What the History of Successful Women in STEM Fields Can Teach us About Finding Success (and Holding our Ground) Today - September Lunch Webinar
Join us on September 21st, 2016 for our first lunch webinar of the year!
Rachel Swaby will talk about how over the course of writing the book Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and The World, she was continually impressed by the creativity and ingenuity displayed by the book's subjects in the face of obstacles. Although the obstacles have shifted tremendously since the scientists in the book were alive, many of the approaches to overcoming them can be applied to challenges in the workplace today. In this seminar, we’ll dive into the fascinating history of women in STEM—including how the pathologist Alice Hamilton outwitted drug dealers by putting cocaine in her eye, how the computer programmer Grace Hopper taught programmers to “think different” long before Apple coined the phrase, and how the engineer Yvonne Brill figured out a better way to keep satellites in orbit—and discuss the qualities that appeared again and again in the scientists that succeeded. These examples show not only how to operate within a rigid system, but how to advance spaces that work better for women—and therefore promote a diversity of research, ideas, and spaces in all STEM fields.
WHAT: “Lunch & Learn” webinar – lunch provided by SWE-ECI! Discussion to follow.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 21 at 11:30 AM – 1 PM
WHERE: Rockwell Collins (Discovery Conference Room 106-191),
Quaker (Milling R&D Conference Room, WH2, 3rd floor)
P&G Oral Care (Training Room A)
Dupont (Anderl Room)
General Mills (Conf Room A)
or Call-in from your desk! - RSVP for lunch below!
WEBEX Information:
Topic: SWE Lunch Webinar
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Time: 11:30 am, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Meeting Number: US/Canada Toll Free:1-855-358-5393 Meeting #: 808 314 384
https://rockwellcollins.webex.com/rockwellcollins/j.php?MTID=m0684ab33bc914748e9833c068449cc65
Rachel Swaby will talk about how over the course of writing the book Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and The World, she was continually impressed by the creativity and ingenuity displayed by the book's subjects in the face of obstacles. Although the obstacles have shifted tremendously since the scientists in the book were alive, many of the approaches to overcoming them can be applied to challenges in the workplace today. In this seminar, we’ll dive into the fascinating history of women in STEM—including how the pathologist Alice Hamilton outwitted drug dealers by putting cocaine in her eye, how the computer programmer Grace Hopper taught programmers to “think different” long before Apple coined the phrase, and how the engineer Yvonne Brill figured out a better way to keep satellites in orbit—and discuss the qualities that appeared again and again in the scientists that succeeded. These examples show not only how to operate within a rigid system, but how to advance spaces that work better for women—and therefore promote a diversity of research, ideas, and spaces in all STEM fields.
WHAT: “Lunch & Learn” webinar – lunch provided by SWE-ECI! Discussion to follow.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 21 at 11:30 AM – 1 PM
WHERE: Rockwell Collins (Discovery Conference Room 106-191),
Quaker (Milling R&D Conference Room, WH2, 3rd floor)
P&G Oral Care (Training Room A)
Dupont (Anderl Room)
General Mills (Conf Room A)
or Call-in from your desk! - RSVP for lunch below!
WEBEX Information:
Topic: SWE Lunch Webinar
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Time: 11:30 am, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Meeting Number: US/Canada Toll Free:1-855-358-5393 Meeting #: 808 314 384
https://rockwellcollins.webex.com/rockwellcollins/j.php?MTID=m0684ab33bc914748e9833c068449cc65
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