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NASA MPOWIR Speaker Series
September 10, 2009
Greenbelt, MD.
Presentation by Colleen Mouw at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Ocean Science Educators' Retreat
November 18, 2008
Washington, DC.
Presentation by Susan Lozier on MPOWIR at the Ocean Science Educators' Retreat in Washington D.C.
PODS V: Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium
October 5-10, 2008
Honolulu, HI.
Susan Lozier attended PODS along with several Junior Scientists from the Pattullo Conference. More information about PODS is available at http://www.pods-symposium.org/.
MPOWIR at the Geological Society of Americal Meeting
October 6, 2008
Houston, TX.
Lisa Valvo spoke about MPOWIR at the annual GSA meeting. The talk was given in the session on Geoscience Diversity 2008: Status, Strategies, and Success Models. Slides from her talk are available here.
The Pattullo Conference
May 18-21, 2008
Charleston, SC.
For details on MPOWIR's cornerstone mentoring event, click here.
Dual Career Couples in the Sciences, a Town Hall Meeting sponsored by MPOWIR at Ocean Sciences, 2008.
March 6, 2008
Orlando, FL.
Elizabeth Creamer of Virgina Tech was invited to speak on recent research about the impact of children and/or an academic spouse on faculty research. Slides from her talk are available here.
Physical Oceanography Social at the Fall AGU Meeting.
December 12, 2006
San Francisco, CA.
Featuring a reception
MPOWIR AGU Social at Honolulu Ocean Sciences Meeting
February 20, 2006
Download the final report here.
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) sponsored Women in Science Leadership and Networking Program in conjunction with the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).February 19-20, 2006
St. Louis, MO.
Featuring a reception, and AWIS Networking Breakfast and Discussion Panel
Discussion Panel Title: "Mentoring Across the Lifespan: Student to PI, Industry to Academia." For more information, see: http://www.awis.org/stl/
MPOWIR effort featured in DIALOG and DISCCRS newsletter
January 6, 2006
MPOWIR outreach seminars for workshop attendees to reach their broader institutions
Completed:
University of Washington: thanks to LuAnne Thompson
University of Miami, RSMAS: thanks to Silvia Garzoli, Lisa Beal and Rana Fine
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory: thanks to Susan Lozier
Completed:
University of South Florida
University of North Carolina
AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2006
NSF sponsored early career workshop for learning about: teaching techniques, strategies for maintaining a research program,
striking a balance between research, teaching, and service, and how to develop an early career plan.
June 7-12, 2006
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
More information: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/index.html
CORE Deans Retreat, WHOI
October 2005
Amy Bower and Bob Beardsley spoke to, and got feedback from CORE representatives about the MPOWIR effort.