Women in Science Lecture Series November 10th Lecturer: Dr. Susan Martinis, Biochemist and Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. (Image courtesy of Melissa M. Edwards.) Full article
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Lecture Series Highlights Women in Science at Illinois; Makes University Archives More Diverse
December 8th Lecturer: Dr. Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Associate Professor of Nutrition. (Image courtesy of Zeynep Madak-Erdogan.)October 1, 2020
If you’re interested in innovative scientific research at Illinois and would like to find out more about the exceptional women who conduct it, sign up to attend the Women in Science Lecture Series via Zoom at noon on the second Tuesday of every month. Sponsored by the University Archives and funded by a grant from the Library Innovation Fund, the series is the brainchild of Bethany Anderson, an archivist who focuses on the history of science and technology on campus, and Kristen Allen Wilson, the coordinator of the Illinois Distributed Museum website. The new virtual lecture series was not only intended to highlight women in science at Illinois; its creators hope it, along with video records and other material which will be available via their websites, has a more lasting impact—to help diversify both Archives and Museum holdings and to provide a resource for educators. Thus, over the long-term, they hope to help increase the number of women choosing careers in STEM.
ISE’s Molly Goldstein: Passionate About Teaching Engineering Students Design
“My role is…being coach and helping students see what some of their strengths are, and what may be perceived as a weakness, and play into those so that they can play into their strengths. – Molly Hathaway Goldstein
Goldstein exhibits the variety of tools available for students in the Product Design Lab.September 30, 2020
Like many of today’s young people, when she was growing up, Molly Goldstein wanted to make a difference. Currently an Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (ISE) Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Product Design Lab, Goldstein acknowledges, “I knew that I wanted to be in a career where I was making an impact and helping people. From my first immunization through high school, I thought that was through being a medical doctor.” While she didn’t end up being a doctor, along her journey, she discovered her real passion, and is now poised to make a difference in the lives of numerous engineering students, to help make them the best engineers possible, so they can achieve their own dreams.
