{"73782":{"#nid":"73782","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Women in Chemistry Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Women in Chemistry Committee in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry is sponsoring the inaugural Women in Chemistry Symposium on Tuesday October 18, in the Student Success Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESymposium organizers say they have two main objectives for the event.  One is to encourage women to pursue scientific careers after obtaining graduate degrees, and the other is to increase awareness about the challenges faced by women in science.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The symposium is one component of our efforts to increase the interaction between female graduate students and successful women in science, encouraging the students to pursue scientific careers,\u0022 said Shannon Watt, chair of the Women in Chemistry Symposium.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Watt, women earn one-third of the Ph.D.s in chemistry, but are significantly underrepresented at nearly all levels of industry and academia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is now widely recognized that the pipeline of high-level careers in science - especially for women - is hemorrhaging after the Ph.D. level,\u0022 said Watt.  \u0022In an age when the U.S. is losing ground in all areas of science and technology, it is vital that the entire pool of talented, highly skilled scientists is utilized.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWatt says the symposium will bring together undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of majors, faculty and staff from several departments, campus administrators, and scientists from government and industry to discuss gender issues in science from a number of perspectives.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium will feature several panel discussions, a keynote luncheon and a roundtable discussion.  Among the many presenters are Professor Mary Frank Fox from the Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE program; Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon Chemistry Department and the chair of the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists; and Professor Karen Wooley of Washington University in St. Louis\u0027 Chemistry Department.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"This symposium will discuss the gender issues that surround the field of science"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Women in Chemistry Committee in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry is sponsoring the inaugural Women in Chemistry Symposium on Tuesday October 18, in the Student Success Center.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A discussion of gender issues that surround science"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-10-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.chemistry.gatech.edu\/~wic\/","title":"Women in Chemistry Symposium"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7166","name":"coral"},{"id":"4211","name":"fiji"},{"id":"7031","name":"pharmaceutical"},{"id":"7167","name":"reef"},{"id":"169448","name":"seaweed"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}