USC Women in Chemistry

Join our end of the semester event from 4:30 to 6:30pm next Tuesday (12/5) at SGM 460 for a relaxing and fun get-together with others in WiC! Also, please fill out our interest form ( forms.gle/fRCAjVzyhA8ZRr… ) to help us get a headcount/any dietary restrictions!

RSVP for Game Night! Join us Monday (Aug 22) at 6 PM to play games and enjoy pizza together! Mentors, make sure to tell your mentees to RSVP, too! forms.gle/3fZttPHdEZZUYR…

Join us tomorrow at 2 PM in the TRF courtyard to enjoy some sweet treats and get a chance to chat with the new first year cohort!

Save the date! WiC’s Annual Pumpkin Painting Party is happening on Wednesday, October 27 at noon. Location to be announced soon!

Book Club starts next week! We will be reading Chemistry by Weike Wang. Be sure to read the first half or about 100 pages to be caught up with the discussion. We will meet on Zoom so we hope to see you there!

We are starting up our Writing Group this week! Join us on Wednesday, October 6th from 6-8 PM in OCW 214 or on Zoom to work on homework and other writing tasks.

We are bringing back the Ice Cream Social this Friday, October 1st! Join us at 11:30 AM at the TRF green space to enjoy some cold treats and get to know some new chemistry grad students!

Join us this Friday for our first Career Path Talk of the semester with Dr. Miranda Paley. Dr. Paley will be discussing her life as a consultant and advisor with the Department of Homeland Security and the path she took to be where she is today.

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the first Coffee and Chemists of the semester!

The first Coffee and Chemists of the semester is next Tuesday from 2-3 PM! We will meet via Zoom with the same link from last year. Hope to see you there!

Join us virtually tomorrow from 6-8 PM on Gather Town to discuss immersions and life at USC! gather.town/app/JFh4P1VTRO…

Here is a write up about my new group at USC. Excited for the start of the semester! dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3…

Welcome 1st year grad students from WiC and @USC_CGSO! Join us next Thursday (9/2 6-8PM) for a Gathertown social hour to discuss immersions, life at USC, or any other topic you're curious about with senior grad students. Everyone is welcome, so keep an eye out for the link!

Join us this Wednesday at 5 PM for a Welcome from WiC! We will introduce ourselves to the new class and play some Jackbox games to get to know each other. Hope to see you there!

Coffee and Chemists is today! Our topic for this week is Attending seminars effectively in COVID. Hope to see you there!

Coffee and Chemists is Thursday! Our topic for this week is Writing (review articles, papers, quals, thesis) during COVID. Hope to see you there!

Join us tomorrow for a Career Path Talk with Dr. Jordan Corbey, who is currently a staff scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Hope to see you there!

We will have our second spring WiC book club meeting tomorrow (3/15) at 7:30 PM! We will be discussing pg 124-235, chapters BMDWBDMWBDMW of "Red Clocks" by Leni Zumas. Feel free to join even if you’re not caught up. Hope to see you there!

Timely paper with coauthors Emily Cooperdock of @USC_earth and @DrCarlsHorn of @USC_marine in #PLOSBiology: Rebuild the Academy: Supporting academic mothers during COVID-19 and beyond @USCWiSE @usc_wic @usc_wim @USC_Research dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Coffee and Chemists is Monday from 11am-12! We will be discussing communication with labmates and advisors in COVID. Hope to see you there