Women as a Minority in Science: A University of Chicago Forum

You are invited to participate this Wednesday, Feb. 23rd at 5:30, Ida Noyes East Lounge.

Following the recent comments of Harvard's President Summers, University of Chicago faculty confront the barriers accountable for the low success rates of women in the sciences.

Panelists include:
Richard Saller, Ph.D. – Professor, History; University Provost
Jose Quintans, M.D., Ph.D. – Professor, Pathology; Associate Dean and Master, BCSD
Robert Fefferman, Ph.D. – Professor, Mathematics; Dean, Physical Sciences Division
Jeff Harvey, Ph.D. – Professor and Former Chair, Physics
Ka Yee Lee, Ph.D. – Associate Professor; Undergraduate Advisor, Chemistry
Peggy Mason, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, NPP; Chair, Committee on Neurobiology
Shannon Hackett, Ph. D. - Lecturer, Organismal Biology and Anatomy; Associate Curator and Head, Bird Division, Field Museum

*If you have questions or comments you would like the panel to address please email Keren Ladin at keren[at]uchicago.edu.

The event is sponsored by our U of C chapter of Women In Science, with the help of SGFC and the Franke Institute.


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