Russell Women in Science Lecture Series: Leadership Beyond the Lab

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As part of a long-standing commitment to advancing women in science and technology, Mills College is proud to announce the new Russell Women in Science Lecture Series: Leadership Beyond the Lab. This annual lecture series is designed to introduce students to leading female scientists and highlight the career opportunities available to young women in the sciences.

The inaugural April 17 event will feature Dr. Rita Colwell, a path-breaking leader in government, academia, and the private sector, in a lecture titled “A Changing Climate in Human Health: Empowering Women in a Global Society.” The lecture will be held at 5:00 pm in the Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall on the Mills campus. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 4:30 pm for a pre-lecture reception.

A renowned microbiologist whose career has focused on solving global infectious diseases, water, and health problems, Colwell has led groundbreaking research on the transmission of cholera and how the ecology of this disease-causing bacteria is altered as a result of global changes in climate and weather. She has also worked to combat the spread of cholera by training women in the villages of Bangladesh to remove the pathogen by filtering their drinking water through folded sari cloth.

In her address, Colwell will explain how educating women in basic scientific concepts empowers them to take control of their lives and improve the health of their communities. She will also discuss the challenges she has personally faced throughout her career as a woman scientist as well as the current state of women working and studying in scientific fields.

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