CBE Women: Professional Development

Past Events

May 12, 2017
Career Seminar: Dr. Bernardo Aguilera

April 28, 2017
Career Seminar: Dr. Becky Stehle

April 24, 2017
Starting a Lab Workshop

April 11, 2017
Network Workshop with Erica Dawson

February 28, 2017
Conflict Resolution Workshop with Pam Strausser

November 29, 2016
Eat with an Academic
Prof. C. Lindsay Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and works on integrating renewable energy into existing energy markets, particularly wind energy.

November 10, 2016
Eat with an Academic
Prof. Sunita Sah is an Assistant Professor in the Johnson Graduate School of Management whose work is at the intersection of psychology, economics and management and decision making.

July 22, 2016
CBE Graduate Student Career Seminar
Jeanne Visser, Senior Process Engineer at INEOS Melamines, LLC

June 8, 2016
Eat with an Academic
Prof. Lena Kourkoutis met with members of the CBE Graduate Women's Group for dinner and conversation at a local restaurant.

October 23, 2015
CBE Graduate Student Career Seminar: Journeys in semiconductor equipment development and pharmaceutical formulation
Co-sponsored by CBE Women and ChEGSA
Speakers: Dr. Sarina Ma, Senior research scientist at Gilead Sciences and Dr. Paul Ma, Senior director of process engineering at Applied Materials

October 29, 2015
Food and conversation with Elissa Sterry, ExxonMobil Chemicals Vice President and Cornell ORIE Alumna

September 10, 2015
Coffee Hour with visiting Cornell alumna, Regina Mayor

May 6, 2015
CBE Graduate Student Career Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by CBE Women and ChEGSA
Speaker: Dr. Kent Carpenter
Title: A Technical Career in Process Development

April 24, 2015
CBE Graduate Student Career Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by CBE Women and ChEGSA
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Russo
Talk: From Bench to Bar: a Chemical Engineer's Career in Patent Law

March 19, 2015
CBE Graduate Student Career Seminar Series
Co-sponsored by CBE Women and ChEGSA
Speaker: Dr. David Chen
Talk: Myths and Realities of Careers in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals

November 19, 2014
Voice and Influence: What Works for Women at Work
Sponsored by: CBE Women, GPWomeN, and the Graduate School

October 23, 2014
Grant Writing Seminar
Prof. Paulette Clancy and Prof. Julius Lucks

September 16, 2014
Visiting CBE Alumna: Seminar on career paths in industry
Speaker: Martha Jones (PhD '97) from Intel

August 25, 2014
3M PhD/Postdoc Recruiting Info Session

August 19, 2014
Patent and Entrepreneurship Event
Speakers: Dr. Alice Li from CCTEC and
Prof. David A. Putnam
August 19, 2014

January 17, 2014
Identifying Skills and Job Search Workshop

December 2, 2013
Lunch with Invited Seminar Speaker Dr. Theresa Good

September 26, 2013
Scientific Communication Workshop

July 25, 2013
Faculty Talks on Life After Grad School
Profs. Matt DeLisa and Roseanna Zia

May 15, 2013
Finding Your Voice, Kathleen Mulligan

February 14, 2013
Negotiations Seminar with Erica Dawson

August 10-11, 2012
Visiting Alumnae: Dinner and Talks on Career Paths

April 30, 2012
Invited Speaker: Dr. Susan Roberts
Professional and Career Development for Women in Science

September 23, 2011
Science and Uncle Sam, with Dr. Kathy Vorvolakos

October 29, 2010
Invited Speaker: Cory Young
Communications Seminar: How to Effectively Market Yourself

March 26, 2010
Invited Speaker: Dr. Ruth Cheng (Cornell Alumna, now with Boston Scientific)
Experience with Industry and Work-Life Balance

February 17, 2010
Mastering Your A & B Exams

October 16, 2009
Elevator Talks: practice your 5-minute pitch at this social event

June 2, 2009
Invited Speaker: Prof. Kathleen O'Connor
Effective Negotiations

February 3, 2009
Invited Speaker: Prof. Melissa Hines
Scientific Presenting: Presenting Your Work to a Diverse Audience

Annual Events

WOMEN Outreach (Spring)
See our Outreach page for more information.

Elevator Talks (Fall or Spring)
Mingle and practice your 2-minute research pitch.

Berry Picking (Summer)
Enjoy the outdoors, support farms of the Fingerlakes region, and get to know your new eboard members for the coming year.

Dessert Social (Fall)
Unwind with desserts on an afternoon, welcome and meet the new women in the department.

Luncheon with Invited CBE Seminar Speaker (Fall/Spring)
Eat and talk with the female invited speakers of the CBE seminar series.

CBE Women also works with other student and departmental groups such as SWE, BME Women and ChEGSA

CBE Women helps organize, sponsor, and/or volunteer for various programs and events such as

• CURIE Academy
• Early Career Travel Fellowship for CBE PhD Students
• CBE Peer Mentoring BBQ