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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/312
SUMMARY:A Parental Leave Policy for Graduate Students at Boston University
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Elizabeth Ewen\, BU Biology Department\n\nPart of the
	 Women in Physics Events.\n\nLiz Ewen is a 5th year graduate student in the
	 Biology department working with Dr. Frank Naya. Her research investigates 
	how mutations in genes cause human diseases. She is a member of the Biology
	 Graduate Student Association\, a founding member of the Women in biology a
	nd the Chair of the Parental Leave Comittee for the graduate organization.\
	n\nLiz's talk on "A graduate student parental leave policy for Boston Unive
	rsity" reviewed the policy currently under consideration by the BU administ
	ration. Liz\, along with Elizabeth Tanner and the Women in Biology\, have c
	ompiled information on parental leave policies for graduate students in pla
	ce in other universities. In her talk\, she discussed the need for the poli
	cy as well as the details of the proposal. \n\nThere were many questions an
	d comments from the audience\, as well as much discussion as to what we can
	 do to get the administration to move forward with the policy. Liz mentione
	d that some advice that she was given by women from other universities is t
	hat we need to enlist the support of the faculty members. We decided to put
	 together a statement which we could get faculty members from our departmen
	ts to sign in support of out goals.
LOCATION:PRB 595\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215
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