| The Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education will
join Nebraska EPSCoR to sponsor the Women in Science Conference March
23 -24, 2000. The conference invites young women from high schools
across Nebraska and other EPSCoR states to UNL where they will meet
with role models, hear speakers, visit laboratories, and tour other
scientific work sites. The keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Sherilyn
Fritz of UNL's Department of Geosciences and the School of Biological
Sciences. Dr. Fritz's research integrates biological, geological,
and atmospheric sciences and uses fossil organisms preserved in lake
sediments to reconstruct both climate change and the impacts of environmental
pollution. She has active research projects all over the world.
While at the conference, students hear from panels of women who
are scientists on campus as well as women scientists from business
and industry. Students also will have an opportunity to meet with
graduate and undergraduate students to learn more about college
life and how to prepare to succeed in majors related to science
and mathematics. Students are guided through a variety of laboratory
settings or other scientific work sites by women faculty or other
science professionals to build on their understanding of the work
scientists do and of the opportunities in scientific fields. Previous
participants have reported the event dispelled some of the myths
about science careers for women and encouraged them to pursue their
interests in a variety of fields.
For more information contact the Center for Science, Mathematics
and Computer Education via phone, (402)472-8965; visit the "Programs
and Events" section of the Center's website, www.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI;
or email Marilyn McDowell, mmcdowel@unlnotes01.unl.edu.
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