring this November. Roles would be to guide facility/lab tours and/or give short talks to high school students. This could be a great way to practice...
Summer Book Club: Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
Thank you once again for your interest in the WiC+/WiGS+ Summer Book Club! The next book we will be reading is The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barnes. This is a shorter book, so we will only have two sessions to discuss it. As before, please be in...