Professional Development Lunches
For Women in Science and Engineering
CU-ADVANCE offers professional development events throughout the year to gain skills useful in a faculty career. CU-ADVANCE Networking Lunches are designed to increase opportunities for collaboration and interdisciplinary networking among women faculty in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences and engineering. Networking lunches are from 11:30-1:30, with speakers beginning at 12:00.
Past topics have included:
- The tenure and promotion process
- Effective negotiation
- Mentoring post-docs
- Dealing with difficult people
- Grant writing
We do not wish to discourage other interested parties from attending ADVANCE events. Our lectures are generally open to the public. Please notify advance@cornell.edu of your interest in attending our events.
Talks on Campus
Please note that the events in this section are not presented by CU-ADVANCE, but may be of interest to women faculty.
Tuesday, October 18
"Women in Computer Science @ Harvey Mudd College: Three Promising Practices"
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~alvarado/
4:15 p.m.
B17 Upson Hall
Christine Alvarado
Harvey Mudd College
Refreshments at 3:45pm in Upson 4th Floor Atrium
Wednesday, October 26
"The Unfinished Revolution: How a New Generation Is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America"
2:55 - 4:10 p.m.
Ives 305
Kathleen Gerson
Department of Sociology
New York University
Professional Development Webinars
WEPAN Professional Development Webinars
WEPAN webinars focus on topics relevant to women in engineering and STEM. Our purpose is to significantly increase knowledge of key issues and encourage all participants to lead implementation of best and promising practices that will advance diverse communities of women in engineering in academic and workplace settings.
WEPAN’s Professional Development and Diversity Advancement Committees take the lead in presenting webinars each year. We welcome your suggestions on topics and presenters! Attend a WEPAN Professional Development and you will be added to our list to receive future webinar notifications.
