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Women in Science - April Lecture: Dr. Marni Boppart

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
University of Illinois Archives, co-sponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Cancer Center at Illinois; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology; Center for Social and Behavioral Science; Grainger College of Engineering; Humanities Research Institute; Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute; National Center for Supercomputing Applications; Prairie Research Institute; School of Integrative Biology; Siebel Center for Design; Women in Engineering; Cindy Ingold, Gender Studies and Multicultural Services Librarian.
Location
Main Library Room 146 and hybrid
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Apr 11, 2024   12:00 - 1:00 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Marni Boppart, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Kinesiology and Community Health; Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.
Registration
https://go.library.illinois.edu/WomenInScienceApril2024
Contact
Bethany Anderson or Kristen Wilson
E-Mail
bgandrsn@illinois.edu; khallen3@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)

Professor and Director of Strategic Initiatives for Kinesiology and Community Health, Dr. Boppart will share her research on understanding muscle repair and using that knowledge to create interventions to help prevent muscle loss in a variety of contexts.

Registration Link: https://go.library.illinois.edu/WomenInScienceApril2024

The University of Illinois Archives’ monthly Women in Science Lecture Series features speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise. The lecture series seeks to highlight the important innovations and contributions of women in the sciences at the University of Illinois, and center the importance of documenting women scientists and engineers to create a diverse and inclusive archival record. This lecture series will take place both in person at the University Archives and over Zoom once a month from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Central.  

Please share with anyone who might be interested! For more information about the lecture series and to view past lectures, visit the lecture series website.

Partners and Sponsors: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Cancer Center at Illinois; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology; Center for Social and Behavioral Science; Grainger College of Engineering; Humanities Research Institute; Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute; National Center for Supercomputing Applications; Prairie Research Institute; School of Integrative Biology; Siebel Center for Design; Women and Gender in Global Perspectives; Women in Engineering; Cindy Ingold, Gender Studies and Multicultural Services Librarian. 

Funding for the initial lecture series provided by the University of Illinois Library Innovation Fund. Continued funding provided by Cancer Center at Illinois, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Center for Social and Behavioral Science, Grainger College of Engineering, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, and National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

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