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Inventing Tomorrow

2002–03 Distinguished Women Scientists and
Engineers Speakers Program

 

Barbara Grosz

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science,
Harvard University

Oct. 21–22: Cray Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering

Andrea Dupree

Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics;
Past president, American Astronomical Society

Nov. 7–8. Dupree's appearance was co-sponsored by the School of Physics and Astronomy.

Mildred Dresselhaus

Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dec. 9–10: Dresselhaus's appearance was co-sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (For more information see the famous MIT reports on the status of their female faculty in science and follow-up articles published in the MIT Faculty Newsletter and MIT Tech Talk.)

Geri Richmond

Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon

April 9: Quilting Together a Professional Life in Science

Related Events: Kolthoff Lectures
April 7: Probing Interactions at Liquid Surfaces Through Nonlinear Spectroscopy
April 8: Aqueous Surfaces: Understanding Their Special Bonding Properties

Richmond's appearance was co-sponsored by the School of Chemistry.

Leslie Smith

Department of Engineering Physics; Department of Mathematics; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison

April 17–18: Anisotropic Turbulence in Geophysical Flows

Marcia McNutt

President and CEO, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Past president, American Geophysical Union

May 8: Ocean Exploration