Brookhaven Women In Science (BWIS)
2009 Marks our 30^th Anniversary!

"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

News
If you missed the 8/13 presentation by BNL Compensation Manager Robert Kelly about the objectives and components of BNL’s Salary Administration Program, the presentation material has been made available for viewing: Compensation Presentation (pdf).

Bob's talk included information on job classifications, job families, salary schedules and ranges, determination of ranges and employee salaries, new hire salaries and the annual salary review process.

Next Executive Board Meeting
Thursday, September 10
Berkner Hall Room D
The meeting starts at 12:15

Scheduled Events
Please check back for our next scheduled event.

Our Mission

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. Awarded between 1999 and 2008, it targeted high school graduating women, in five neighboring high schools, who excelled in math or science. This award program was discontinued in 2009.
• 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: August 18, 2009
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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