Events
Past Event
One Book Margot Shetterly Keynote: Evanston Campus
One Book One Northwestern 2019-20
4:30 PM
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Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute
Details
Faculty Co-Chairs, Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences Heather Pinkett and Dean Teresa Woodruff of the Graduate School, will be in conversation with author of Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly. There will be a book signing after the talk.
MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY is a writer, researcher, entrepreneur and author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, which was a top book of 2016 for both TIME and Publisher’s Weekly, a USA Today bestseller, and a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Shetterly is also the founder of the Human Computer Project, a digital archive telling the stories all of NASA’s “Human Computers,” women from all backgrounds whose work tipped the balance in favor of the United States in WWII, the Cold War, and the Space Race. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities support her research. She is currently a scholar-in-residence at the University of Virginia, with joint appointments at the McIntire School of Commerce and the School of Engineering.
Time
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute Map
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One Book One Northwestern 2019-20
WED@NICO Seminar Series returns April 10th!
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
Details
The Wednesdays@NICO Speaker series will run during the spring quarter, every Wednesday, from April 10th to May 29th, 2024. Speakers will be announced towards the end of March.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option via Zoom
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems and data science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
Contact
Calendar
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)