Career Landscape of Science and Technology in the Greater Boston Area

Thursday, October 23, 2008

7:00 p.m.

Pfizer Research Technology Center

620 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

(Networking reception will follow)

Please join MASS-AWIS for a panel discussion of the current career landscape.  The greater Boston area has one of the highest concentrations of Ph.D.'s in an American urban center, second only to the greater Bethesda area.  What are these researchers doing?  Where are they employed?  What does this mean for your own career?  Bring questions that are of most interest to you.

Featured speakers will include:

James Iannoni – Sr. Staffing and Recruiting, Merck

Lynette Buitt – HR Management, Pfizer

FOR DIRECTIONS AND MORE INFORMATION, REGISTER AT http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=168460

Free for members and students - $10 for non-members

Join AWIS to save money on events and to support our work!

Go to www.mass-awis.org or pick-up a membership form at the event.

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Career Development Speaker Series at WPI

If you are in the Worcester area, mark your calendar for a Career Development Event Series.  Join us to learn, share and meet area colleagues. 

This program is sponsored by AWIS, The WPI office of Women's Programs and RXi Pharmaceuticals.

Location: Gateway Park, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA

Speaker:  Joanne Kamens, Director of Discovery, RXi Pharmaceuticals and Past President, MASS AWIS

DATES:

10/20 12-1pm:  Having Difficult Discussions at Work

11/12 4-5pm:  Mentoring 101

12/2 4-5pm:  Networking Workshop

Information:  jkamens@rxipharma.com

 

 

 

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The Museum of Science, Boston will present Sustaining Life: A

Conversation with Eric Chivian and Edward O. Wilson on Friday,

October 3 at 7:00 p.m. This program is part of the Museum's

ongoing Celebrity Science Series and is funded by the Reno

Family Foundation.

   The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our

   planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while

   human health depends, to a larger extent than we might imagine,

   on biodiversity, this essential relationship is rarely

   addressed. Don't miss this lively discussion about why we can no

   longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world, nor

   assume that we will be unharmed by its alteration.

   Eric Chivian, MD is founder and director of the Center for

   Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. He

   shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for co-founding International

   Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. "Sustaining Life:

   How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity", edited and written by

   Drs. Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, presents a comprehensive view

   on the ways in which human medicines, biomedical research, the

   emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the production

   of food depend on biodiversity.

   Edward O. Wilson, PhD, is University Professor Emeritus, Harvard

   University. The world-renowned research scientist is the author

   of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, "On Human Nature" (1978)

   and "The Ants" (1990, with Bert Hölldobler). He wrote the

   foreword to "Sustaining Life," which includes contributions by

   over 100 leading scientists.

   The October 3 program will be moderated by Noel Michele "Missy"

   Holbrook, PhD, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry and

   Professor of Biology, Harvard University. Eric Chivian and

   Edward Wilson will be available after the program to sign copies

   of "Sustaining Life."

   How to Get Tickets

   Tickets for this program are $15. They may be purchased by phone

   at 617/723-2500 or online at www.mos.org.adults. Tickets for

   Museum members go on sale Tuesday, September 2. Tickets to the

   general public go on sale Friday, September 5. Seating is

   limited, and advance purchase is strongly recommended.

   For more information, visit: www.mos.org/adults.

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NESACS Women Chemists Committee event

Saturday October 4, 2008, 1 PM

Please join us on Saturday October 4, 2008 at 1 pm at the Egan Ampitheater (Northeastern University) for the first official event of the Northeastern Section's Women Chemists Committee events, a traditional afternoon tea featuring journalist Hannah Seligson (URL: http://www.hannahseligson.com/) author of "New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches".  Tea will include an assortment of four crustless mini tea sandwiches, scones, and tea breads with butter, jam, and cream cheese, chocolate dipped strawberries and apricots, truffles, and petite fours.  The cost of the event is $35/person for ACS members ($25 for retirees and students; $40 for non-members).  Please RSVP for the event with Ms. Marilou Cashman (800)872-2054 or (508)653-6329 or mcash0953@... by noon Monday Sept. 29, 2008.  Payment is made at the door by cash or check (no credit cards).  Reservations not canceled before Monday Sept. 29, 2008 must be paid.