{"id":5255,"date":"2025-08-28T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/?page_id=5255"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:42:39","slug":"lunch-program-and-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/annenberg\/lunch-program-and-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Connection in STEM: A Path to Collaborative Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n

The Annenberg Leadership Forum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Annenberg Leadership Forum is an integral part of Harvey Mudd College\u2019s commitment to encouraging students to lead with integrity. Endowed through a generous gift in honor of Trustee Howard Deshong III \u201989, P\u201922, P\u201924 from The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fund for Leadership Development, this series brings to campus accomplished individuals who are recognized, world-class leaders in their fields of endeavor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Noon\u20131 p.m., Lunch and Learn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConnection as a Foundation for Inclusive Institutions\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presented by the Harvey Mudd College President\u2019s Scholars, Joseph B. Platt Campus Center, Green Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us for a dynamic Lunch and Learn Workshop focused on advances toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Together, we will explore how creating space for open dialogue, promoting inclusive decision-making, and supporting institutional cultures rooted in empathy and equity can strengthen both STEM communities and society. We\u2019ll also examine how gender disconnection, when left unaddressed, undermines peace and justice by reinforcing exclusionary norms. This forum invites our community to envision a more inclusive STEM culture that actively builds just, peaceful and resilient institutions from the inside out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u20136 p.m. Community Reception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sprague Gallery Patio, Shanahan Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u20137 p.m., Reshma Saujani and Katie Shilton in Conversation with President Harriet Nembhard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRewriting the Narrative: Empathy, Connection, and Collaboration in STEM\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drinkward Recital Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a moderated interview and audience dialogue, our speakers will challenge outdated gender norms around strength, vulnerability and collaboration. They will explore how disconnection impedes progress in STEM\u2014and inspire students, faculty and community members to actively reimagine and rebuild inclusive STEM cultures. This is more than a conversation\u2014it\u2019s a call to action. Join us to help write the next chapter for a more connected, empathetic and equitable STEM community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forum Panelists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Reshma Saujani<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, the founder and CEO of Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife<\/em> with Lemonada Media. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls\u2019 economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently fighting for the structural changes moms need and deserve including affordable child care and paid leave. She is a New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of several books including PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It\u2019s Different Than You Think), Brave, Not Perfect<\/em> and the Girls Who Code book series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Katie Shilton<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Katie Shilton is a professor in the College of Information at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focuses on technology and data ethics. She is a co-PI of the NSF Institute for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Law & Society and a co-PI of the UMD Values-Centered Artificial Intelligence initiative. She was also recently the PI of the PERVADE project, a multi-campus collaboration focused on big data research ethics. She is the founding co-director of the University of Maryland\u2019s undergraduate major in social data science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Noon\u20131 p.m., Lunch and Learn \u201cConnection as a Foundation for Inclusive Institutions\u201d Presented by the Harvey Mudd College President\u2019s Scholars, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4690,"parent":4707,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-promo-header.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5255","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5358,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5255\/revisions\/5358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}