Ohio State hosts 18th annual Women in Science Day

Approximately 300 seventh through 10th grade female students from more than 20 Central Ohio schools will be attending science workshops at the Association for Women in Science of Central Ohio’s Women in Science Day program. The event runs from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday (4/2) on Ohio State’s campus.

Concurrent workshops run at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. For media, the best visual opportunity is a Medical Technology workshop at 1:30 p.m. In the workshop, students will have the chance to explore laboratory medicine by doing blood analysis and gaining experience in detecting anemia, leukemia and infectious mononucleosis.

The program will also feature a keynote address by Joan M. Herbers, professor and dean of the College of Biological Sciences, at noon in the East Ballroom of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. She will discuss “Amazing Ants.”

This year, President Karen Holbrook and Mayor Michael Coleman have proclaimed April 2 Women in Science Day. The program marks the 18th annual Women in Science Day hosted by Ohio State.
For more information, see http://www.awisco.ohio-state.edu/

WHAT: Approximately 300 seventh through 10th grade female students from more than 20 Central Ohio schools will be attending science workshops at the Association for Women in Science of Central Ohio’s Women in Science Day program

WHEN: Women in Science Day: 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday (4/2)
Medical Technology workshop: 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Various locations on campus

WHY: To give female students from Central Ohio an opportunity to learn more about fields of science