General Information
The CU-ADVANCE Center has established several lecture series and welcomes nominations for each of them.
Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis as lecture slots are still available. Nomination guidelines
Nominators are encouraged to contact the CU-ADVANCE Center to discuss potential nominees and nomination requirements prior to submitting a nomination.
Carolyn Baldwin Morrison Distinguished Lecture Series
Carolyn Baldwin Morrison was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in science from Cornell - and in the United States - in 1895.
The Carolyn Baldwin Morrison Distinguished Lecture 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.
This series will bring a pool of talented women faculty to Cornell, serve as a recruiting tool by providing a prestigious invitation, and provide professional networking opportunities for both the visitor as well as 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.
The CU-ADVANCE Center will provide publicity and will cover the costs of travel, the graduate student luncheon, and the reception and dinner.
Barbara McClintock Distinguished Lecture
Barbara McClintock (B.S. 1923, M.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1927, all from Cornell) won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
The yearly Barbara McClintock Distinguished 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.
This series will bring a pool of talented women faculty to Cornell, serve as a recruiting tool by providing a prestigious invitation, and provide professional networking opportunities fro both the visitor as well as 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.
The CU-ADVANCE Center will provide publicity and will cover the costs of travel, a small honorarium, and networking events and meals.
ADVANCEments in Science Seminar Series
The yearly ADVANCEments in Science Seminar Series will bring a nationally recognized speaker on gender issues in academia and science to Cornell once each year for a campus-wide lecture and provide opportunities for focused discussions.
Over the past 4 years, individual colleges at Cornell have hosted William Wulff (President of the National Academy of Sciences, "Why Don't More Women Go Into Engineering?"), John Slaughter (President and CEO National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, "Engineering Excellence and Equity"), Mae Jemison (Astronaut), and Virginia Valian (Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, Hunter College, "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women").
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.