WISeR provides a platform for professional development and career guidance for young female scientists at The Rockefeller University.
WISeR was founded in 2013 by three Rockefeller postdocs who wanted to create a stronger, more supportive, and more collaborative community of women in all disciplines of science. WISeR is open to all research assistants, grad students, postdocs, and research associates.
09/08/2018
To kick off the academic year & welcome new members of our community, WISeR is hosting a game night Tues, Sept 11th from 5-8 PM in the faculty club. Come for free drinks & food, show off your Jenga prowess, & connect!
Please RSVP by Monday, Sept 10th!
WISeR board games and beer night Tuesday September 11 from 5-8 PM Rockefeller Faculty Club
06/27/2017
Today is the Women in Science Tri-I BBQ! We'll be kicking off the fun at 5:30pm in the Rockefeller Faculty Club and we'll be going until 7:30.
Come for a bit or come for the whole thing! We have plenty of meat and veggie options along with beer, soda, tasty sides, and cake!
06/25/2017
So excited to see you all this Tuesday for our annual BBQ!
It will be the 27th at 5:30pm at the Rockefeller Faculty Club. Plus we'll be partnering with the women in science groups from Cornell and Sloan Kettering!
Plenty of free food and beer! Get excited!
I couldn't be happier to announce your 2017-2018 WISeR board final positions, decided today by consensus vote by the newly elected board:
President - Kate Bredbenner
Vice-President - Margo Herre
Secretary - Sarah Stern-Strobel
Treasurer - Itzel Ishida
and board members Leonora Olivos-Cisneros and Stephanie Marcus!
It's been an honor serving with and for this group, and I couldn't be happier about the amazing women taking the reins. -EJD
05/02/2017
congrats to Rockefeller's brilliant Mary Beth Hatten on her election to the National Academy of Sciences! Dr. Hatten played a significant roll in helping WISeR get started and we are so happy her achievements have been recognized by the NAS.
Mary E. Hatten is elected to the National Academy of Sciences - News Mary E. Hatten has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest U.S. honors a scientist can receive. Members are elected in...
02/28/2017
Join us TODAY outside Carson from 6-7 to hang out with high schoolers from around NYC and talk to them about science! (and draw things and make paper air planes)
We're so exited to be co-hosting LAB Out Loud with Rock Edu! First from 5-6pm we'll feature Aniek Ivens Kate Bredbenner Maryam Zaringhalam and Meghan Lockard talking about a time when failure made them a better scientist or helped them do better science. Then we'll host a paper airplane competition and learn-to-draw stations while we socialize and talk about what it's like to be a scientist with NYC high schoolers.
See you there!
02/22/2017
Check out WISeR Blogs Editor Maryam Zaringhalam's op-ed in World Economic Forum co-authored with Dr. Mande Holford and Dr. Ivana Gadjanski on the Goldilocks dilemma around Women in STEM initiatives. Feel free to share your thoughts here!
Too hot, too cold. Why attempts to get more women into science go wrong Similar to the choice of porridge in the Goldilocks fairy tale, initiatives to support women in science need to hit the right spot.
02/15/2017
Members! Don't forget to register to join our women in STEM-themed Wikipedia edit-a-thon on March 9th. Over 60 of our fellow women in STEM from around the city have signed up, and space is limited. If you need childcare accommodations, please get in touch with Maryam as well. See you there!
Women in STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Somewhere between 8.5-16% of Wikipedia editors are women. That gender gap translates to a paltry showing of women in STEM, compared to their male counterparts. To combat that lack of representation, Women in Science at Rockefeller (WISeR) has teamed up with Wikipedia to host an edit-a-thon. With the...
02/10/2017
WISeR president Emily Jane Dennis designed some nifty Facebook banners with quotes from inspirational women who have stood up for what they believe in. Check em out!
Facebook Banners for the Resistance • WISeR "Nevertheless, she persisted."
02/09/2017
02/01/2017
For our postdoc members: the NYC Postdoc Coalition is collecting responses to the Travel ban.
Travel ban questionnaire: for all postdocs This survey is intended to help us communicate the views of New York postdocs on the recent executive order by President Trump restricting immigration and travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. In particular, we would like to help communicate your views to policy-makers and news agencies. Plea...
01/31/2017
Our friends at WiSE wrote up a lovely post about Rockefeller's own Dr. Leslie Vosshall!
McClintock Lectures: Dr. Leslie Vosshall As mentioned in my previous post, I am dedicating my advocacy tab on my website to discuss the accomplishments of the Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE) group. The WiSE group developed the McClintock Lectures to ensure diversity in the selection of speakers presenting their findings at the labora...