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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Evelynn Hammonds\, Dean of Harvard College\, to deliver\nan
 nual Muriel V. Roscoe Lecture\nThe ���������Թ� Women’s Alumnae Association is p
 leased to announce\nthat Dr. Evelynn Hammonds\, Dean of Harvard College an
 d renowned\ncrusader for equity and diversity in faculty hiring and\ncompo
 sition\, will be presenting the annual Muriel V. Roscoe Lecture\non Thursd
 ay\, Oct. 23.\nWhat: The Annual Muriel V. Roscoe Lecture “Women in Academi
 a:\n21st Century Challenges”\nWho: Dr. Evelynn Hammonds\, Dean\, Harvard\n
 College and Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of\nScien
 ce\nWhen: Thursday\, Oct. 23\, 2008\, 6 p.m.\nWhere: Otto Maass Chemistry 
 Building\, 801\nSherbrooke St. W.\, Room 112.\nDr. Hammonds\, a distinguis
 hed scholar\, teacher and\nadministrator\, has published extensively on th
 e history of disease\,\nrace and science\, African-American feminism\, Afr
 ican-American women\nand HIV/AIDS\, and analyses of gender and race in sci
 ence and\nmedicine. Her current work focuses on the intersection of\nscien
 tific\, medical\, and socio-political concepts of race in the\nUnited Stat
 es. She has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck\nInstitute for the H
 istory of Science in Berlin and a Fellow in the\nSchool of Social Science 
 at the Institute for Advanced Study in\nPrinceton. In July 2005\, Dr. Hamm
 onds was named Senior Vice Provost\nfor Faculty Development and Diversity 
 at Harvard University. Prior\nto joining Harvard\, she taught at the Massa
 chusetts Institute of\nTechnology and is the founding director of the MIT 
 Center for the\nStudy of Diversity in Science\, Technology\, and Medicine.
 \nThe Muriel V. Roscoe Lecture is named for a former chairperson\nof the B
 otany Department at ���������Թ� who was also Warden\nof Royal Victor
 ia College (RVC) for 22 years. Dr. Roscoe\, who was\nthe second woman in M
 cGill's history to be named a full professor\n(1945)\, taught at ���������Թ� fo
 r 27 years and her personal and\nprofessional achievements had a significa
 nt impact on an entire\ngeneration of ���������Թ� women.\nThe endowment for thi
 s lectureship was established in 1988 by\nthe ���������Թ� Alumnae Society in ce
 lebration of their 100th\nanniversary. The lecture seeks to stimulate deba
 te on issues where\nwomen have developed a special voice. The purposes of 
 the\nlectureship also include recognition of the contributions of women\na
 nd encouraging their full participation in all areas of\nsociety.\nOn the 
 web: /alumni-groups/alumnae/roscoe/\n
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LOCATION:Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\, 801 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Women in Academia: 21st Century Challenges
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