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UM -wide events

SEEDS Presents: Annual Networking Dinner with the President

SEEDS Annual Networking Dinner with the President will take place Tuesday, April 3, 2012 from 6:00PM - 9:00PM in the Flamingo Ballroom (second floor University Center). Please RSVP by Friday, March 23, 2012. For more information, please contact Marisa Hightower, SEEDS Program Manager at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu

SEEDS You Choose Award Presents: Academic Skills Workshop

The Academic Skills Workshop will take place on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 12:00PM - 5:00PM in the UMH Seminar Conference Room on the Medical Campus. Please RSVP by Friday, April 20, 2012. The forum is limited to 50 participants and is open to faculty and trainees form the Department of Medicine. This event is sponsored by a SEEDS You Choose Award to Dr. Cynthia Levy. For more information, please contact Dr. Cynthia Levy at (305) 243-2147 or clevy@med.miami.edu or Marisa Hightower, SEEDS Program Manager, at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu

Engineering

SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Roderic Pettigrew
Monday, February 6, 2012 3-4PM
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SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus
Monday, March 5, 2012 3-2:30-3:30PM
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SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Deborah Nightingale
Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:30-4:30PM
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SEEDS Focus Group
contact Helena Solo-Gabrielle

RSMAS
SEEDS Focus Group
contact Su Sponaugle

Medical Campus
SEEDS focus group
3:00 every third Thursday of the month during the academic year. Contact Dr. Mary Lou King

Forums on navigating promotion and tenure
dates TBD Through You Choose award to Wen-Hsiang Lee

Arts and Sciences

SEEDS Focus Group
contact Barbara Whitlock

History of SEEDS

The National Academies report Beyond Bias and Barriers, chaired by President Donna E. Shalala, documented that, despite advances in the proportion of women and other underrepresented minorities in science and engineering graduate programs, relatively few become successful faculty. Accordingly, the University of Miami Provost Tom LeBlanc established a University-level SEEDS office as a focus for diversity programs across all three UM campuses. SEEDS orchestrates grass-roots efforts to study and improve climate and policies and has an NSF ADVANCE award for programs designed to increase opportunities for ALL scientists and engineers at UM.

Featured Resources: Also see Resources and UM links
How to write a successful NSF Career grant: Click here for resources from our workshop NEW
Speed Mentoring pdf (5.3 MB) on how to mount an event, and what it accomplishes.
Newsletter 2010 (pdf 1.5 MB), Newsletter 2009, a tribute to our speed mentors (pdf 760 KB)
View video of the Directors of SEEDS and the Center for Humanities discussing a new play about Madame Curie (The Radiant by Shirley Lauro)
Career survival reading list (pdf 42 KB)
Scholarly studies
Best Practices
Featured joke
SEEDS is on the NSF ADVANCE portal.
Resources from the UM library supporting SEEDS

Featured Events

SEEDS Presents: Annual Networking Dinner with the President
SEEDS Annual Networking Dinner with the President will take place Tuesday, April 3, 2012 from 6:00PM - 9:00PM in the Flamingo Ballroom (second floor University Center). This event, which will host guests from all three UM campuses, will begin with a networking reception followed by opening remarks by President Shalala and Dr. Kathryn Tosney, SEEDS Program Director. After dinner, we will highlight briefly SEEDS endeavors. The evening will culminate with a SEEDS Interactive Theatre skit, presented by SEEDS Theatre Director, Jennifer Burke. Please RSVP by Friday, March 23, 2012. For more information, please contact Marisa Hightower, SEEDS Program Manager at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu.

SEEDS You Choose Award Presents: Academic Skills Workshop
The Academic Skills Workshop will take place on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 12:00PM - 5:00PM in the UMH Seminar Conference Room on the Medical Campus. This workshop will focus on three aspects intertwined in the academic career: negotiation, communication skills and mentoring. The forum will examine the professional needs of minorities along with existing challenges, and will discuss strategies to foster networking and mentoring opportunities. The workshop will be interactive, with group discussions and question and answering opportunities. A dynamic panel of successful female faculty from University of Miami, University of Florida and Harvard University will lead the discussion. Please RSVP by Friday, April 20, 2012. The forum is limited to 50 participants and is open to faculty and trainees form the Department of Medicine. This event is sponsored by a SEEDS You Choose Award to Dr. Cynthia Levy. For more information, please contact Dr. Cynthia Levy at (305) 243-2147 or clevy@med.miami.edu or Marisa Hightower, SEEDS Program Manager, at (305) 284-3988 or mhightower@bio.miami.edu.

Upcoming Events

SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Roderic Pettigrew
Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the NIH, will present a seminar entitled, "The Convergence of Engineering, the Physical and Life Sciences, and the Public's Health." Dr. Pettigrew will address the challenges in healthcare through biomedical science and innovation. His presentation is scheduled for Monday, February 6, 2012 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in the Storer Auditorium at the UM School of Business Administration. Afterwards, SEEDS will be hosting a mentoring event in the School of Business Administration faculty lounge from 4:15-4:45pm. For more information, please contact Janet Ross at (305) 284-2445 or j.ross@miami.edu. To RSVP for the SEEDS mentoring event following the seminar, please click here.

SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus
Dr. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at M.I.T., will present a seminar entitled, "On the Impact of Graphene." Dr. Dresselhaus will discuss perspectives on the impact of graphine on carbon nanoscience over the past 50 years and on possible directors for graphene research. Her presentation is scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2012 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM in the Storer Auditorium at the UM School of Business Administration. For more information, please contact Michelle Perez at (305) 284-3291 or m.perez29@miami.edu.

SEEDS and the College of Engineering will be hosting a Mentoring Event in the Dean's Conference Room (McArthure Engineering Building) from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. For more information, please contact Dr. Mei-Ling Shyu at shyu@miami.edu. To RSVP for the SEEDS mentoring event following the seminar, please click here.

SEEDS Co-Sponsored Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Deborah Nightingale
Dr. Deborah Nightingale, Professor of the Practice of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT's Engineering Systems Division, will present a seminar entitled, "Principles of Lean Enterprise Transformation." Dr. Nightingale will present the seven principles of enterprise transformation that have been derived from our research in enterprise transformation over the last decade. Case examples will be employed to highlight how these principles impact the behaviors of enterprises. Her presentation is scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM in the McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA202. Following the seminar, SEEDS will be hosting a mentoring event. For more information, please contact Marisol Pernas at (305) 284-2571 or mpernas@miami.edu. To RSVP for the SEEDS Mentoring Event, please click here.

Featured: You Choose Award Applications are due February 20, 2012
The SEEDS "You Choose" program makes several annual awards of up to $2,500 each, funding proposals in two categories: 1) research opportunities that could provide a career tipping point, and 2) community activities that could benefit multiple constituents. The awards page describes previous winning projects.
Click here to download an application form!

"You Choose" award winners for 2011
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bill

Bill Browne
CAS

nurcin

Nurcin Celik
COE

Carla

Carla Hurt
CAS

King

Mary Lou King
MED

Angela

Angela Knapp
RSMAS

Cynthia Levy
MED

Fulvia

Fulvia Verde
MED

Sonia

Sonia Yoo
MED

Brief reports
Also see Workshops, Sponsored Mentors and Lecturers pages

	"Unconscious Bias in the 21st Century and It's Impact on Diversity and Inclusiveness." Scientists & Engineers Expanding Diversity & Success (SEEDS) hosted a seminar presented by Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Department of Psychology at Columbia University, entitled "Unconscious Bias in the 21st Century and It's Impact on Diversity and Inclusiveness." Dr. Purdie-Vaughns is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert on racial and gender achievement gaps in academic and corporate institutions and how stigma undermines intellectual performance. She conducts research on other forms of stigma including: stigma and LGCTQ groups, stigma of mental illness, and stigma based on multiple identities (intersectionality). Dr. Purdie-Vaughns has authored numerous publications that have appeared in journals such as Science, Psychological Science, and Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. She has been awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Russell Sage Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation. Her most recent grant from NSF examines how stigma may affect activation of the neuroendocrine and sympathetic nervous systems, systems implicated in immune responses that affect long-term health and cognitive performance.
	SEEDS Workshop: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Strategies for a Successful Proposal This workshop offered First and Second year graduate students in STEM fields advice and strategies for writing a successful proposal for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. We hosted a panel of three UM graduate students, who have won NSF graduate Research Fellowships, and two faculty members for tailored advice. The panel was followed by smaller discussion groups, where attendees can ask advice from panelists.
	How to Win Reviewers Over: Workshop on Writing Specific Aims This workshop is for researchers who are thinking of submitting a proposal to NIH and who have written a first draft of their specific aims. This was a hands-on workshop based on the draft of your specific aims.
	Distinguished Women in Industrial EngineeringDr. Cynthia Barnhart presented "Congestion and Delays in the National Air Transportation System" August 3, 2011, made possible by a You Choose Award to Nurcin Celik
	Miller School of Medicine is pleased to announce plans to establish a lactation support services program for employees. Details of the program are included in the University of Miami Break Time for Nursing Mothers policy (pdf). Any employee who would like to provide input into the process is invited to contact Ms. Nanette Vega, the Miller School's director of diversity and multicultural affairs in the Office of Faculty Affairs, at 305-243-6551 or nvega@med.miami.edu. The Nursing Mothers Advisory Group has been convened to identify needs, review suggestions, and discuss the best approach for our organization.
S. Renner	SEEDS cosponsored Mentor, Susanne S. Renner gave the 2011 John C. Gifford Lecture April 21, 2011. Professor Renner is the Chair of Systematic Botany and Mycology at the University of Munich, Director of the Munich Herbarium and Director of the Munich Botanical Garden. Her seminar, sponsored by the John C. Gifford Arboretum and the Montgomery Botanical Center, was entitled "The Origin of Today's Tropical Floras." The SEEDS mentoring session was hosted by Barbara Whitlock

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Training for Decision Makers, on the Business Case for Breastfeeding in the Workplace The Miller School’s new Nursing Mothers Advisory Group hosted two training seminars on April 19, one each on Medical and Main campuses, to prepare campus decision makers for the University’s launch of a program that supports mothers who breastfeed.

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College of Engineering Distinguished Lecturer and SEEDS co-sponsored mentor April 18, 2011
Christina H. Amon, Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, and is a Fellow of AAAS, ASEE ASME, CSME, EIC, AND IEEE. The mentoring session was hosted by Dr. Na Li, n.li1@miami.edu

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Forum on Preparing NSF-Career proposals Friday April 15, 2011. The panel consisted of four faculty who have received NSF CAREER awards in the past. Each spoke for ten minutes and then answered questions. Cosponsored by Engineering, RSMAS, Arts & Sciences and SEEDS. Presenters: Dr. Amy Clement (RSMAS), Dr. Manohar Murthi (CoE), Dr. Albert Uy (A&S), Dr. Jamie Walls (A&S) Organizers: Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele (CoE) Drs. Robert Cowen and Amy Clement (RSMAS) Dr. Angel Kaifer (A&S) Dr. Kathryn Tosney (SEEDS)

Click here for resources from the workshop, inlcuding PowerPoint presentations .

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Three prominent journalists formed
the panel.

COMPASS Workshop at RSMAS Fri April 8, on Communicating Science to Non-scientists Even though we scientists are seldom trained to communicate outside academia, if we want our research to inform decisions about our future, we must go beyond publishing only in peer-reviewed journals. To help us communicate widely and effectively, a SEEDS You Choose award to Andrew Baker brought us a training event through COMPASS (Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea). This event helped researchers shake bad habits so we can talk with journalists, the public, and policymakers about what we do - and it why matters - in clear, lively terms. This workshop is based on the prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership program at Stanford University Several individuals were selected for an opportunity for one-on-one mock interviews with a journalist.
Click here for photos of the event.

J. Cheng	SEEDS co-sponsored Distinguished Speaker in Engineering March 31, 2011. Josephine M. Cheng is an IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM Research, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has been awarded 28 patents for her inventions. She gave a talk entitled Energy, Water, Sustainability for a Smarter Planet in the Storer Auditorium, Jenkins Building (School of Business Administration), followed by a SEEDS mentoring session hosted by Dr. Nurcin Celik
L Feiber M McCabe	SEEDS Interactive Theatre Ensemble presented "Mentoring Junior Faculty" to UM's Annual Academic Leadership Workshop March 25, 2011, 10:20 to 11:00 in the James W. McLamore Executive Education Center Dining Room. The workshop, organized by Faculty Affairs, was by invitation only. The performance highlighted issues in mentoring for a target audience: UM's leadership
P Bjorkman	SEEDS co-sponsored the Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Woman in Cell Biology, Pamela Bjorkman, Professor and Howard Hughes Investigator at the California Institute of Technology. On March 8, 2011, she gave a talk at noon at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, 7th floor APEX auditorium entitled "Engineering Immunity Against Aids" and a talk entitle "The Leaky pipeline-why do women drop out?: at 4:00 in the RMSB 6018 Conference Room. That evening she networked with an invited set of 21 junior faculty over dinner and engaged in a question and answer session concerning career and gender issues.
A Yoder	SEEDS Distinguished Scholar, Anne Yoder, Professor of Biology and Biological Anthropology at Duke University and Director of Duke's Lemur Research Center, give a talk on March 7, 2011, in Cox 166 entitled "Madagascar: a case study for integrating population genetic and GIS methods for understanding phylogeoographic mechanisms" and led a mentoring session on forging effective international collaborations after the talk, lunch provided.
B Butterfield	Two half-day workshops on negotiation skills on February 25th, 2011, led by Barbara Butterfield, built understanding of mutual interest-based negotiation and solution finding. Participants evaluated their personal problem solving styles and practiced cases includinge negotiating for a competitive job offer, committee service, salary increase, and assuring research resources.
Nancy Abersold	A talk on Dual-career programs, policies, and practices: A comprehensive look at best practices in higher education was presented at RSMAS by Nancy Aebersold, the Executive Director of National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) one of the most successful collaborative models for addressing dual-career issues. She has 11 years of experience as a higher education practitioner with deep subject matter expertise in dual-career research and programming. Thanks to her efforts, UM is planning on forming a South Florida HERC .
President Donna Shalala	Lunch with President Shalala Nov 17, 2010, featured networking with Deans, President and Provost, an address by President Shalala, and Provost Tom LeBlanc, results from the SEEDS Climate Survey of UM Science Departments and a new skit on"Mentoring Junior Faculty" from the SEEDS Interactive Theatre Ensemble. To see who registered to attend, click here For EVALUATION FORMS, click here Fax to 305 - 284-3039 For a pamphlet describing this event, click here For Tosney's presentation on SEEDS (ppt 24 MB), click here. For Johnson's climate survey presentation (ppt 700 KB) click here. For a slideshow of SEEDS people and events (pptx 30 MB), click here
J Swan	Swan Writing workshop Nov 13, 2010, "From Data Dumps to Clear Documents: Writing Effectively for Science and Engineering" by Judith Swan, Ph.D. in Biochemistry from MIT, Associate Director for Writing at Princeton, co-author of The Science of Science Writing (pdf). Made possible by a You Choose Award to Blythe Nobleman and Helena Solo-Gabriele. To see who signed up, click here
Speed Mentoring	Kathryn Tosney represented SEEDS at the NSF Advance for Women in Science PI meeting Nov 7-9 in Washington, DC. In addition to bringing back new initiatives, she presented a poster on Speed Mentoring (click to download pdf, 68 KB) that assessed the utility of speed mentoring and revealed how to run a successful event.
J Burke	SEEDS Theater Preview Oct Nov 4, RSMAS faculty previewed three new skits by the SEEDS Interactive Theatre Ensemble on "Advising Junior Faculty", directed by Jennifer Burke, Theatre Arts. Faculty responses helped to fine-tune the skits, which will be shown to the public at the Annual Lunch with the President, Nov. 17. For photos, click here.
K Tosney	SEEDS Chalk Talk workshop Oct 28, For those seeking academic positions, departments increasingly demand not only formal seminars but also chalk talks, informal presentations of future directions. These often pivotal in hiring decisions. Tactics for succeeding in this task were revealed by Kathryn Tosney, Director of SEEDS and Chair of Biology. Click here for a photo of the event and click here to see who signed up to attend.
M McCain L Fieber	SEEDS Theater Preview Oct 21, A diverse audience previewed three new skits by the SEEDS Interactive Theatre Ensemble on "Advising Junior Faculty". Their responses are being used to fine-tune the skits, which will be shown to the public at the Annual Lunch with the President, Nov. 17. For photos, click here.
D Papazian	Distinguished Women in Physiology and Biophysics Through a SEEDS You Choose Award to Laura Bianchi. Oct 21, Diane Papazian, UCLA, spoke about “Voltage-gated Kv3.3 Potassium Channels in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13”, followed by a mentoring event.
J Dixon	Jacqueline Dixon led HERS leadership workshop Oct 20 The first woman Dean of Arts and Sciences and future dean at South Florida University discussed leadership skills. For information on HERS, see http://www.hersnet.org/ For photos, click here.
	Speed Mentoring with mentors from RSMAS, Medical School, and Arts & Sciences took place on Sept 24, 12:20 - 2:15 pm in Cox 166, Coral Gables campus. Download brochure with mentor names. Click here to see photos..
. Daunert	Sylvia Daunert has been named Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is the first woman chair of a basic science department in the Miller School of Medicine. Click here for details.
K Tosney	SEEDS Lecture and workshop On May 26, Kathryn Tosney, Director of SEEDS, presented a lecture at RSMAS, "Writing for your life: clarity, argument, and reader-oriented prose" and led a writing workshop. See participant comments
R Fine	S Sponaugle	SEEDS Women in Science Panel Discussion at RSMAS Eight marine science women from a diverse array of disciplines and backgrounds shared their insights into the nuances that women face while pursuing a profession in marine science,on April 2, 2010. Funded by the SEEDS Working from Within program to Rana Fine and Su Sponaugle. Click here to see who came. Click here to read participant comments
J Lincoln	C Whether- ington	The Third SEEDS NIH Grant Writing Workshop, on March 17, 2010, funded by a You Choose award to Dr. Joy Lincoln, was led by NIH Program Director, Cora Lee Wetherington from the Division of Neuroscience and is the Women. She is also the Sex/Gender Research coordinator at the Institute on Drug Abuse.
J Lincoln	J Gibson	The Second SEEDS NIH Grant Writing Workshop on March 26, 2010, funded by a You Choose award to Dr. Joy Lincoln, was led by NIH Program Director Joyce Gibson.
M Farquahar	SEEDS sponsored mentor On March 23, Marilyn Farquhar, member of National Academy's of Sciences and of Arts and Sciences, gave both research and mentoring talks and led a mentoring event for senior women. Co-sponsored by Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology. Click here for a fuller report.
J Trejo	SEEDS Distinguished Scholar On Feb 16, JoAnn Trejo, UC San Diego, presented two talks, "Regulation of Protease-activated Receptor Signaling and Trafficking" and "Diversity in Science: The Importance of Mentoring". Click here to see photos and to read participant comments
L Sanford	SEEDS Sponsored Distinguished Scholar Linda Sanford, member of the National Academy of Engineering, Senior Vice President at IBM, spoke on Jan 25 on "Building a Smarter Planet: Strategies for Meaningful Change" and mentored junior faculty and women from IBM. Click here for photos and participant comments.
ML King	SEEDS Postdoctoral Fellow Speed Mentoring at the Miller School of Medicine on Jan 22, hosted by Mary Lou King, addressed the issue of moving postdocs' careers to the next level. Click here for a fuller report.
P Zuidema	J Swan	The SEEDS Scientific Writing Workshop funded by a “You Choose” award to Paquita Zuidema, on Nov 21, 2009, was led by Judith Swan, Ph.D. in Biochemistry from MIT, Assistant Director of the Princeton Writing Center, co-author of The Science of Science Writing (pdf). 175 faculty, postdocs and grad students attended. Click here for photos and participant comments.
J Lincoln	R. Hicks	The first SEEDS NIH Grant Writing Workshop, funded by a You Choose award to Joy Lincoln, was led by NIH/NINDS Program Director Ramona Hicks on Nov 11 2009. Click here for summary of participant remarks. It was the first of three forums on navigating the NIH system.
B Liskov	SEEDS sponsored mentoring event on Nov 9, 2009, with Barbara Liskov from MIT, member of the National Academy of Engineering. Click here for photos and participant comments.
E.Lim	H Ayhan	SEEDS Industrial Engineering Speaker Series A “You Choose” award to Eunji Lim brought in Hayriye Ayhan, an Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who gave a seminar ”Queuing Networks with Cross-Trained Serve.” and led a mentoring event. Click here for photos and participant comments.
S Keitz	CV Review & Academic Advancement for Women In Academic Medicine and Leadership On Nov 9th 2009, 31 junior faculty women met one-on-one with nine senior women to assess CVs and career issues, presaged by networking and followed by general discussion. See photographs as well as participant comments and career hints
SEEDS UM-wide Networking Dinner on Oct 19th 2009 featured President Donna Shalala, the inaugural SEEDS Interactive Theatre skit, The Mid-Term review, SEEDS Award Winners, Speed Mentoring participants and an audience perception survey (1.1 MB). Three web pages describe the event: 1) Participants and photos, 2) Event assessment and 3) Interactive Theatre assessment and comments . Downloadable resources related to the event Application form for a SEEDS You Choose award List of career survival resources mentioned pdf 104 KB Slides of SEEDS people and events pptx 14 MB Results of the audience climate perception survey pptx, 1.1 MB or pdf 17 pages, 560Kb List of event participants url SEEDS annual networking event, program pamphlet pdf 408 KB