This document is a flier for a talk by Dr. Lynn M. Gangone: "Dr. Gangone is head of The Women's College of the University of Denver and associate clinical professor of higher education at the University's Morgridge College of Education. Dr. Gangone serves on the faculty of the HERS Bryn Mawr, HERS Denver, and the ACPA Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute (MMI), and is a member and facilitator for the AACandU's Campus Women Lead (CWL), and alliance promoting a multicultural women-led agenda for t

Mike Purdy began the discussion by describing the “buzz words” that are often heard in appointment and promotions meetings: “leadership, impact, and homerun.” He focused his remarks on leadership because of all the criteria, it can be the most difficult to define. Purdy described two types of leadership: leadership by intellect and leadership by activity.

The goals of the sponsored colloquia program are to increase the visibility of women in STEM departments, strengthen the networking and career opportunities for women in the STEM disciplines, and bring new ideas to BU from industry and other ADVANCE schools.

The symposium addressed a variety of questions about the science of diversity, including: How do people form impressions of groups and individuals? What is the impact of identity on achievement and social relationships?" and more.

SEEDS sponsors a Distinguished Lecturer each year, for EACH of the four science schools. These lectureships bring prominent women and other underrepresented minority scientists to UM and thereby provide role models and professional networking opportunities for all our faculty and students, men and women.

Many ADVANCE programs have implemented some type of lecture series. This presentation provides an overview of some of them and their local conditions. It was given at the 2008 ADVANCE PI Meeting Session 2 on the Devil is in the Details: What We Have Learned About Mini-Grants, Mentoring, and Distinguished Lectures...

This webpage is a list of visiting speakers and what they talked about.

This webpage is a description of talking circles and workshops related to those talking circles.

Women undergraduate students in science and engineering at a primarily undergraduate institution do not have many opportunities to interact with PhD students and therefore have a hard time visualizing themselves pursuing that path. A program created at this Hispanic Serving Institution will bring to campus talented women who are pursuing a doctoral degree or currently hold a post-doctoral fellowship to give departmental seminars to faculty and students.

To increase the visibility of UA female STEM faculty, and encourage collegiality, collaboration, and networking across disciplines and departments.

This flier previews talks by Dr. Peggy Kelly and Dr. Barbara Burke in the Cal Poly Pomona Speaker Series.

Dr. Virginia Valian is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and Co-Director of Hunter's Gender Equity Project. She comes Brown as part of the Visiting Scholars Program. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women.

Dr. Nancy H. Hopkins is the Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this presentation, Dr. Hopkins looks back on what has been learned at MIT about invisible barriers that inhibit women's advancement in science and steps MIT took reduce such barriers. She asks whether conscious and unconscious barriers still inhibit women's full participation in science.

The ADVANCEing Faculty Distinguished Lectureship Program brings senior women faculty to the Tech campus to interact with faculty and students; network on issues related to research, teaching, and professional development; and serve as positive role models.

This document is a letter about a lecture series for junior scientists.

During the months of January and February 2005, ADVANCE co-sponsored the visit of three women researchers to the Physics Department at UPRH. Prof. Maria Lucia Pereira-Da Silva from the University of Sao Paulo Brasil spent two months at UPRH working in research related to the optical characterization of materials for sensors and the development of devices for teaching microfluidic concepts.

The purpose of the Visiting Scholar Program is to provide greater in-house consultation to chairs and directors regarding best practices for recruiting and retaining women in the sciences. Rarely do campuses have personnel who specialize in all the areas of challenge to diversity. Moreover, addressing many of these challenges requires more than a single interaction with an expert." Information on past visiting scholars from 2007 until recent are provided with links.

This webpage describes events with distinguished lecturers. Examples include Dr. Maria Assuncao.

The purpose of this program is to bring distinguished female scientists and engineers to the UAB campus in order to increase the visibility of women scholars within the hosting department/school and to provide UAB faculty with the opportunity to interact with these scholars. Bringing women scholars who will energize faculty, bring creative ideas, and offer the potential for collaboration are best suited for funding by this program.

Virginia Tech’s Office for Equity and Inclusion and AdvanceVT are pleased to invite proposals for the Virginia Tech Visiting Scholars Program. This program, initiated by AdvanceVT, is being expanded in response to recommendations of the Task Force on Race and the Institution.

The purpose of this program is to bring distinguished female scientists and engineers to the UAB campus in order to increase the visibility of women scholars within the hosting department/school and to provide UAB faculty with the opportunity to interact with these scholars.

Sue V. Rosser of Georgia Tech will outline ways in which higher educational institutions’ engagement with the issues of women in the sciences can widen the path to success for all faculty. She will identify key barriers that must be addressed for universities to better retain women scientists and engineers, and the challenges and rewards of institutionalizing ADVANCE goals.

Dr. Virginia Valian is a Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Hunter College-CUNY; author of "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women," (MIT Press, 1998); and the Hunter College ADVANCE Program Principal Investigator.

This wepbpage is a list of links on faculty searchers and visiting scholars

This form can be used to evaluate a candidate on his/her teaching seminar. It asks for 1-4 ratings on things such as 'how clearly was the topic introduced?'

We will provide grant funding on a competitive basis for departments to bring several promising early-career female scientists in STEM fields to campus for lectures.

The fellowship is named after Marie Tharp, who was the first to map details of the ocean floor on a global scale. She published the pivotal interpretation of mid-ocean ridges that was crucial to the eventual acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift. Tharp based her work on data from sonar readings obtained by Maurice Ewing and his team.

Janet Bickel is a career coach consultant. She partners with individuals to build their careers and their executive skills and with organizations to improve leadership development. Ms. Bickel is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at George Washington University School of Medicine and a member of the ELAM Consultation Alliance.

Dr. Joan Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law. 'We must restructure the academic workplace to recognize the legitimate claims of family life, so both men and women can realize both their professional and their personal goals.'

Dr. Donna J. Dean is Senior Science Advisor with Lewis-Burke Associates LLC. Dr. Dean is responsible for developing strategies and providing advice and counsel to clients that enhance their successful participation in federal research programs.

The aim of the program is to provide career development through mentoring relationships with off-campus science leaders who will provide advice and facilitate the formation of collaborative research efforts.

This webpage is a list of visiting speakers and what they talked about.

UW-Madison has embarked on a comprehensive effort to make sexual harassment a university community concern. This effort, backed by vigorous public endorsement by the administration, has involved refining and renewing an array of campus resources, designing and publishing informational materials, and offering informational sessions to all employees.

Information on various speaker series offered through the University of Arizona's ADVANCE Program are listed with information on how to nominate a speaker.

As part of UA ADVANCE's efforts to encourage and highlight interdisciplinary research, each year we sponsor two Data Blitz seminars.

On October 5th, 2011, Dr. C. Megan Urry of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics spoke at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences on “Women in Science: Why so Few?” In this videotaping of her talk, Dr. Urry discusses the statistics of gender differences in STEM fields, as well as some of the social science experiments relating to unconscious bias and how they pertain to minority groups in science. Dr. Urry concludes with a set of steps for improving gender

Once a year, each college will invite a woman scholar who is an individual with an exemplary career, and who is considered to be at the very top of their field. Lectures will be open to the campus, and participants from other colleges are encouraged to attend.