Sylvia Westphal, PhD - Science Writer, Wall Street Journal
When: Thursday, June 19 | 4:00-5:00pm Where: Minot Room | Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street
Come join other HMS postdocs for beer, soda and snacks at our monthly series featuring guest speakers highlighting a variety of career options. This is an informal discussion to offer insights into non-traditional science careers and careers beyond the bench
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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HMS/HSDM PDO: Career Discussion Hour
Speaker: Sylvia Westphal, PhD, Science Writer, Wall Street Journal
Come join other HMS postdocs for beer, soda and snacks at our monthly series featuring guest speakers highlighting a variety of career options. This is an informal discussion to offer insights into non-traditional careers and careers beyond the bench.
When: Thursday, June 19, 2008 | 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Minot Room, Countway Library 5th Floor | 10 Shattuck Street
Sylvia Westphal finished her Ph.D. in genetics at HMS (BBS program) in 1998 and enrolled that year in the Boston University Master's in Science Journalism Program. She did her internship at the LA Times, where she was soon thereafter hired as a medical reporter for the business desk at the Orange County edition. She moved to Boston in 2000 and started working as a staff writer for New Scientist magazine in 2001. From 2004 to 2005 she was an MIT Knight Fellow. In 2005 she was hired as a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She left her staff position in 2007, after having her third child, and now has a freelance contract with them. In the last couple of months she has written stories for them, as well as a feature article for the Smithsonian Magazine.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL POSTDOCS! Beer, soda & snacks provided.
RSVP to postdoc_office@hms.harvard.edu