MAKERS Women in Space
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Emma Willard School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and WMHT Educational Telecommunications Present a Free Preview Screening of:
MAKERS
Women in Space Women in Space traces the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program, and features the next generation of women engineers, mathematicians and astronauts — the new group of pioneers who continue to make small but significant steps forward.
Friday, October 3rd 7:00 – 8:30 PM Emma Willard School’s Maguire Auditorium 285 Pawling Avenue. Troy, NY 12180 Film Screening Followed by a Panel Discussion and refreshments
Event is Free, but RSVP Requested: bit.ly/1mUpnlJ P A N E L I S T S I n c l u d e : RPI faculty, Professors Cynthia Collins and Lucy Zhang and two RPI female undergraduates who are majoring in aeronautical engineering.
MAKERS is a six-part PBS series profiling the impact women have had over the past 50 years in six industries —comedy, politics, space, war, business, and Hollywood. A landmark broadcast and digitalvideo initiative developed by AOL, MAKERS aims to be the largest and most dynamic collection of women’s stories ever assembled.
PRESENTED BY
6 new films airing on PBS every Tuesday Sept 30–Nov 4 WWW.PBS.ORG/MAKERS
Emma Willard School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and WMHT Educational Telecommunications Present a Free Preview Screening of:
MAKERS
Women in Space Women in Space traces the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program, and features the next generation of women engineers, mathematicians and astronauts — the new group of pioneers who continue to make small but significant steps forward.
Friday, October 3rd 7:00 – 8:30 PM Emma Willard School’s Maguire Auditorium 285 Pawling Avenue. Troy, NY 12180 Film Screening Followed by a Panel Discussion and refreshments
Event is Free, but RSVP Requested: bit.ly/1mUpnlJ P A N E L I S T S I n c l u d e : RPI faculty, Professors Cynthia Collins and Lucy Zhang and two RPI female undergraduates who are majoring in aeronautical engineering.
MAKERS is a six-part PBS series profiling the impact women have had over the past 50 years in six industries —comedy, politics, space, war, business, and Hollywood. A landmark broadcast and digitalvideo initiative developed by AOL, MAKERS aims to be the largest and most dynamic collection of women’s stories ever assembled.
PRESENTED BY
6 new films airing on PBS every Tuesday Sept 30–Nov 4 WWW.PBS.ORG/MAKERS
