<div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;" size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="2"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In this email: May AWIS Chicago News and Events, National AWIS Events and other area science happenings.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Scroll down to find out more!</span></font></span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="2"><br></font><br>-AWIS Chicago May Even</b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">ts</b></font>-<br>
<br><br><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" size="4"><b><font face="arial black,sans-serif">4th Annual AWIS Chicago Innovator Award Dinner</font></b></font><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" size="4"><b>May 24th, 2010</b><br><b>6:30-8:30pm<br>Blue Star Wine Bar</b></font><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Please </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=202773" target="_blank">RSVP</a></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> by May 19th.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Students: $20</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">AWIS Members: $25</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Non-members: $30</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dinner is included in the cost of registration.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Join AWIS Chicago in honoring Alicia Loffler, PhD at our 4th Annual Innovator Award Dinner. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We have reserved the entire restaurant for this event, so come mingle with other women in science!</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dr. Loffler is the Associate Vice President for
Innovation and New Ventures at Northwestern University. She will be giving a brief presentation during dinner about her experience as a woman in science. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For more information visit: </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/events/2010innovator" target="_blank">www.awis-chicago.org/events/2010innovator</a><br>
<br><br><font style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;" size="4"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">-AWIS Chicago May News-</b><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Meet May Scientist of the Month: Sara Branco</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span></font><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
Ms. Branco is on her way to completing a Ph.D. in mycology from the University of Chicago, and is currently working with scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To read the whole profile, written by Heather King, click </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/community/may2010_scientist" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<font style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" size="4"><font size="2"><br><font size="4"><font face="arial black,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Read about the Women in Science Symposium, co-hosted by AWIS Chicago and C2ST</span><br>
<br></font></font></font></font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Were you unable to attend this year's Women in Science Symposium? <i>Medill Reports: Chicago </i>covered the event for you! Read the article, entitled "</span><font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" size="2">Bridging the gap between men and women in science</font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">" by clicking </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=163214" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br>
<br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" size="4"><font face="arial black,sans-serif"><br>-National AWIS May Events</font></font>-<br></div><font size="4"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;">
<font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" size="4"><font face="arial black,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Members Only Webinar: The Science of Networking and the Art of Connecting</span><br></font></font><font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" size="4"><b>May 18th, 2010</b><br>
<b>Multiple Times Available<br><br></b></font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">If you are looking for a job. .
.making a career change. . .wanting to move up the “ladder”. . .don’t
know how to network. . .would like to increase your contact – then this
webinar is for you! <a href="https://m360.awis.org/ViewForm.aspx?id=15793" target="_blank">Register
today </a>and attend from the comfort of your home or office.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For more information about the Webinar, visit </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/events/networkingwebinar" target="_blank">www.awis-chicago.org/events/networkingwebinar</a><br>
<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="4"><font face="arial black,sans-serif"><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">-Other Science Events-<br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Bridge To Boston Consulting Group<br>
Applications due May 17th, 2010<br></span></span></font></font><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Interested in a career in consulting? Bridge to BCG offers an opportunity for those with scientific backgrounds and advanced degrees (M.D, Ph.D., etc.) to learn more about the profession. A two-day workshop will be held in Chicago on July 22-23, 2010.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To learn more about the workshop and what materials need to be submitted, click </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/career-development/bcg" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" clear="all">
</div><br><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
For more detailed information about AWIS Chicago visit </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/" target="_blank">www.awis-chicago.org</a><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Follow
AWIS Chicago on Twitter: keyword AWISChicago or search #AWIS</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Join our groups on Facebook and LinkedIn: keyword AWIS Chicago</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Questions/Comments?
</span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="mailto:info@awis-chicago.org" target="_blank">Email</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> AWIS
Chicago.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Become an AWIS Chicago Member! Yearly membership starts
at $35. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
For more information about becoming a member, visit our website or
contact the VP of Membership, </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="mailto:membership@awis-chicago.org" target="_blank">Joy Ramos</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br></div><br>-- <br>Jessica Reimer, PhD<br>
AWIS Chicago VP of Communications<br>
<a href="mailto:jessica.reimer@awis-chicago.org" target="_blank">jessica.reimer@awis-chicago.org</a><br>Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn: keyword AWIS Chicago<br>
<a href="http://www.awis-chicago.org/" target="_blank">http://www.awis-chicago.org/</a><br>