Calendar   WISE EVENTS     WISE Open House reception held at the Price Center. Oct 15, 2004     Lunch and talk with Dr. Annette Karmiloff-Smith, the Inaugural Lecturer for UCSD’s Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind. Dr. Karmiloff-Smith is a Professor of Neurocognitive Development at the University of London and directs the Neurocognitive Development Unit within its Institute of Child Health. Nov 19, 2004     Lunch and talk with Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine and Harold Simon Chair of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine. Feb 3, 2005     Panel Discussion on Careers in Industry. Panelists were: Candace Anderson, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rice University Amy Butler, Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Sonya Summerour Clemmons, Ph.D., Bioengineering, UCSD Trish Sur, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Cal Tech Sharon Wampler, Ph.D., Biology, UCSD. Mar 4, 2005       “Preparing Your Academic File for Review” with Dr. Doris Trauner, Professor of Neurosciences and former campus CAP member. April 8, 2005     GRANDWISE EVENTS     GRADWISE teamed with the Women’s Center for a special edition of the Gender Buffet that focused on balancing the demands of work and family. The facilitators for this event were Dr. Reina Juarez (who directs a graduate women in science support group in the Psychological and Counseling Services, Division of Student Affairs) along with School of Medicine project scientists Dr. Christine Fennema-Nostetine and Dr. Amanda Birchoff-Goethe. May 6, 2005     “Preparing for Graduate School” Panel Discussion for Undergraduates held at the Cross Cultural Center. Panelists included seven women graduate students representing the disciplines of biology (Alicia Bicknell), psychology (Lauren Cornew), oceanography (Kate Hanson), astrophysics (Regina Jorgenson), chemistry (Julia Koeppe), biochemistry (Gina Nubile), and bioengineering (Michele Temple). Dr. Ebonee Williams (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering) from OGSR, Dr. Elizabeth Yoder (Ph.D. in Neuroscience) from Radiology, and Dr. Laura Dunn (M.D.) from Psychiatry facilitated the panel. May 18, 2005     Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action People Expo: In preparation for the June 2005 People Expo, EO/SAA staff served on the People Expo Planning Committee, chaired the Career Development Subcommittee and led the effort to develop the Career Development neighborhood information area and workshop/mini-session line-up. The purpose of the People Expo was to inform UCSD staff of the broad array of resources and benefits available to them from childcare and wellness to career planning and training.     EO/AA/Diversity Awards Program: Annually, EO/SAA hosts the EO/AA/Diversity Awards Program where the Chancellor and vice chancellors recognize members of the UCSD community for their efforts to promote equal opportunity, affirmative action, diversity and the UCSD Principles of Community. The 10th annual Awards Program was attended by approximately 500 UCSD and local community members. Twenty-one individuals and seven groups within the UCSD community were recognized as diversity champions at this event.