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Future Conferences

Same-Sex Desire and Union in China: Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspectives, May 16-18, 2008 The Clayman Institute is pleased to be a leading co-sponsor of this conference, to be held at the Stanford Humanities Conference. Check back for more details closer to the event.

Past Conferences

Ruth Deech, "Women, Ethics and Embryos"

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 4:30 - 6:00pm at Stanford's Tresidder Union, Lagunita Drive, Oak Lounge, 2nd Floor (accessible by elevator). This event is free and open to the public. Parking is plentiful and unrestricted after 4:00pm.
The medical, financial and political aspects of embryo research are exciting, promising and controversial. Stem cell research may lead to new cures for today's incurable diseases. But - what are the ethical impediments and imperatives of working with embryos? Why is the US out of step with much of the rest of the world? Men are making the ethical and financial decisions in this field but the need for eggs is such that women are likely to become powerful agents. The US is urgently in need of laws to regulate IVF and embryo research. The UK has achieved gender equality in decisions about embryo research and is liberal in permitting new treatments and research projects. Join us in hearing Lady Deech discuss these urgent issues and we invite audience participation during a question and answer period.
Ruth Deech studied law at Oxford University. After graduate work at Brandeis University and bar exams she taught law at Oxford until 1991 when she was elected Principal of her university college, St Anne's. She was a deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University and had special responsibilities for admissions, equal opportunities (in particular daycare) and student welfare. At the same time she was chosen to be chair of the UK Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, a body set up by law to monitor all IVF treatment and embryo research in Britain; under her chairmanship stem cell research was legalised and regulated. After that she became a governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation for four years, holding the BBC accountable to the licence fee payer. During her governorship the Hutton Report into the BBC's reporting about WMD was issued. She served as a trustee of the Rhodes Scholarships. In 2005 she was appointed to be a non-party member of the House of Lords, the upper legislative chamber of the British Parliament. Since retiring from Oxford she has held the post of Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, heading an office that resolves student complaints that have not been settled within the university - a national student ombudsman. Ruth Deech has recently lectured on stem cell research at the Hebrew University, Boston College, University College London, Brooklyn Law School, Santa Clara University and the University of Florida. She has made frequent appearances on TV and radio in the UK.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on Ethics, the Barbara and Bowen McCoy Program in Ethics in Society, the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and the Program on Stem Cells in Society.
Stanford Spring Migration Dance Concert
May 4-6, 2007 at 8:00pm, Roble Studio Theater, Roble Gym, 375 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305.
General admission tickets available at the door: $15 general admission, $10 Stanford faculty and staff, and seniors, $5 students with ID.
World premiere of "Under the Skin", an interdisciplinary dance and video project combining dialogues with medical community and poetry collected from patients at Stanford Hospital. Participants include dancers and Palo Alto cancer survivors. The piece considers the connections (and disconnects) between X-rays and other medical images of women with cultural images of the body. This project has been supported by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the Patrick Suppes Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology. See dance.stanford.edu for more information.
Getting Results: The Next Generation of Women Scientists
Monday, March 26, 2007. Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus.
For the long term health of our society and economy, it is vital to keep all young people interested in the pursuit of science. But young women fall by the wayside sooner and in larger numbers than the young men. Why? And what can we do about it?
The Clayman Institute invited the public, and particularly our local middle and high school communities, to view a screening of "The Gender Chip Project," a documentary following a group of young women in science courses at Ohio State University from their freshman year to making career decisions. The film was followed by a panel discussion (audience participation encouraged), and a reception with light refreshments. Free and all were welcome to attend.
Co-sponsored by Stanford's School of Education, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Women's Community Center, the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, and the Association of American University Women.
4:00pm     Welcome: Adina Paytan, Assistant Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences
4:10pm     Film Screening: The Gender Chip Project

5:00pm    Panel discussion:

Jennifer Kohler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

Marie Wolbach, Founder, Tech Trek Science Camp, American Association of University Women, California

Tracy Terry, Graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Co-founder, Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association (SEGWA)

Helen DeMichiel, Producer and Director of The Gender Chip Project

Nick Triantos, Board Director, Sand Hill Angels

6:00pm     Reception with representatives of local science and industry organizations

Stanford Undergraduate Admissions

Stanford Bookstore

SEGWA (Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association)

IISME (Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education)

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

MentorNet

Tech Trek

Sally Ride Science Camps

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Expanding Your Horizons Network

7:00pm     Close

Parking is free, unrestricted and plentiful on campus after 4:00pm. For a map and directions to Cubberley, see Cubberley Directions
For more information, contact Jane Gruba-Chevalier at jmgruba AT stanford.edu (650-725-0372).
Video: Streaming Video of the Panel Discussion
Users need to have Real Player 9.0 or later. If you would like to download the free Real Player software, find the "Free Real Player" link located in the upper right hand corner of the following page, choose the "Basic Player" download. Real Player download.

Clayman Institute Open House, February 15, 2007

The staff of Clayman Institute was delighted to welcome a steady stream of people to our newly renovated home, Serra House, on Thursday February 15. We were pleased to host a lunch for affiliated faculty, and coffee for graduate students; plus welcome some of our scholars and former associates, as well as host a seminar with vocalist Linda Tillery. As part of the day, our guests were invited to try a gender trivia quiz in the hope of winning a $25 gift certificate to the Stanford Bookstore. Our lucky winner is Lori Flores, a graduate affiliate of the Institute who also works with the Women's Community Center. She got 10 right answers out of 20 questions - it was a tough quiz! - and her tie-breaker was: "Gender Research is important because not enough has yet been said on the contributions, diversity, concerns and communities of women around the world, and the ways in which gender can be explored as an analytic category." Gender quiz with answers here
Linda Tillery, "Concertizing the Golden Triangle"

Vocalist and percussionist Linda Tillery explores the emerging social and cultural characteristics of slave populations along the route known as the Golden Triangle - the route of forced migration to the Americas that began on the docks of Bristol, England, moved to the slave coast of Africa (Ghana, Benin and Nigeria), then on to the Americas and the Caribbean. Ms. Tillery also spoke about her career in performance, and took questions from the audience.
This event was co-sponsored by The Committee on Black Performing Arts and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford.

Thursday February 15, 2007 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Serra House.

Keeping Talent on the Road to Success
A conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, DeAnne Aguirre, Noni Allwood, and Rosalind Hudnell.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett and three prominent female executives discussed "Hidden Brain Drain" research findings and strategies to overcome it. The "hidden brain drain" refers to the common experience of highly qualified women and minorities who are compelled to either involuntarily leave the work force or languish on the sidelines as their talents are not employed adequately. The discussion was focused on emerging best practices to counter this phenomenon from leading companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco Systems, and Intel Corporation that are staunching the "brain drain" and realizing the potential of women and minority managers and executives.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy, where she also directs the "Hidden Brain Drain" task force. She is also Director of the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. DeAnne Aguirre is Senior Vice President in Booz Allen Hamilton's San Francisco office and is the global leader of the firm's Organization and Change Leadership practice. Noni Allwood serves as the Senior Director of Worldwide Diversity at Cisco Systems. Rosalind Hudnell is the Director of Diversity for Intel Corporation. She is also on the national advisory committee for the Digital Divide Clearinghouse and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee on Opportunities in Science.
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on Ethics, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Graduate School of Business. This discussion was followed by a reception sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Date: Thursday November 16
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: Bishop Auditorium (reception to follow)

Please contact Hasmet Uluorta at hasmet@stanford.edu for more information.
The Gender Chip Project
Tuesday October 17, 2006: Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education.

A screening of The Gender Chip Project, by Bay Area film maker Helen DeMichiel. The documentary follows the experiences of five young women in science and engineering courses at Ohio State University from 1997 onwards, from freshman year to decisions about future career paths. Including interviews with the students, their professors, and the people around them, the documentary looks at the work culture of science and how that impacts on women. See the film's website www.genderchip.org for more information.
The film was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Londa Schiebinger, featuring Professor Eric Roberts (Department of Computer Science), Professor Denise Johnson (Department of Surgery, Stanford Medical School), Maria Spletter (4th year graduate student in biological sciences, and board member of the Graduate Student Council), and the director Helen DeMichiel. Co-sponsored by the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, the Graduate Student Council and the School of Education.
Stanford Women's Leadership Conference. The Institute co-sponsored this conference, organized by the Stanford Women's Center. Discussion included strategies for women in science, male-dominated professions, and academia. For more information on the program, see www.stanford.edu/group/womenscntr/swlc/.
Women in Math Forum. Special event marking the anniversary of Lawrence Summers' comments on the ability of women to do math and science. February 7th, 2006.
Women and Leadership Conference. The Center on Ethics, with the Faculty Women's Forum, the GSB Leadership Center, and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, sponsored a conference on woman and leadership February 16, and 17.
Detailed information can be found at the conference web site: ethics.stanford.edu/wlconference
Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering April 15-16, 2005
Gender in Math, Science, and Engineering: Stanford Researchers Discuss New and Important Evidence February 4, 2005
IRWG/Ms. Foundation: "Supporting Boys' Resilience". Read the article on this conference in the Stanford Report. October 17, 2004

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Home People News Events Calendar Fellowship Programs Research Studies Grants and Prizes Publications Art at the Institute Links Support our Work	Public Events Future Conferences Same-Sex Desire and Union in China: Interdisciplinary and Historical Perspectives, May 16-18, 2008 The Clayman Institute is pleased to be a leading co-sponsor of this conference, to be held at the Stanford Humanities Conference. Check back for more details closer to the event. Past Conferences Ruth Deech, "Women, Ethics and Embryos" Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 4:30 - 6:00pm at Stanford's Tresidder Union, Lagunita Drive, Oak Lounge, 2nd Floor (accessible by elevator). This event is free and open to the public. Parking is plentiful and unrestricted after 4:00pm. The medical, financial and political aspects of embryo research are exciting, promising and controversial. Stem cell research may lead to new cures for today's incurable diseases. But - what are the ethical impediments and imperatives of working with embryos? Why is the US out of step with much of the rest of the world? Men are making the ethical and financial decisions in this field but the need for eggs is such that women are likely to become powerful agents. The US is urgently in need of laws to regulate IVF and embryo research. The UK has achieved gender equality in decisions about embryo research and is liberal in permitting new treatments and research projects. Join us in hearing Lady Deech discuss these urgent issues and we invite audience participation during a question and answer period. Ruth Deech studied law at Oxford University. After graduate work at Brandeis University and bar exams she taught law at Oxford until 1991 when she was elected Principal of her university college, St Anne's. She was a deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University and had special responsibilities for admissions, equal opportunities (in particular daycare) and student welfare. At the same time she was chosen to be chair of the UK Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, a body set up by law to monitor all IVF treatment and embryo research in Britain; under her chairmanship stem cell research was legalised and regulated. After that she became a governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation for four years, holding the BBC accountable to the licence fee payer. During her governorship the Hutton Report into the BBC's reporting about WMD was issued. She served as a trustee of the Rhodes Scholarships. In 2005 she was appointed to be a non-party member of the House of Lords, the upper legislative chamber of the British Parliament. Since retiring from Oxford she has held the post of Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, heading an office that resolves student complaints that have not been settled within the university - a national student ombudsman. Ruth Deech has recently lectured on stem cell research at the Hebrew University, Boston College, University College London, Brooklyn Law School, Santa Clara University and the University of Florida. She has made frequent appearances on TV and radio in the UK. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on Ethics, the Barbara and Bowen McCoy Program in Ethics in Society, the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and the Program on Stem Cells in Society. Stanford Spring Migration Dance Concert May 4-6, 2007 at 8:00pm, Roble Studio Theater, Roble Gym, 375 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305. General admission tickets available at the door: $15 general admission, $10 Stanford faculty and staff, and seniors, $5 students with ID. World premiere of "Under the Skin", an interdisciplinary dance and video project combining dialogues with medical community and poetry collected from patients at Stanford Hospital. Participants include dancers and Palo Alto cancer survivors. The piece considers the connections (and disconnects) between X-rays and other medical images of women with cultural images of the body. This project has been supported by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the Patrick Suppes Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology. See dance.stanford.edu for more information. Getting Results: The Next Generation of Women Scientists Monday, March 26, 2007. Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus. For the long term health of our society and economy, it is vital to keep all young people interested in the pursuit of science. But young women fall by the wayside sooner and in larger numbers than the young men. Why? And what can we do about it? The Clayman Institute invited the public, and particularly our local middle and high school communities, to view a screening of "The Gender Chip Project," a documentary following a group of young women in science courses at Ohio State University from their freshman year to making career decisions. The film was followed by a panel discussion (audience participation encouraged), and a reception with light refreshments. Free and all were welcome to attend. Co-sponsored by Stanford's School of Education, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Women's Community Center, the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, and the Association of American University Women. 4:00pm Welcome: Adina Paytan, Assistant Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences 4:10pm Film Screening: The Gender Chip Project 5:00pm Panel discussion: Jennifer Kohler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology Marie Wolbach, Founder, Tech Trek Science Camp, American Association of University Women, California Tracy Terry, Graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Co-founder, Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association (SEGWA) Helen DeMichiel, Producer and Director of The Gender Chip Project Nick Triantos, Board Director, Sand Hill Angels 6:00pm Reception with representatives of local science and industry organizations Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Stanford Bookstore SEGWA (Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association) IISME (Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education) Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology MentorNet Tech Trek Sally Ride Science Camps Cisco Systems, Inc. Expanding Your Horizons Network 7:00pm Close Parking is free, unrestricted and plentiful on campus after 4:00pm. For a map and directions to Cubberley, see Cubberley Directions For more information, contact Jane Gruba-Chevalier at jmgruba AT stanford.edu (650-725-0372). Video: Streaming Video of the Panel Discussion Users need to have Real Player 9.0 or later. If you would like to download the free Real Player software, find the "Free Real Player" link located in the upper right hand corner of the following page, choose the "Basic Player" download. Real Player download. Clayman Institute Open House, February 15, 2007 The staff of Clayman Institute was delighted to welcome a steady stream of people to our newly renovated home, Serra House, on Thursday February 15. We were pleased to host a lunch for affiliated faculty, and coffee for graduate students; plus welcome some of our scholars and former associates, as well as host a seminar with vocalist Linda Tillery. As part of the day, our guests were invited to try a gender trivia quiz in the hope of winning a $25 gift certificate to the Stanford Bookstore. Our lucky winner is Lori Flores, a graduate affiliate of the Institute who also works with the Women's Community Center. She got 10 right answers out of 20 questions - it was a tough quiz! - and her tie-breaker was: "Gender Research is important because not enough has yet been said on the contributions, diversity, concerns and communities of women around the world, and the ways in which gender can be explored as an analytic category." Gender quiz with answers here Linda Tillery, "Concertizing the Golden Triangle" Vocalist and percussionist Linda Tillery explores the emerging social and cultural characteristics of slave populations along the route known as the Golden Triangle - the route of forced migration to the Americas that began on the docks of Bristol, England, moved to the slave coast of Africa (Ghana, Benin and Nigeria), then on to the Americas and the Caribbean. Ms. Tillery also spoke about her career in performance, and took questions from the audience. This event was co-sponsored by The Committee on Black Performing Arts and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford. Thursday February 15, 2007 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm Serra House. Keeping Talent on the Road to Success A conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, DeAnne Aguirre, Noni Allwood, and Rosalind Hudnell. Sylvia Ann Hewlett and three prominent female executives discussed "Hidden Brain Drain" research findings and strategies to overcome it. The "hidden brain drain" refers to the common experience of highly qualified women and minorities who are compelled to either involuntarily leave the work force or languish on the sidelines as their talents are not employed adequately. The discussion was focused on emerging best practices to counter this phenomenon from leading companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco Systems, and Intel Corporation that are staunching the "brain drain" and realizing the potential of women and minority managers and executives. Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy, where she also directs the "Hidden Brain Drain" task force. She is also Director of the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. DeAnne Aguirre is Senior Vice President in Booz Allen Hamilton's San Francisco office and is the global leader of the firm's Organization and Change Leadership practice. Noni Allwood serves as the Senior Director of Worldwide Diversity at Cisco Systems. Rosalind Hudnell is the Director of Diversity for Intel Corporation. She is also on the national advisory committee for the Digital Divide Clearinghouse and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee on Opportunities in Science. Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on Ethics, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Graduate School of Business. This discussion was followed by a reception sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Date: Thursday November 16 Time: 6pm - 8pm Location: Bishop Auditorium (reception to follow) Please contact Hasmet Uluorta at hasmet@stanford.edu for more information. The Gender Chip Project Tuesday October 17, 2006: Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education. A screening of The Gender Chip Project, by Bay Area film maker Helen DeMichiel. The documentary follows the experiences of five young women in science and engineering courses at Ohio State University from 1997 onwards, from freshman year to decisions about future career paths. Including interviews with the students, their professors, and the people around them, the documentary looks at the work culture of science and how that impacts on women. See the film's website www.genderchip.org for more information. The film was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Londa Schiebinger, featuring Professor Eric Roberts (Department of Computer Science), Professor Denise Johnson (Department of Surgery, Stanford Medical School), Maria Spletter (4th year graduate student in biological sciences, and board member of the Graduate Student Council), and the director Helen DeMichiel. Co-sponsored by the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, the Graduate Student Council and the School of Education. Stanford Women's Leadership Conference. The Institute co-sponsored this conference, organized by the Stanford Women's Center. Discussion included strategies for women in science, male-dominated professions, and academia. For more information on the program, see www.stanford.edu/group/womenscntr/swlc/. Women in Math Forum. Special event marking the anniversary of Lawrence Summers' comments on the ability of women to do math and science. February 7th, 2006. Women and Leadership Conference. The Center on Ethics, with the Faculty Women's Forum, the GSB Leadership Center, and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, sponsored a conference on woman and leadership February 16, and 17. Detailed information can be found at the conference web site: ethics.stanford.edu/wlconference Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering April 15-16, 2005 Gender in Math, Science, and Engineering: Stanford Researchers Discuss New and Important Evidence February 4, 2005 IRWG/Ms. Foundation: "Supporting Boys' Resilience". Read the article on this conference in the Stanford Report. October 17, 2004
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