Please join the Makuu Black Cultural Center and the SEAS Office of Diversity and Inclusion for a discussion focused on Black students in STEM. The university community is welcome, with a particular emphasis on STEM faculty, Black students who are STEM majors, and Black students interested in STEM.
Date: Friday, January 29
Time: 4pm – 5pm
Zoom Link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97562319571
Panelists:
Professor CJ Taylor, Computer and Information Science Department, Associate Dean, SEAS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Brian Peterson, Director, Makuu Black Cultural Center
Professor Eric Fouh, Computer and Information Science Department
Professor Jennifer Lukes, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department
Professor Nakia Rimmer, Mathematics Department
Dr. Laura Stubbs, Director, SEAS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Student Committee:
Ruby Washington, Bioengineering, President, National Society of Black Engineers
Niko Simpkins, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, President, Underrepresented Students Advisory Board in Engineering
Amelia Sharpe, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Abdul-Rakeem Yakubu, Mathematics
Jacob Chidawaya, Computer and Information Science
Chiadika Eleh, Bioengineering
Luyando Kwenda, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Perpetual Balfour, Computer and Information Science
For more information, contact Dr. Rita Powell, rpowell@cis.upenn.edu