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Brookhaven Women In Science (BWIS)
"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice which prevails in
our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all
their strength and with one mind, for thus the state, instead of being
whole is reduced to half." Plato
Next Executive Board Meeting
October 2008
Berkner Hall
The meeting starts at 12:15
Scheduled Events
BWIS Talk:
Understanding Career Variables Among Scientists and Engineers.
Noon, Tuesday September 23
Berkner Hall Auditorium
All BNLers are invited to attend.
Nancy DiTomaso, Professor of Management and Global Business at
Rutgers Business School, will give a talk titled “Advantage,
Absence of Advantage, and Disadvantage Among Scientists and Engineers”.
DiTomaso will base her talk on survey data on the career experiences of
3,200 scientists and engineers from 24 major companies. Her survey
findings indicate that most people who do well in their careers and make
significant contributions to their organizations get assistance from
others in their workplace in many forms, including offering
opportunities such as good projects, providing resources that make good
performance more likely, and opening up networking possibilities.
DiTomaso will report on the results of the survey and provide a
theoretical framework for understanding how these processes work in a
research and development environment.
DiTomaso received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, and also holds a certificate in business administration from
the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She previously taught
at New York University and Northwestern University. She is currently
Chair of the Department of Organization Management at Rutgers, and she
held several national offices in professional organizations, including
President of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics and
Chair of the Organizations and Occupations Section of the American
Sociological Association. DiTomaso has co-authored or co-edited five
books and has had articles published in such journals as Administrative
Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, California Management
Review, and Leadership Quarterly.
For more information, contact Lynne Ecker, Ext. 2538. or lecker@bnl.gov.
Goals
To increase the Laboratory's awareness of the accomplishments of women
in science and to provide our members with role models of their own,
Brookhaven Women in Science will:
- assist in the development of policies and practices which enhance
the quality of life for BNL employees,
- promote a long-term commitment to diversity in BNL staff,
- promote the advancement of women in scientific and technical
careers,
- provide a forum for the exchange of scientific, technical, and
professional information,
- encourage students to consider careers in science, mathematics,
engineering, and technology,
- support each other's efforts on the job, and encourage each other's
successes.
Caring for Brookhaven since 1979
- BWIS initiated day-care center studies which resulted in the Child
Development Center, the first to be built on a DOE facility.
- BWIS established an annual scholarship, first awarded in 1986,
honoring world-renowned BNL physicist, Renate W. Chasman. The Chasman
Scholarship, an award of $2,000, is targeted at Long Island women
returning to school after an interruption in their studies, and
pursuing an education in the natural sciences, engineering, or
mathematics.
- BWIS established the Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber Award, first awarded
in 1992, to honor an outstanding female physics graduate student
studying at Stony Brook or performing her research at BNL.
- BWIS together with Battelle established the Battelle/BWIS Award.
First awarded in 1999, it targets high school graduating women, in
five neighboring high schools, who have excelled in math or science.
- BWIS helped modify personnel policy on parental leave.
- BWIS championed the establishment of coordination of insurance
benefits for spouses who are both employed at BNL. (This benefit is no
longer available.)
- In 1982, a branch of a federal credit union was established at
Brookhaven Lab, as a result of a BWIS proposal to ensure equal credit
opportunity for all Laboratory employees and facility-users.
Last Modified: September 17, 2008
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