Department of Chemistry
College of Letters & Science

Women in Chemistry

Mission Statement

Founded in 2020, Graduate Women in Chemistry (WIC) is an organization dedicated to elevating the voices and issues associated with being women in chemistry. Everybody is welcome in our committees and events. Our programming involves four separate branches of action: community building, outreach, promoting equity and inclusion in our department, and providing a platform to amplify the research of women in chemistry.

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Upcoming WIC Events:

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What We Do

Community Building

Outreach

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WIC Coffee Hour

  • Provide space for women-centered departmental discussion and sharing of experiences.
  • Facilitate connections among department and fostered awareness for allies.

Social Events

In order to deepen connections in the community, we also hold events such as:

  • Hiking
  • Social hours at the Terrace
  • Holiday parties
  • End-of-semester destressers

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Recruitment

  • We organize and participate in affinity group recruiting for prospective and incoming graduate students.
  • We also recruit new board members for WIC every winter.

Community Outreach

We assist in community outreach such as:

  • Giving tours of Chemistry Building to Girl Scouts
  • Demonstrations/visits to local schools

Equity and Inclusion

Research

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Gender Equity and Inclusion Events

We create and host events centered on conversations around Gender Equity and Inclusivity. See our Events tab for more information!

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Seminar Speakers

We invite and facilitate seminar speakers from different paths in chemistry such as:

  • Weekly invited seminar speaker sessions
  • Organic Reactions event
  • Other opportunities

Panels

We also organize panels for faculty and students to reflect and give advice about their career/research/graduate school journeys. This may include panels for:

  • 2nd Year TBE (Thesis Board Examination)
  • 3rd Year RP (Research Proposal)
  • Defense Advice
  • Career/industry/etc advice