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Northeastern University - Oakland Campus, Lisser Hall

5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613

Join us for this Russell Women in Science Leadership Lecture:

"Broadening participation in STEM by opening new pathways to the BS, MS,and PhD"

Fireside chat and pre-chat reception with Dr. Carla Brodley, dean of inclusive computing at Northeastern University
 

The Russell Women in Science Leadership Lecture Series is critical to showcasing essential women science leaders who, like Dr. Carla Brodley, have accomplished firsts in their fields. Dr. Brodley will share her ideas for growing the women-to-STEM-degree pipeline, discuss her own journey as a prominent woman leader in STEM, and describe the impactful work being conducted by the Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC) at Northeastern, where she is the founding executive director. The CIC partners with colleges and universities to increase the representation of women computing graduates by removing barriers that exclude them from discovering—and thriving in—computing programs.
 

Reception: 3:30 pm Pacific Time

6:30 pm Eastern Time

 

Fireside Chat 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Pacific Time

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time

 

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About Dr. Carla Brodley
Prior to her current role, Dr. Brodley served as dean of Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Before joining Northeastern, she was a professor in the Department of Computer Science and in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Tufts Medical Center.
 
Dr. Brodley’s research in interdisciplinary machine learning has led to advances in remote sensing, neuroscience, digital libraries, astrophysics, retrieval of medical images, computational biology, chemistry, evidence-based medicine, and predictive medicine. She has received fellowships to the Association for Computing Machinery, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
 
Dr. Brodley holds a BA in mathematics and computer science from McGill University and a PhD in computer science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

 

About the Russell Women in Science Leadership Program
Founded by Cristine Russell ’71 and overseen by the Mills Institute, the Russell Women in Science Leadership Program offers students from underrepresented groups access to expert speakers in the sciences and a powerful mentoring network for opening doors to science careers.

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