Category Archives: Past Events

2007 Past Events

Beauty Bar at Elm Street Liquors
Date: Thursday, December 6 from 7-10pm
Location: Elm Street Liquors, 12 W. Elm St, Chicago

Emily Kadens giving pointers

Emily Kadens giving pointers

Public Speaking for Women: Learning through Critique

Presented by:  Lisa Bernstein, Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Civil Justice, University of Chicago, Emily Kadens, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Texas-Austin

Date: Sunday, November 18 at 6:00pm
Location: La Vita Restaurant, 1359 W. Taylor Street, Chicago
Cost: $20 students, $30 AWIS-CAC members, $35 Non-members
Price includes dinner at La Vita (antipasti, insalata, pasta, entree, dolce)

Midnight Yoga
Date: Friday, November 2, 2007 at 10:30pm
Location: Yoga Bloom, 4663 N. Rockwell, Chicago

Book Club
Discussion of the book “Women Don’t Ask” by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
Date: Thursday, October 4th at 7pm
Location: Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge at the Old Orchard Shopping Center (253 Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie, IL 60077)

Beauty Bar

Beauty Bar

Beauty Bar at Elm Street Liquors
12 W. Elm St, Chicago
Thursday, August 30th, 7-10pm

Cocktail Hour
Thursday June 7th, 2007
Place: Iguana Cafe, 517 N. Halsted
Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Dinner with Speaker
Monday, May 14th, 2007 6:30-8:30pm
Prairie Moon, 1502 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL
Guest Speaker: Holly Falk-Krzesinski, Northwestern University
Developing a Career Path in Sciences and Engineering

Book Club

Book Club

Book Club
April 12th 2007 Downtown Chicago, at the Starbucks at 42 East Chicago (cross street is State street), , 6-7:30pm
April 17th 2007 Evanston, at Kafein at 1621 Chicago Avenue , 6-7:30pm,
April 23rd 2007 University of Chicago, at the Starbucks at 1174 East 55th Street , 6-7:30pm,
Our first selection is: “Every Other Thursday” by Ellen Daniell

Women Chemists Committee
Open Meeting and Celebration of 80 Years of Women in Science: panel discussion and poster session
Saturday, March 24, 2007 – From 5:00pm to 6:30pm

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2006 Past Events

Entrepreneurship: The challenges of starting a company and working for a startup
November 6, 2006, 6-7pm
ITEC Building, Evanston

Wines of the World
October 26, 2006, 6:30-9 pm
Lurie Atrium, Northwestern University, Chicago

Science Cafe
September 22-30, 2006
Borders and Starbucks in the Chicagoland area

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