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The Kosciuszko Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you to:

"Maria Sklodowska Curie – A Pioneer for Women in Science?"

For more than 100 years, Maria Sklodowska Curie has been inspiring generations of scientists around the world. “Madame Curie” (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to receive two Nobel Prizes, and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.

In 1927, in a letter sent to Kosciuszko Foundation’s Founder, Stephen Mizwa, Marie Curie agreed to establish a scholarship fund in her name. As part of the KF online programs, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the webinar discussing her life, her body of work, and her legacy as Poland’s greatest scientist.

Thursday, December 3, 2020, 8:00 PM EST
REGISTER HERE

A panel discussion featuring:

Susan Quinn – an award-winning author of biography: Marie Curie: A Life

http://susanquinnbooks.com/about/

Dr. Maria Siemionow – a world-renowned scientist and microsurgeon

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/lp/face_transplant/docs/siemionow-bio.pdf

Dr. Keiko Kawashima – Professor of history of science, Nagoya Institute of Technology

https://www.ne.jp/asahi/kaeru/kawashima/e_home.html

The discussion will be moderated by Nobel Prize-winning scientist, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, and a member of the KF Collegium of Eminent Scientists – Dr. Roald Hoffmann

http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/short-biography

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Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej