[Bioundgrd] Panel Discussion on the Two-Career Couple Issue in Science

[Janice Chang]

>Men and women are encouraged to attend!
>
>GWIS Event: Panel Discussion on the Two-Career Couple Issue in Science
>TUESDAY
>
>Did you know...
>
>Women scientists are more likely to be in a committed relationship
>with another scientist than men scientists are?
>
>How do you both find jobs in science in the same geographic region?
>
>Come to a panel discussion with people who are
>currently dealing with this issue
>
>Two-Career Couples in Science
>
>Tuesday, February 17, 2004
>6 PM
>(with social time and refreshments to follow)
>MIT  Bldg 4 Rm 257
>
>Panelists:
>Marcia Armstrong, Ph.D., Sales Manager, Qiagen
>Amy Keating, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Biology, MIT
>Rebecca Rosengaus, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Biology, Northeastern University
>Kim Tolias, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and
>Children's Hospital
>Megan Tyrrell, Ph.D., marine ecologist, NOAA Coastal Services Center
>Fellow, Mass. Office of Coastal Zone Management
>
>Sponsored by GWIS Alpha Omega chapter
>For more information, email gwis at mitvma.mit.edu
>
>Everyone is welcome at these GWIS events!
>
>Directions:
>Bldg 4 is located off of the Infinite Corridor at MIT
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go
>It is most easily accessible from the main entrance to MIT
>at 77 Mass Ave (Buses 1, CT1, and CT2 stop at or near 77 Mass Ave).
>It is approximately equidistant from the Kendall Sq and Central Sq
>T stations on the Red Line.
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>for any woman who holds at least a bachelor's or equivalent
>in any area of science. Undergraduate students are welcome to
>join as affiliate members.
>Our current membership includes graduate students, post-docs,
>professors, women in industry, biotech, consulting,
>as well as in the midst of retraining. We are a local (Boston/New
>England) chapter affiliated with the national organization.
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