The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations
American Minorities in Science, Engineering and Mathematics in the
Twenty-First Century
April 4-5, 1997, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Conference Agenda
Friday, April 4
11:00-12:15 Registration, Science Center
12:30-2:30 Honorary luncheon and reception for keynote speaker:
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman of the United States
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Pforzheimer House
3:00-5:00 Graduate/undergraduate research talks, Science Center
5:00-5:45 Dinner break (dinner available for visiting students in
Loker Commons)
6:00-7:45 Science Education and Training for African American Youth:
Seeking New Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century
Panelists: Dr. John Allen, North Carolina A & T State
University; Dr. Harold Amos, Harvard Medical School; Dr.
Shirley Ann Jackson, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
Dr. Ambrose Jearld, Northeast Fisheries Science Center;
Dr. Kenneth Manning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Dr. Kennedy Reed, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
Dr. Jean Stanley, Wellesley College; Dr. S. Allen Counter,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (moderator), Institute
of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
8:00 Student Social
Saturday, April 5
9:00-9:30 Registration and continental breakfast, Science Center
9:30-10:00 Welcome by Planning Committee Members
Introduction and Statement of Conference Mission (Dr. S
Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation)
Greetings and Statement of Conference Significance (Dr.
Harry R. Lewis, Dean of Harvard College)
10:00-11:30 Research talks by professors (biology, chemistry,
biochemistry)
11:30-12:30 Research talks by professors (math, engineering, physics,
computer and applied sciences)
12:30-1:45 Informal student/faculty bag lunch; talks and table
discussions, Greenhouse Cafe, Science Center
2:00-2:50 Workshops, Science Center
a. "Networking in Science: Contacts, Advice, Guidance and
Support Seminar"
b. "In the Classroom: Challenges and Successes for Women
in Science Academics"
c. "Strategies for Presenting Your Research"
d. "The Future of Scientific Endeavors in Developing
Nations"
e. "Taking the GRE's"
3:00-5:00 Science Education and Training for Native American,
Latino/Hispanic, and Asian American Youth: Seeking New
Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century. Panelists
include:
Dr. Walter Frontero, Harvard Medical School; Dr Howard
Hu, School of Public Health, Harvard University; Mr. Luis
Martinez, doctoral candidate in Chemistry, Harvard
University; Dr. Joseph Montoya, Harvard University;
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, MPH candidate, Harvard School of
Public Health; Ms Carol Tomlinson, doctoral candidate in
Biology, Harvard University; Dr. S. Allen Counter,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (moderator) Science
Center
5:00 Closing Remarks