Clare Boothe Luce Speakers and Panels

Clare Boothe Luce Speaker Series and Panels for Undecided Students

_physics_cblspeakers 100 100 false 5e4dacf9-58be-44df-a495-c8b637e7f368.jpg Mackenzie_Warrens_presentation.jpg 100 74 Mackenzie Warrens, '17 UD graduate and Clare Boothe Luce Scholar, returned to deliver the Spring 2019 Clare Booth Luce Lecture and talk about her research with table top ultracold neutral plasma experiments, studying processes like equilibration and diffusion, which helps model complex systems. da37f058-42a6-45a4-8e73-09c872e7246f.jpg Sprague_screen.jpg 100 51 UD alumna Dr. Sprague was the Fall 2018 Clare Boothe Luce Lecturer. She is a Senior Research Investigator at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, MA. As part of the Chemical Biology and Therapeutics group at NIBR, she leads hit finding activities for drug discovery projects. e0d121af-babb-4f51-b6af-beb4734b8743.jpg Sprague_group_cropped_v2.jpg 100 57 While on campus, Dr. Sprague met with students for lunch, dinner and breakfast to give them the opportunity to learn about graduate school and research. b7eec69b-5b44-45cc-8aff-0bff070dfecb.png CBLPanel9302015.png 77 100 Successful women from the fields of chemistry, software engineering, physics, and two CBL Scholars joined Dr. John Coogan, a Ph.D. physicists and father of two STEM daughters, to present opportunities to UD students. Clare Boothe Luce Panel Participants http://udallas.edu/constantin/academics/programs/physics/_documents_2/CBLPanel9302015.pdf c98d924c-4ef4-41e2-b16c-68cb59c45304.JPG IMG_8936.JPG 75 100 SMU Associate Professor of Physics was the Spring 2016 Clare Boothe Luce Lecturer. The audience was enthralled by her discussion of search for elusive Dark Matter. Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Searches at SMU http://www.physics.smu.edu/cooley/cdms/ 0cd4ec13-317e-4cbc-aee1-8904a3585701.JPG IMG_8973.JPG 100 75 Dr. Cooley discussed the fact that WIMPS are predicted to be abundant and very weakly interacting with millions of them passing through your hand each second. dc357ddf-5be2-4fee-a238-eab91d8ff41d.jpg stephanietalking.jpg 100 66 UD alumna and Assistant Professor of Physics at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo was the Fall 2015 Clare Boothe Luce Lecturer. Dr. Wissel's tales of research in Antarctica introduced students to the challenges of detecting neutrinos. ANITA Experiment http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/neutrinos-on-ice-how-to-keep-cool-in-thin-air/ 8ad52d2c-f2e4-4285-b5dc-30f7c237c40a.JPG nathanwisselhicks.JPG 100 66 UD students got to hear two lectures in the same day as Dr. Nathan Keim, also with Cal Poly, spoke on soft condensed matter physics.
As part of our Clare Boothe Luce Program at the University of Dallas, successful female scientists, engineers, and mathematicians are invited to campus to deliver a lecture over their research; the event is open to the UD community.  These women also meet with students to discuss opportunities in their fields and what it is like to be woman in their respective areas of study.

We also offer each year a Clare Boothe Luce Panel of women in academia, engineering, research, and industry to talk to students about the paths they took to get to their current position of success. Clare Boothe Luce Scholars also serve on the panel, as well as men who can contribute to the discussion of how women can be successful in science, engineering, and mathematics.