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GradSWE members welcomed new students to the group this fall while eating delicious frozen yogurt. We loved getting to share our mission with everyone! Keep your eyes peeled for our fall events.

The Yale SWE section received its charter at the Region F Conference hosted at West Point on Saturday, February 27.  This was the culmination of more than a year of work by the Yale SWE section and represents the growth of SWE at Yale over the past 3 years.  Without the dedication and hard work of both our grad and undergrad members, this would have been impossible.  

SWE and WISAY (Women in Science at Yale) joined forces to host a BBQ for our members.  Drawing attendees from across the STEM fields at Yale, a fun time was had by all!  

Eva Pietri led a discussion on gender bias in STEM that was attended by students from across the STEM disciplines at Yale.  She presented research on implicit bias and showed some short movie clips that she has helped to create.  These videos, which dramatize situations where gender bias comes to the fore, are designed to help combat implicit bias by helping viewers to become aware of it.  After her presentation, she led a lively discussion about gender bias.

On September 2nd, in the Branford College common room, 25 prospective engineering students joined the SWE board and other engineering upperclassmen to discuss classes and shopping period. The upperclassmen provided insights into how to create a balanced schedule while still fulfilling all engineering course prerequisites and classes.

The Yale SWE Board attened the WE14 + ICWES16 conference this during Fall Break, 2014. More than 7,000 women from around the world will come together in Los Angeles in October from the 23-25 for WE14 + ICWES16. They had a chance to meet their peers and engage organizations at the largest global exchange for change for women engineers.

Yale graduate and undergraduate SWE team up to host a mentoring program kickoff on Thursday, October 30 at 7PM.  We decorated homemade cookies for Halloween (costumes welcome) and discussed our goals for the program.  This was a fun opportunity to meet grad students in each engineering department.  People stopped by to sign up and learn more about what we have planned for the rest of the year.