Past Events

2024-2025

• LinkedIn Headshot Event at Graduate Career Services

• BGWAxPGWISE co-sponsored Networking Event

• Women in Industry Career Panel

• Journaling Social

• Galentine’s Happy Hour

• The Gendered Brain Book Club

• SWExPGWISE Grad Student Panel

• Ice Skating Social

• Winter General Assembly Meeting

• Creativity with AI (&Totes!)

• Invisible Women Book Club

• Fall General Assembly Meeting

• Welcome Back Picnic

2023-2024

• Axe Throwing End of Year Celebration

• Intro to R Coding Workshop

• Spring General Assembly Meeting

• Galentine’s Paper Flower Making Event

• Coworking Event

• Networking Workshop

• Photobooth Professional Headshot Event

• Winter Craft Social

• Halloween Craft Night

• Fall General Assembly Meeting

• Rittenhouse Farmer’s Market Hangout with Games, 10/07/2023

2022

• Professional Power Hour

• DEEPenn STEM

• Grad Fest

• General Assembly Meeting

• Rittenhouse Meet-up, 8/27/22

• BGS Student Orientation 8/16/22

• Women in  STEM at Penn, Inter-institution Summer Research Symposium 6/3/22

• PGWISE, LTBGS and PSPDG Guest Speaker, NPR’s Dr. Maddie Sofia, hybrid event 5/5/22

• Earth Day Spruce Tree Seedling Kit Give-away 4/22/22

• General Assembly meeting and Ice Cream Social 4/21/22

• IDEAL Affinity Group Mixer 4/1/22

• Volunteer mentorship with high school students sponsored by Pupil

• Spring Happy Hour at City Tap 3/24/22

• Graduate Student Group Fair 3/4/22 and 3/18/22

• Professional Power Hour with Penn Alumni, Caroline Davis and Julianne Davis

• Volunteer City Clean-up with DoSomething.org

• General Assembly Meeting 1/19/22

2021

• General Assembly Meeting 9/15/21

• Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market Meet-Up

• New Student Orientation August 2021 and Graduate Group Fair

• June 30th | Make your own candle kit and virtual social hour

• Feb. 16th | Career Networking Workshop & Raffle with Dr. Joseph Barber

2020

• Jan 16th | Networking Workshop with Dr. Joseph Barber

• Jan 24th | Lattes with the Ladies with Dr. Jacqueline Perrigoue

• August 27th | Virtual Happy Hour and Pictionary via Drawasaurus

• September 18th | Bristol Meyers Squibb Outreach Event

• October 28th - 30th | Picture a Scientist Movie Screening

• November 2nd | Picture a Scientist Discussion Panel

• December 10th | Lattes with the Ladies with Dr. Ruth Sommese

2018-2019

• Women in STEM in the Middle East.

• November 31st | PGWISE@ All Access Party in collaboration with GAPSA IDEAL Council

• October 23rd | LWL Dr. Heather Steinman, M.B.A, Technology Transfer

• September 27th | LWL Dr. Laura Roman, Government (USDA), 9-10am

• September 10th | Career Development Workshop, PGWISE and Pharm4GOOD, 2-5pm Smilow. View flier here.

• September 9th | PGWISE@ Gradfest

• August 23rd | PGWISE@BGS Orientation

• July 19th | Migrant Worker Education Carnival, Southwark Elementary School, 9am-3pm

2017-2018

• May 24th | Puppy therapy with PGWISE, 5-7pm Vet school courtyard

• May 11th | Dr. Nunez: Leaky pipeline or unanswered doorbell: Strategies for better science and healthcare, EE Just, 4-7pm BRB

• May 1st | Negotiation Basics, SACNAS, 12-1pm Blockley. View flier here.

• April 27th | Dr. Maryam Zaringhalam: AAAS fellow, ArtLab blog creator, Science Soapbox Founder; PSPDG, 12-1pm

• April 25th | Lunch with Dr. Megan Vodzak, Research specialist for Smithsonian’s Global Health Program, 12-1pm BRB

• April 21st | PGWISE@ Science in the Park, Clark Park 12-4pm

• April 12th | PGWISE Career panel and reception, 4-7pm Smilow, View flier here.

• April 3rd | LWL Dr. Beau Wangtrakuldee, Consulting

• March 29th | Women of Color in Academia (GSE, BGS, SAS and BGWA), 6-8pm Houston Hall

• March 19th | LWL Dr. Brooke LaFlamme, Science Writing

• March 1st | Sexual Harassment Workshop BGS Students, BRB

• February 28th | PGWISE Franklin Institute Science Workshop

• February 23rd | PGWISE@ BGS recruitment

• February 9th | Dr. Moon Duchin: Math as a tool to address voting rights. Interdisciplinary Lecture, Penn Women's Law Association, Diversity and Inclusion in Physics, Penn Science Policy Group

• February 2nd | PGWISE@BGS Recruitment, 3:45-4:45pm CRB

• January 19th | PGWISE@BGS Recruitment, 3:45-4:45pm CRB

• December 15th | PGWISE First Annual Holiday Fundraiser: $778 raised for the Coalition Against Hunger

• December 13th | EAGR, PGWISE, and Pharm4Good at the Franklin Insitute

• December 8th | Diversity in STEM lecture and happy hour

• November 13th | PopTalks

• November 13th | LWL, Dr. Lauren Brady, Careers in Industry

• November 10th | IDEAL ALL Access

• October 17th | PGWISE@ GradFest

• September 18th | PGWISE GA meeting

• August 28th | PGWISE@ BGS Orientation

• August 24th | PGWISE Board end-of-the-year dinner

• August 23rd | PGWISE@ SAS Biology Orientation

• July 27th | Migrant Worker Education Carnival

• June 12th | Science on Tap in collaboration with the Chemical Heritage Foundation

2016-2017

• June 6th | EE Just and PGWISE end of the year BBQ

• May 9th | All Access Summer Party IDEAL Council

• May 3rd | Dr. Anne Aubry Bristol-Meyers Squibb: Careers in Industry

• April 22nd | PGWISE@ Science March on Washington and Philly March for Science

• April 21st | Lunch with Astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins

• April 20th | LWL Careers in Academic Dr. Nancy Emery

• April 19th | March for Science Poster Making (EE Just and PGWISE)

• April 8th | Stand Up for Science Concert and Fundraiser (EE Just)

• March 31st | PBG: Women in Consulting

• March 22nd | Implicit Bias Teach In, EE Just and SACNAS

• March 14th | Pi Day Party with SEA and EE Just

• March 3rd | LWL Dr. Danni Figueroa, MERCK, Careers in Industry

• March 1st | LWL Dr. Jan Burkhardt, Careers in Teaching PennPORT Fellowship

• February 21st | Peter Fiske, Ph.D. "Put your Ph.D. to WORK!" Talk and Lunch

• February 7th | PGWISE and WIC: Write Your Rep

• January 21st | PGWISE@ Women's March on Washington, Washington Mall

• December 13th | LWL Sarah Low, Government Careers

• December 7th | Negotiation Workshop, AWE and Career Services

• December 7th | EAGR Workshop: Women in Science@ the Franklin Institute

• December 1st | LWL Dr. Maria Tahamont, Careers in Teaching

• November 29th | POP Talks, WIC, BGSA, GAPSA, GSEG

• November 18th | Biomedical Careers Speaker Series: Dr. Natalie Henkhaus

• November 18th | LWL Dr. Carrie McMahon, Careers in Government

• November 4th | LWL Dr. Jessica Herzstein

• October 20th | Combating Presentation Anxiety with Dr. Sue Weber

• September 29th | Dr. Wendy Henderson, "Careers for Women at the NIH"

• September 13th | PGWISE@ GradFest

• September 12th | PGWISE@ Women in Chemistry Outreach Carnival

• September 9th | Happy Hour@ Spruce Street Harbor Park

• September 7th | PGWISE GA Meeting

• August 29th | PGWISE@ BGS Convocation

• August 25th | PGWISE@ SAS Biology Convocation

• July 28 | PGWISE Migrant Worker Education Program Summer Science Carnival (view press release here)

2015-2016

• July 15 | End of Year Board Party

• April 7 | Spring Career Panel and Happy Hour

• March 7 | LWL Dr. Lara Roman, U.S. Forest Service

• March 2 | LWL Dr. Kelly Orlando, Assistant Professor

• February 4 | Joanne Kammens, Executive Director of Addgene

• February 4 | LWL Laura Conway, Genetic Counselor

• February 4 | LWL Wenny Lin, Genentech

• January 12 | LWL Dr. Sarah Low, U.S. Forrest Service

• December 15 | Moelis Access In-Lab Day, Dr. Katy Wellen's Lab

• December 11 | De-Stress Event

• December 3 | Penn Science Pop Talks

• December 2 | LWL Dr. Heather Steinman, CEO of Wistar Tech Transfer

• November 20 | LWL Dr. Marielena Mata, GSK

• November 18 | Workshop Series: Dr. Doris Wagner and Data Presentation

• November 12 | Workshop Series: Dr. Sue Weber and Confident Talks

• November 5 | GA Meeting

• November 5 | Moelis Access Science Day

• October 29 | LWL Dr. Rochelle Chaiken, Pfizer

• October 28 | LWL Dr. Simara Telesford, Ursinus College

• October 21 | Gender Equality Panel

• October 16 | Dr. Cathy Campbell, CRDF Global

• October 15 | Ladder 15 Happy Hour

• October 15 | LWL Dr. Holly Koblish, Incyte

• October 12 | LWL Kerri Pomykala, First Quality Products

• October 9 | LWL Dr. Maria Tahamont, Rowan

• October 8 | C.V. Writing Workshop

• September 23 | GradFest 2015

• September 3rd | GA Meeting

• August 25 | BGS Convocation

• August 12 | GA Meeting

2014 - 2015

• July 24 | Executive Board Meeting

• June 30 | End-of-the-Year Dinner at Honest Tom's in University City

• April 17 | Executive Board Elections

• March 21 | 8th Annual Alumni-Student Luncheon

2013 - 2014

• April 19 | 7th Annual Alumni-Student Luncheon

2012 - 2013

• May 8 | End-of-the-year Dinner at Han Dynasty in University City

• April 13 | 6th Annual Student-Alumni Luncheon

• February 7 | Miss Interpretation Screening, hosted by PGWISE and AWE

• January 30 | Welcome Back Happy Hour at City Tap House

2011 - 2012

• Mar. 25 | 5th Annual Student-Alumni Luncheon

• Feb. 24 | Post-Doctoral fellows Panel Discussion

• Dec. 8 | MidAtlantic Restaurant Happy Hour

• Nov. 29 | Career Services Networking Workshop

• Oct. 5 | Dessert Social

• Aug 17 | BBQ

• July 20 | Ice-Cream Social

2010 - 2011

• April 26 | Elections

• March 26 | 4th Annual Student-Alumni Luncheon

• February 23 | Happy Hour

• February 11 | Lunch Meeting

• January 21 | Lunch Meeting

• November 16 | Lunch Meeting

• October 19 | Lunch Meeting

• September 29 | Welcome Reception

• September 21 | First Lunch Meeting

• August 26 | Ice-Cream Social

• July 29 | Cookout