TODAY at 16:30: ICTP Colloquium on "Women in Mathematics and Physics" by Prof. Rohini Godbole

[ICTP Director]

Dear All,

You are all warmly invited to attend this afternoon's  ICTP Colloquium 
on "Women in Mathematics and Physics" by Prof. Rahini Godbole, from the 
Indian Institute of Science. The Colloquium will take place in the 
Budinich Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, at 16:30.

http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2016/10/colloquium-women-in-physics.aspx

Abstract: Prof. Godbole will tell stories of prominent women 
mathematicians and physicists who were early pioneers in these two 
sciences. She will then comment on the situation today. Her talk will 
identify some of the best practices to attract and retain more women 
into the subject of mathematics and physics.

Biosketch: Particle physicist Rohini Godbole is a professor at the 
Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science at the Center for High 
Energy Physics. Over the past three decades, she has worked extensively 
on different aspects of particle phenomenology, authoring close to 300 
research publications in refereed journals and arxived e-prints and a 
graduate text book on supersymmetry. She has actively worked for 
initiatives to attract and retain more women in science at all levels.

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture which will be 
live-streamed.

Best regards,
Fernando Quevedo