On April 6th NE GWiSE hosted our second annual Spring to Action Summit at Harvard University. Each year, the summit is held for local schools to tackle issues present in academia and STEM fields. At the summit, attendees and invited speakers dissect the issues and devise tangible plans to advocate for systemic change within research institutions.

Registration for our second annual Spring to Action event is now open! This year, the summit will address mentorship roles and relationships, and how to optimize your experiences in grad school and beyond.

Want to get more involved with NE GWiSE? Now is the time to shadow a position you’re interested in and take it on next academic year. Take a look at the current roles and responsibilities here, then fill out the interest form at bit.ly/negwise-board.

We had a great meeting tonight! Thanks to everyone who attended, we had fun meeting newcomers and hope to work with you more as members of NE GWiSE!

We need your energy to make this year’s Spring to Action a success! The planning committees have been formed – sign up here to help with planning logistics, inviting speakers, budgeting, food, social media, and more!

Start your new year by getting involved with NE GWiSE! We are having our first open meeting of the year January 28th, 6:30-7:30pm at Harvard.

Happy Holidays from us to you!

Thank you Brown University for hosting our December meeting. We had a productive discussion, and managed to sneak in a holiday party while we were there!

Last month NE GWiSE hosted our second annual Summer Retreat at MIT on August 17th. Each year, the retreat is held to bring the constituents of NE GWiSE together to network, meet new members, and socialize around a central topic. Since we often play dual roles as both mentees and mentors, we focused this year’s retreat on Navigating Power Dynamics & Building Confident Mentalities as STEM graduate students in academia.

We are excited to see everyone tomorrow for our 2nd annual NE GWiSE Summer Retreat!

We encourage all attendees to snap and tag photos throughout the event with #negwise. A prize will go to best photo of the day! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @ne_gwise

We are pleased to announce the full details of this year’s Summer Retreat!