International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8th.
Mark your calendars for International Women's Day 2021 on March 8, 2021, 3:30-5:00pm, which will be virtual. Please register for the event at http://go.illinois.edu/womensday
The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program in collaboration with Humanities Research Institute hosts an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of the woman in his or her discipline that changed the field in important ways.
SPEAKER LIST
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth
Timothy Killeen
President, University of Illinois System
Steven Anderson
School of Social Work
Maimouna Barro
Center for African Studies
Sulagna Chakraborty
Program in Ecology Evolution & Conservation Biology
Jerry Dávila
Illinois Global Institute
Sean Garrick
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Harley Johnson
College of Engineering
Maureen Marshall
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
Susan Martinis
Vice Chancellor for Research
Wendy Rogers
Kinesiology and Community Health
Lila Sharif
Asian American Studies
Rebecca Smith
Department of Pathobiology