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January 2024

Welcome to GWIS Empower! GWIS Empower seeks to provide career and leadership advice for women in science along with member-generated content. This issue brings to you an interview with a world-leading researcher on motivation talking about New Years resolutions. This month's DEI section takes us back to the scientific workplace in 2023, and looks at some highlights from last year. The GWIS podcast will broadcast a new series this year, read about it in this issue. Finally, we listed two scholarship opportunities with application due dates at the end of the month.

New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery,
but Science Can Help You Keep Them

Every January nearly half of American's make New Years resolutions, but most do not stick with them. How can we make sustainable and achievable resolutions not only for the beginning of a new year, but other occasions. Dr. Ayelet Fishbach, one of the world's foremost researchers on the science of motivation, wrote a book that may provide answers to this question. In an interview with American Scientific, she recommends putting "numbers on goals" and having fun while working towards a goal, as it increases our intrinsic motivation to keep going. For more insight into Dr. Fishbachs book and her work, read the full interview.

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Podcast Alert

GWIS Career Series

As part of the Virtual Coffee and Conversation series, the GWIS podcast will feature the WilmerHale Patent Technology Specialist Program in their new career series in February.
Majored in STEM? Are you interested in intellectual properties or patents? Do you know that you can be a patent technology specialist? Join us on Thursday, February 22nd, at 6:00pm BST/2:00pm AST/1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT/10:00am PST, for a conversation with representatives of WilmerHale Patent Technology Specialist Program, Dr. Laura Macro and Dr. Iva Dincheva, about how to start a career as a patent technology specialist and what their work day looks like. For any questions contact mentoring@gwis.org, and if you are interested in joining, register below.

The Scientific Workplace in 2023

In 2023, we covered a broad range of critical events and issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Reflecting on the past year, this Nature article highlights some of the prominent stories that had an impact on the scientific workplace. Read about the findings of Nature's second global survey of postdoctoral researchers, the defunding of diversity programs and racial inequalities in publishing among other important stories.

Link to article

Want to connect on-line with other women scientists? Join the GWIS Slack channel. GWIS also has a private LinkedIn group for connecting with nearly 2,000 women scientists to share interesting news, job opportunities, and more! Want to form a small group? Contact the GWIS Media group to access our private forums and help you solicit fellow GWIS participants!

Scholarship Opportunity

The $2,000 Sallie Mae Scholarship
Each month, Sallie Mae awards $2,000 to high school and college students that are legal residents of the U.S. and of age 17 or older. This is a no-essay scholarship aiming to support students that need help paying for their education. The deadline for this month is January 31, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.

Apply Here

The FOSSI Scholarship
The Future Of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) seeks to increase the number of under-respresented professionals in the STEM workforce. Each year, FOSSI awards a four-year scholarship of $40,000 ($10,000 per year) to high school seniors that will be pursuing a college degree in STEM at an Historically Black College or Univeristy. Applicants have to answer short essay questions on their future contribution to innovation and sustainability, and why they decided to apply. Application deadline is January 31, 2024.

Apply Here

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About GWIS

Founded in 1921, Graduate Women in Science is an inter-disciplinary society of scientists who collectively seek to advance the participation and recognition of women in science and to foster research through grants, awards and fellowships. We comprise over 20 active chapters of more than 800 women who are "United in Friendship through Science" to support and inspire member professional goals and mutual appreciation of science. Learn more at www.gwis.org.

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President
Amanda Koenig
Editor
Courtney Ragle
Membership Secretary
Ogochukwu Ozotta
GWIS Empower Copy Editor
Amy Zheng
GWIS Empower Content Editor
Selina Bruckner

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