CRWG Headlines

NEW! 2007 Alice Dan Dissertation Award Winner Announced
Congratulations to Tarini Bedi, a doctoral candidate in the department of anthropology, the winner of the 2007 Alice Dan Dissertation Research Award, a competitive award presented to UIC graduate students who are completing significant gender-based research dissertations. For more details, click here.

CRWG WISEST Initiative Receives NSF ADVANCE Grant!
The Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST) Initiative was selected for a National Science Foundation ADVANCE award. The $3.3 million in funding will allow WISEST to accelerate its activities to increase the number, participation, and leadership status of women faculty in the eleven science and engineering (STEM) departments at UIC. WISEST uses a network of faculty facilitators from all STEM departments along with department heads and an executive committee of key administrators and social scientists to carry out five integrated and mutually reinforcing strategies: warm the climate and decrease the isolation of women STEM faculty; recruit minority women faculty through a unique mentored postdoctoral program; transform STEM departments to foster diversity and women's leadership; promote women's scholarship and teaching; and improve the ability to track and report on gender equity at UIC.

UIC CoE Named "Ambassador for Change"
The UIC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CoE) is beginning its ninth year with a new designation - “Ambassador for Change” from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health. This designation has been given to senior CoEs that have demonstrated success in establishing a multidisciplinary model for women's health. As an Ambassador for Change, the CoE is responsibile for providing advice and guidance to other organizations interested in developing or implementing the CoE’s unique, multidisciplinary models. The UIC CoE will continue its model of promoting comprehensive health care across the lifespan, within clinical, research, educational, and community settings, and with a focus on underserved and diverse women. We will also provide technical assistance to other CoEs and interested organizations and institutions around multiple issues including leadership and mentoring for junior faculty and community partnerships.

UIC Faculty Climate Survey Results Now Available!
To view the report, please visit http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/faculty/climatesurvey.html.

Women's Health Graduate Concentration Now Available!
The new Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Women's Health was approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees In January 2006. This new concentration was developed to address the need for researchers, administrators, educators, and practitioners across disciplines to obtain the skills and knowledge necessary for professional work within the field of Women's Health. The concentration will be offered to graduate level students in the College of Nursing and the School of Public Health beginning in Fall 2006. Additional academic units will be added in the near future. For more information, visit http://www.uic.edu/nursing/forms/WHConcentrationWebInfo.pdf.

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