_Monday, February 18, National AWIS will hold its annual Networking
Breakfast and Panel Discussion -- "The Road Less Traveled: Science
Careers Off the Beaten Path”_
at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston. Don’t miss this opportunity to
meet with AWIS members from around the country.

*EVENT DETAILS*
February 18, 2008
Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02199

The Boston Chapter of AWIS has put together a great program with keynote
speaker /Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph. D., /CEO of Cytonome Inc., and the
panel discussion with be moderated by Carolyn Cho, Ph. D. /Head, Systems
Biology/ Technologies, Pfizer.
To register, and for more information, go to:
http://www.awis.org/sf/BostonNetworking.html
*SCHEDULE*
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m Breakfast/Networking
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Keynote
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:30 a.m. - Noon Networking

_Announcing the *2008 HBA Boston Chapter Mentoring Program*_* *
The HBA Mentoring Program is open to HBA members. You must be a member
to participate in the program. Enrollment will take place between March
6th and March 27th. There are a limited number of spaces in the program.
Women accepted into the program will need to join the HBA by April 17.
The April 17th event is mandatory, no exceptions. By enrolling in the
2008 HBA Boston Group Mentoring Program, you agree to become a member of
the HBA and attend the April 17th event. To become a member log on to
www.hbanet.org <http://www.hbanet.org/>.
*CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN – CAMARADERIE AND FRIENDSHIP – NETWORKING –
APPLIED AND ACCEPTED INTO BUSINESS SCHOOL – CAREER CHANGES -- PROMOTIONS *
* These are only a few of the benefits described by participants of the
HBA Group Mentoring Program. Over 100 women have participated in this
exciting program since 2006. Join us on March 5th to see if the HBA
Mentoring Program is right for you.*
/Calendar of Events:/
/March 5th (5:30 pm – 8:30 pm)/ - Mentoring program launch - Join us on
March 5th at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, 35 Landsdowne
Street for a career development event featuring a panel discussion of
the value of mentorship, career paths and lessons learned from women as
they have developed in their careers.
This event is open to HBA members as well as non-members. The Mentoring
Committee will describe the feature, benefits and logistics of the 2008
Mentoring Program with time for networking. _
_/March 6 - 27 - Enroll/ in the Mentoring Program. You must become a
member by April 17^th to participate in the mentoring program.
/April 10th- Mentor Match-up meeting./ Mentors will meet their
co-mentors and have the opportunity to learn more about best practices
for mentors.
/April 17^th - Orientation –/ Broad Institute in Cambridge. This event
is mandatory for all participants accepted into the program, including
mentors. This event will feature brief presentations on the logistics of
the program, a presentation by Sarah Cardozo Duncan, a Boston based
career strategist, and breakout workshops with your mentoring groups.
/April 17 - October 2008 -/* *Group Mentoring Program
/August (date TBD)/ /- An Evening for Mentors./ This event open only to
mentors will provide an opportunity to share best practices, gain some
professional enrichment through a leadership development speaker and
network with fellow mentors. Free of charge for mentors.
/November, (date TBD)/ /,/ Year-end Celebration.

_Saturday March 1^st -- WEST sponsored -Communications Workshop_
Communication skills are key to advancement in any career. This
practical four-hour workshop will focus on improving your communication
abilities.
In this session, you'll learn to:
* Identify your communication style
* Understand the communication preference of others
* Improve your communication skills for success
The workshop will be led by Sarah Cardozo Duncan, a career strategist
with an established national and international client base. She was
recognized in 2003 by Boston Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful
women in Boston.
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Where: One Main Street, Cambridge
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Advance registration (until 6pm Thurs. February 28th)
$100 Members, $150 Non-Members
Don't miss a great opportunity -REGISTER NOW www.westorg.org
<http://www.westorg.org/>

_MIT WOMEN IN MATH CONFERENCE [MIT]_
Apr. 12-13 http://www-math.mit.edu/womeninmath/index.html

The MIT Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce its "Women in
Math"
Conference. The conference was created to recognize both the great
number and
quality of women who graduated from MIT in mathematics and to showcase
women in
mathematics.
The conference is centered around seven talks given by highly accomplished
professional women who received a Ph.D. in pure or applied mathematics from
MIT. The talks will range over a wide variety of subjects and will be
given in
a colloquium-style presentation.
The seven colloquia will be accompanied by two panels discussing the
lives of
women in mathematics at different stages of their careers. The meeting will
also include a historical talk by Margaret Murray, who will discuss the
careers
of women in mathematics in recent decades.
Speakers will include
* Bonnie Berger (MIT)
* Lenore Blum (Carnegie Mellon)
* Ioana Dumitriu (University of Washington)
* Tara Holm (Cornell)
* Margaret Murray (University of Iowa and ACT, Inc.)
* Linda Rothschild (UCSD)
* Brooke Shipley (UIC)
* Lauren Williams (Harvard)
For more information regarding the conference, please visit
http://www-math.mit.edu/womeninmath/index.html, or contact Claire
Wallace at
617-253-7948.

_SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS: BE A MENTOR FOR GIRLS [SCG]_
Spring 2008 Program: 2 hrs/wk, 10 wks
www.scienceclubforgirls.org
Science Club for Girls (SCG) is a unique afterschool based program that
works
with girls in grades K-7, exposing them to the wonders of science in a
fun way!
Led by female volunteers, the girls have the chance to be positively
influenced
by women who are already in science or studying to have a career in
science,
engineering, math or technology. Volunteering requires only 2 hours a
week of
your time for 10 weeks in the Spring.
SCG is seeking women (and a few men) to serve as Science Club leaders
and help
show young girls that science, math and engineering can be fun. SCG
provides an
engaging curriculum, all materials, and snack for you to lead
powerfully. SCG
serves in four Cambridge public schools (all T accessible) and has clubs in
Newton, Boston (T accessible), and Lawrence. The clubs begin the last
week of
February and end the first week of May.
To apply online, or for more information, visit
www.scienceclubforgirls.org. To
participate or for more information, you may also contact Kareen
Wilkinson, SCG
Program Manager by email (kwilkinson@...) or by phone
(617-549-2442).