Resource of the Week: National Academies discussion of new report, “Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine”

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*Register ASAP if you are interested. There are limited spaces for both in-person and webcast.*

From the National Academies’ event announcement:

How can academic institutions and other industries improve in the #MeToo era? Join us on June 26, 2018, 9:00 am to 3:15 pm PT, for a second discussion of our new report, Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. At this event, leaders in higher education and contributors from entertainment, technology, medicine, and politics, will engage in a discussion of the report and what actions can be taken to prevent sexual harassment.

Confirmed speakers and panelists:

• Ana Mari Cauce, President of the University of Washington
• Francisco Rodriguez, Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District 
• Deborah Krakow, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA
• Kirsten Quanbeck, Associate Chancellor, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, UC Irvine
• Anita Hill, Chair of the Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, and University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandies University
• Melissa Melendez, California State Assemblywoman representing the 67th district

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