<div style="text-align: center;">Hello and Welcome to the NEW AWIS Chicago listserve!<br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b>There
are exciting outreach opportunities, seminars and parties in
December that AWIS Chicago would like to invite you to attend. <br>Look for AWIS Chicago networking and social events along with the final installment of the "Effective Negotiation" series, Negotiation in Academia, in 2010!<br>
More
information about all activities can be found at <a href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/" target="_blank">www.awis-chicago.org</a>.</b><br>
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</b><br><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: arial black,sans-serif;"><br>Seminar and Holiday Party Hosted by Chicago Science Writers:</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial black,sans-serif;"></span><br>
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</div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Date:</i></b> Thursday, December 3rd, 2009</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Time:</i></b> 6pm-7:30pm Seminar, 7:30-? CSW Holiday Party</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>
Location:</i></b> </span>Kasbeer Hall, 15th floor of Law Center Building, Loyola University Chicago, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL. View the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?gl=us&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107405740795852737943.000478d070cd86871be12&ll=41.897482,-87.627189&spn=0.006708,0.018904&z=16" target="_blank">Map</a>.
Parking is difficult in this neighborhood, but Loyola's downtown campus
is easily accessible from the CTA Red Line and is 2 blocks from
Michigan Avenue. Holiday party to follow at Le Bar, Hotel Sofitel
Chicago, 20 E. Chestnut St.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Cost:</i></b> Free. Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:jessica.reimer@awis-chicago.org" target="_blank">Jessica Reimer</a>.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"></span><br>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Reality Check: Women Researchers Poke Holes in Prevailing Theories about Exercise and Cancer</span> <br></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T</span></span>wo Loyola University Health System female researchers will describe
their groundbreaking research about what is driving the obesity
epidemic and why there are racial disparities in cancer survival.<br></div><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></b><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">
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Outreach/Volunteer Opportunities:</span></b><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">
</div><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;"><li>December 12, 2009 (8am-5pm): FIRST Robotics needs judges (you do not need to be an engineer to participate!)</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">Contact <a href="mailto:mspenko@gmail.com">Matthew Spenko</a> if you are interested in participating in FIRST Robotics.<br>
</div><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;"><li>December 15, 2009 (8am-12noon): Science and Mathematics Fair judges in all fields needed at Lane Tech College Prep</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">
Contact <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:DLLebryk@cps.edu">Diane Lebryk</a> if you are interested in judging at Lane Tech.<br></span></div><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;"><li>Save the Date: January 15, 2010 (8:30am-12:30pm) Chicago Public Schools Science
and Mathematics Fair at Chicago State University.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">Contact <a href="mailto:jbush@csu.edu">Jimmie Bush</a> if you want to judge the CPS Science Fair at Chicago State University.<br>
<br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font color="#000066"><font face="arial black,sans-serif"><br>National AWIS Career Development Webinar Series<br></font></font></b><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">"Teamwork is OK, as long as other people don't get in the way - Skills that will help you ace the Interview"</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, December 2nd 2:00-3:00pm EST</span></span></p>You must be an AWIS member to participate. Register at <a href="http://www.awis.org/" target="_blank">www.awis.org</a><br>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br><br>December C2ST Events:</span></b><br></div><br><div style="text-align: center;">The Chicago Council on Science and Technology, C2ST, is presenting
two interesting seminars this December. <br>For more details and to
register, please visit <a href="http://www.c2st.org/" target="_blank">www.c2st.org</a>.
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</div><h3 style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Stem Cells & Nanotechnology: The Tools of Regenerative Medicine</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at 5:30pm</span></font></h3>
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</div><p style="text-align: center;">Join Drs. John Kessler and Samuel Stupp of Northwestern University
as they discuss their groundbreaking research on nanotechnology and
stem cell therapies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. This
event is free for C2ST members, $15 for non-members on a first-come,
first-serve basis.</p><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Special Matinee Film Screening: When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 2:00pm</span></font><b><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Presented by C2ST, National Geographic and Project Exploration. Suggested donation is $5.</span></span><br></div><br><br><div style="text-align: center;">
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