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<b>Please forward this symposium information to faculty and graduate
students.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">SYMPOSIUM: BEYOND BIAS AND
BARRIERS<br>
October 10, 2007
1:45-6:00pm<br>
Radcliffe Gymnasium, Radcliffe Yard, Harvard University</b><br><br>
This symposium will examine the 2007 National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
"Beyond Bias and Barriers" report on women in science and
engineering, which identifies widespread institutional practices and
biases that disadvantage women in science and engineering careers.
The symposium will bring together report <br>
authors and members of the Harvard community in a discussion of how we
can work together to<br>
improve the status and experience of women in science and
engineering. Full schedule and agenda details can be found at
<a href="http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hgwise/Images/BBBposter.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hgwise/Images/BBBposter.pdf</a><br><br>
<b>TOPICS AND SPEAKERS:<br>
CURRENT STATUS OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE</b><br>
Maria Zuber--E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology<br><br>
<b>HOW INSTITUTIONS IMPACT DIVERSITY</b><br>
Nan Keohane--Harvard University Corporation member, Laurance S.
Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs at
Princeton University, and former President of Duke University<br><br>
<b>WHAT HARVARD CAN DO</b><br>
Barbara Grosz--Interim Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Studies and Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences<br><br>
<b>PANEL DISCUSSION</b><br>
Evelynn Hammonds, Moderator--Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity
and Development and Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and
of African and African American Studies<br><br>
A reception will follow the presentations.<br><br>
We hope that you will be able to attend! RSVPs to hgwise@hcs.harvard.edu
are strongly encouraged but not required.<br><br>
Sponsored by Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE),
the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), and Harvard Integrated
Life Sciences (HILS)<br>
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