<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:large;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#674ea7" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2014 AWIS-Chicago Innovator and Motivator Awards Dinner</font></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:1em">I</font>nnovator Award - </font></span></span></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight:700;text-align:center">Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf</span><span style="text-align:center">, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she heads the Computational Population Biology Lab.</span></font></font></p>
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"></font><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000">Motivator Award - </font></span><font color="#000000"><span style="text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Dr. Erin L. Thomas</span></span></span><span style="text-align:center;letter-spacing:0.05pt">, Gender Diversity Specialist at Argonne National Laboratory. </span></font><br style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px">
</font></span></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Our annual awards dinner will include short talks by our distinguished awardees about their work, career paths, and insights on women in science, as well as well-deserved recognition of our "Scientists of the Month" that we have featured in the past year. Of course, there will be plenty of time for networking among attendees!</font></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#674ea7"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">When</span></span>: </font><font color="#000000">Tuesday, <b>July 1st</b>, </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">2014</span><font color="#000000">, 6:00 - 9:00 pm</font></font></span></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#674ea7"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Cost</span></span>:</font><font color="#000000"> $30 for AWIS Chicago members and students, $35 non-members (dinner provided</font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1em">)</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px">Registration deadline is </span><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px">Sunday, June 29th.</span></span><br>
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<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none;margin:1.12em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:small;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:1em;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please register at <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/awis-chicago-2014-innovator-and-motivator-awards-dinner-tickets-11966665619" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/awis-chicago-2014-innovator-and-motivator-awards-dinner-tickets-11966665619</a></b></font></span></span></span></p>
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