SS2022
Dates
Tuesday, May 24, 2022, 16:30 till 18:00
We hosted a viewing of the movie "Picture a scientist", which is a documentary highlighting gender inequality in academia and its impact on science.
"Picture a Scientist" is a 2020 documentary highlighting gender inequality in science. The movie tells the stories of several prominent female researchers, and brings to light the barriers they encountered, including cases of discrimination and harassment. The movie features MIT's professor of biology Nancy Hopkins, the chemist Raychelle Burks and the geoscientist Jane Willenbring, among other scientists. The film took part in the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020. A number of research institutions have held screenings of the movie as parts of efforts to increase awareness of gender issues within STEM.