[local physicists] Hidden Figures at W&M

[Wouter Deconinck]

Hi everyone,

You may be interested in the following free event at William & Mary on
April 4 (flyer attached, press release excerpt below). It includes both a
panel discussion and film screening with NASA scientist Dr. Christine
Darden featured in the book *Hidden Figures*.

Please feel free to forward this announcement.

Cheers,
Wouter


Human Computers: A Moment in History Featuring Dr. Christine Darden
from *Hidden
Figures*

William & Mary (W&M) invites the Williamsburg and Hampton Roads community
to join in our celebration of local heroes and history makers revealed
in *Hidden
Figures*, the book and the Academy Award Best Film nominee. We are hosting
Dr. Christine Darden, a mathematician, aeronautical engineer, and former
NASA scientist featured in the book, *Hidden Figures*. Becoming the first
African-American woman to be promoted into senior executive service at
NASA’s Langley Research Center is among her many distinctions. The event
also will include historic photos and videos of NASA’s human computers
provided and discussed by a NASA panel of scientists, including a former
W&M alum (Dr. Michelle Ferebee). These dialogues set the stage to enjoy the
inspirational *Hidden Figures* film as a community, while embracing the
educational experience of why such “hidden figures” matter. Under
challenging circumstances, African-American females were rock stars in the
STEMs, before the initiative to increase diversity in the STEMs became a
national movement.

​
 HiddenFigures_Flyer_WM_March2.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7j7brmqujOxMWxNMkEtYXZRNDQ/view?usp=drive_web>
​​
 Hidden_Figures_PR_Affairs.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7j7brmqujOxekxveHc3VXZrdVU/view?usp=drive_web>
​
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Wouter Deconinck
Assistant Professor of Physics
College of William & Mary
Office: Small Hall 343D
Phone: (757) 221-3539
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