Computer and Information Science

Diversity + Climate

The Department of Computer and Information Science is strongly committed to initiatives that support the University’s efforts to achieve an educational and employment environment that is diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, interests, abilities and perspectives. We strive to attract a diverse community of students and faculty, to provide an accessible, rigorous engineering education, and to improve our local and global communities through engineering.

Programs:

 

  • **Film Screening**

PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries – including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists – who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

 

View Picture a Scientist here.

 

or access the film through the Penn Libraries

 

After you watch the film, log in to see the panel featuring several of the women scientists in the film. The panel will be available at this link until April 23, 2021.

 

 

*** View videos of past events ***