ADVANCE e-Update: March 23, 2009
Links to updates in the ISU ADVANCE Program and on the ISU campus.
Monday, April 6, 2009: "Secrets of Successful Women: A Workshop"
Women's Leadership Series
Suzanna de Baca, Vice President of Affluent and Segment Strategies at Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis
Location: Gold Room, Memorial Union
Time: Noon
Thursday, April 9, 2009: "Molecular-Level Insight from Computer Simulations of Thin Film Growth in Organic Electronics"
ISU ADVANCE Lectureship - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dr. Paulette Clancy, Cornell University
Location: 171 Durham
Time: 11:00am
Dr. Clancy will also participate in an ADVANCE Networking Event. The details will be posted soon at www.advance.iastate.edu/events/events.shtml
Sponsored by Department of CBE and ISU ADVANCE
Tuesday, April 21, 2009: "Working Toward Improving STEM Student Success: One STEP at a Time"
Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education (CESMEE) Seminar Series
Dr. Maureen Scharberg, Associate Dean in the College of Science at San Jose State University, focusing on STEM student success, retention, advising and curriculum.
Location: 2030 Morrill Hall
Time: 11:00 - 11:50am
Co-Sponsored by CESMEE and the ISU ADVANCE
Thursday, April 23, 2009: "Characterizing Replicative Age-associated Changes in S. cerevisiae"
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Seminar Series
Dr. Kiersten Henderson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
Location: 1414 Molecular Biology
Time: 4:10 pm
Sponsored by a Women's Enrichment Fund Mini-Grant
Friday, April 24, 2009: "Women and Power: Glass Half Full - or Half Empty?"
Women's Leadership Series Keynote Address (co-sponsored by ISU ADVANCE)
Dr. Barbara Kellerman, James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Location: Great Hall, Memorial Union
Time: Noon
Tuesday, May 12, 2009: "Metagenomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Structure and Dynamics of Natural Microbial Communities"
2009 Interdepartmental Genetics Workshop
Dr. Jill Banfield, Professor at the University of California Berkeley, member of the Geochemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Location: 1414 Molecular Biology
Time: 4:10pm
Co-Sponsored by IG Program and the ISU ADVANCE
