Women in Space Science Award
Each year, the Adler Women’s Board presents the Women in Space Science Award to a leading female in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The honoree spends the day with over 200 young women from area schools and is recognized at a luncheon event. By celebrating the achievements of women in science, the Women’s Board seeks to inspire young women to pursue careers in these fields.
2013 Women in Space Science Award Celebration
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Theresa Montes, chair, Lisa Jozwiak, co-chair.
For more information, please contact:
Sara Rebmann
Phone: (312) 322-0523
Email: wiss@adlerplanetarium.org
2012 Women in Space Science Award Recipient
Dr. France A. Córdova is the 11th president of Purdue University and the first woman to head that institution. She has held leadership posts at the University of California at Riverside and Santa Barbara where she distinguished herself as a national leader in post-secondary education.
Dr. Córdova is a former NASA chief scientist and a Senate-confirmed member of the National Science Board. She was unanimously confirmed by Congress as a citizen member of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents and was recently elected chairperson for a three-year term.
She has served on the Fundamental Science Committee of the National Science and Technology Council and the President’s National Medal of Science Committee and been heavily involved with the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and other nonprofit agencies devoted to the promotion of science.
Dr. Córdova is the recipient of honorary doctorates from Loyola-Marymount University and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
At Purdue, she has led the university to record levels of research funding, reputational rankings, and student retention rates; championed diversity among students, staff and university leadership; and promoted student success, faculty excellence, and programmatic innovation. Dr. Córdova has worked diligently to broaden Purdue’s role as a top research institution on the global stage.
Past Women in Space Science Award Celebration Honorees
Past award recipients include:
Colonel Pamela A. Melroy, 2011
C. Megan Urry, 2010
Heidi Hammel, Ph.D. and Vera Rubin, Ph.D., 2009
Barbara Radding Morgan, 2008
Joan E. Higginbotham, 2007
Commander Eileen Collins, 2006
The Mercury 13, 2005
Kathy Sullivan, Ph.D., 2004
Jill Cornell Tarter, Ph.D., 2003
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