Table of Contents

Focus

Editor's Notes:

Peering Outside the Labortory Window by Sydney Gary

Reactions Letter

From the Field: Working Below the Antartic Circle by Dominique Cowart

Women in the Workplace: Supportive or Competitive? by Nancy Forbes

Wisdom on Mentoring - Sharing the Methods of Exemplary
Science and Engineering Mentors by Marilyn J. Suiter

President's Remarks:

We Should Not Hesitate in Making Bold Leaps Forward for AWIS! by Donna Dean

National AWIS: Moving Ahead Persistently by Nancy Bakowski

AWIS Financial Statement for Fiscal Year 2005

Research Advances

Small Talk with Bonnie Bassler by Carmen Drahl

Career Talk:

Education and Workforse Development: Helping People and Communities Succeed Through Education by Nicole Kresge

Finding Our Way

When Your Advisor Stops Advising by Cynthia Haggard

Communicating Science

Science, Technology and the Global Economy by David Brakke

Book Review:

First Ladies by Margaret Reilly

Chapter News:

AWIS Palo Alto - A Brief History by Jennifer Wampler