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Formally established by the Argonne National Laboratory Director in June 1990, Argonne's Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Program supports the U.S. Department of Energy's commitment to recruit, retain, and promote women to diversify and strengthen the scientific workforce.

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Date	Event
January 9, 2009	First Friday Forum with Amanda Petford-Long, Materials Science Division: Gender Equity in Materials Science: a National Lab Perspective In May 2008, the University Materials Council held a workshop on Gender Equity in Materials Science, which was attended by over 100 participants from universities, national labs, DOE, and NSF. At the meeting I was asked to give a talk presenting my view of gender equity at Argonne and comparing this with gender equity in materials science departments in the United Kingdom (I was a faculty member in Materials at Oxford University until 2005). My presentation will include the slides that I presented at the meeting, in addition to a summary of the meeting as a whole.
February 13, 2009	First Friday Forum with Beverly Hartline "Broadening participation in science and engineering to include more women and minorities"
February 19, 2009	Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Argonne will host 48 girls from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades for a full day of lab tours, hands-on activities, and discussions about the world of science and engineering. IGED is looking for volunteers to be mentors for the day. No need to plan activities, just bring your willingness to talk and advise our young guests. Reply to negri@anl.gov National Event
March 6, 2009	First Friday Forum with Eric Isaacs, Laboratory Director "Argonne Strategic Planning Update"
April 2, 2009	Science Careers in Search of Women Conference Approximately 350 women students from the greater Chicago area will come to the Lab to attend the 22nd edition of Science Careers Conference to tour the lab, see career booth exhibits, participate in question-and-answer panels, and have lunch with scientists and engineers.
July 10, 2009	First Friday Forum with Micheal Butts, HR DIversity Program Officer "Diversity in numbers: where we stand"

Publications

"Equal Employment Opportunity - Information on Personnel Actions, Employee Concerns, and Oversight at Six DOE Laboratories" (February 2005): U.S. Government Accountability Office report; Argonne is one of the laboratories in this report
Report on Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) 2003 Conference
Argonne National Laboratory's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (paper presented at WEPAN 2003)
10-Year Anniversary of Women in Science and Technology at Argonne: An Evaluation of its Past, Present, and Future (August 2003)
Results of a survey developed by members of the WIST Re-evaluation Subcommittee to learn the needs of women at Argonne

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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

Science Careers in Search of Women Conference

Approximately 350 women students from the greater Chicago area will come to the Lab to attend the 22nd edition of Science Careers Conference to tour the lab, see career booth exhibits, participate in question-and-answer panels, and have lunch with scientists and engineers.

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