CU-ADVANCE

The CU-ADVANCE Center offers two competitive named Lecture Series to help with recruitment of highly qualified women faculty members by providing a prestigious invitation and professional networking opportunities for the visitor and for Cornell faculty.

Lecturers will be selected competitively; nominations by departments must include a description of the process by which the nominee was selected and other potential nominees. Special emphasis will be placed on inviting women of color.

Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis as lecture slots are still available. Nomination guidelines Nominators are encouraged to contact the CU-ADVANCE Center at advance@cornell.edu to discuss potential nominees and nomination requirements prior to submitting a nomination.

The CU-ADVANCE Center will provide publicity and will cover the costs of travel, a small honorarium, and networking events and meals.

The Carolyn Baldwin Morrison Lecture Series

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Carolyn Baldwin Morrison was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in science from Cornell - and in the United States - in 1895.

This series consists of up to 4 lectures per year, one each in engineering, physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences. Candidates should be distinguished early-career women (within 3 years of tenure).

A Morrison Lecturer will give a broad-reaching technical seminar, speak with graduate students in her area at a luncheon, and attend a reception and dinner with her Cornell hosts and selected faculty and researchers.

The Barbara McClintock Distinguished Lecture

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Barbara McClintock (B.S. 1923, M.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1927, all from Cornell) won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

This yearly lecture will bring a young (pre-tenure) outstanding female faculty member who was a Cornell undergraduate to campus for a broad-reaching technical seminar and for an experiential seminar for undergraduates, to provide them with a role model and to discuss graduate school and faculty careers.

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Robert L. Harris, Jr.,
ADVANCEments in Science Lecture

The yearly ADVANCEments in Science Seminar Series will bring a nationally known researcher on women in science to Cornell once each year for a campus-wide lecture and provide opportunities for focused discussions.

Over the past 3 years, ADVANCE has hosted Virginia Valian (Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, Hunter College, "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women"), Joan Williams (Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Worklife Law, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, "Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It"), and Alice Hogan (Chief Administrative Officer, Asian University for Women Support Foundation, Former Program Director, National Science Foundation).

Nominations from multiple departments, colleges, or other academic units are encouraged.

The CU-ADVANCE Center will provide publicity and will cover the costs of travel, a small honorarium, and networking events and meals.

(form and criteria for internal use)