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2018 ERN Conference Plenary Session Videos

Plenary Session I

Speaker: Gregory Triplett, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Welcome Remarks: Shirley M. Malcom, Director, EHR Programs, AAAS
Jim Lewis, Assistant Director (Acting), EHR, NSF
Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering (ENG), NSF
Willie Rockward, NSBP President Elect, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Dual-Degree Engineering, Morehouse College
Quincy Brown, AAAS Program Director, EHR and Lead, HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase


Plenary Session II: Panel on the State of STEM Research in Hurricane Areas and Lessons Learned

Panelists: Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Executive Director of Ciencia Puerto Rico and Yale University

Camille McKayle, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of the Virgin Islands

Kenneth Boutte, Professor of Biology, Xavier University
 

Welcome: Claudia Rankins, Program Director, NSF, EHR
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Juan Ramirez-Lugo, President of the AAAS Caribbean Division of Biology, UPR-Rio Piedras


Plenary Session III

Speaker: Dana Bolles, Payload Logistics Lead, NASA Ames Bioscience Division, NASA Ames Research Center

Moderator: James Stith, Vice President Emeritus, American Institute of Physics (AIP)


Plenary Session IV: Awards Banquet

Award Presentations

Keynote Speaker: Jedidah Isler, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics at Vanderbilt University & Creator and Host of Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM and STEM en Route to Change

 

Welcome Remarks and Moderator: Shirley M. Malcom, Director, EHR Programs, AAAS
 

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The 2023 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM will be held in Washington, D.C. on February 9-11, 2023.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DUE-1930047. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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