Resources

Association for Women in Science

• AWIS National Site
• AWIS Magazine: provides graduate and professional career, work/life balance, and mentoring advice in addition to articles of interest on various other topics
• AWIS Teleseminars and Webinars

Scientific Organizations for Women in the Chicago Area

University of Chicago	Women in Graduate Science Women in Science Women in Computing Women in Chemistry Association for Women in Mathematics Society of Women in Physics Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team
University of Illinois at Chicago	Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Women in Computer Science Women in Engineering Women in Engineering Programs
Northwestern University	Women in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) Society of Women Engineers (Undergraduate) Society of Women Engineers (Graduate) Women in Computing The Society of Women in Physics and Astronomy Women in Physics Association for Women in Mathematics
Northeastern Illinois University	Women in Science Society of Women Engineers
DePaul University	inSTEM The Women’s Center Women in Entrepreneurship Women in Science and Health Lecture Series
Loyola University	Ann Ida Gannon, Center for Women and Leadership Women in Science Enabling Research (WISER)
Rush University	Center for the Advancement of Women in Healthcare American Medical Women’s Association
Rosalind Franklin	Women in Medicine and Science
Argonne National Lab	Women in Science and Technology Women in STEM
Association of University Women	Illinois Chapter
National Organization for Women	Chicago Chapter
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE)	Chicago Regional Section
National Institute of Health	Listing of National Professional Societies and Organizations for Women in Science

Tools for Job/Program Searching and Career Advice Resources

• Graduate-School.PhDs.org/education-index
• MentorNet
• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
• Masters Degree Online
• ScienceCareers.org (check out their Twitter feed!)
• NatureJobs (check out their Twitter feed!)
• SCI: Science Career Investigation from iBio (http://www.finding-your-future.org/)
• Career Trends Away From the Bench booklet
• Career Trends: The Informed Job Search booklet
• 2009 Science Career Basics
• Career Advice for Life Scientists Vol. I & II PDF booklet (published by American Society for Cell Biology: Women in Cell Biology): highly recommended reading providing information on giving presentations, finding a mentor, finding a post-doc, etc. from multiple perspectives.
• Mind Matters Column on ScienceCareers.com.  Great advice on issues faced by young researchers that are not openly discussed in the laboratory.
• Sloan Career Cornerstone Science Careers podcast
• Science Careers podcast
• Nature Jobs podcast
• OnlineMastersPrograms

Chicago Area Science Institutes and Programming

• Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST)
• Illinois Science Council
• Project Exploration: provides outreach opportunities and training for women interested in education/youth programs
• iBIO: Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association (HBA) Chicago Chapter

Chicago Area Science Companies

• Abbott Laboratories
• ACGT
• Argonne
• Astellas
• Baxter
• Chromatin
• Dade Behring/Siemens
• ICON
• Illinois State Police-Forensic Science Division
• Kraft Foods
• Motorola
• Nanosphere
• OhmX
• Ovation Pharmaceuticals
• Sencon
• Sg2
• Takeda/Tap Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb

Selected Science Podcasts

(links below will allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds or lead to sites to download individual podcasts)

• Science/AAAS
• Scientific American
• The Naked Scientist podcast
• Science @ NASA Feature Stories
• National Public Radio (NPR) (podcasts on a variety of subjects)
• NPR Science Fridays
• Futures in Biotech
• Technology Review: Biomedicine
• This Week in Virology
• Nature
• American Chemical Society: Chemical Biology
• Popular Mechanics (science, technology and popular stories)
• New York Times Science Times and Tech Talk
• The Guardian Science Weekly
• The Guardian Tech Weekly
• PBS NOVA and ScienceNow
• CBC Quirks and Quarks
• Discovery Channel Radio
• The National Academies: Sounds of Science

Recommended Reading

• The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science: A Toolkit for Students and Postdocs.  Authors: Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany, from Univesity of Chicago Press.
• Women of Science: Righting the Record, 1990.
  G Kass-Simon and Patricia Farnes Eds. Univ. of Indiana Press, Indianapolis, IN.
• Back to School: Five Myths About Girls and Science
• Does Gender Matter? The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability is being taken seriously by some high-profile academics. Ben A. Barres explains what is wrong with the hypothesis.
• Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
  Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, William Ury, Bruce Patton, William Ury
• Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office : 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers.  Authors:  Jane Lead and Lois P. Frankel

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