My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science.

Speaker: Professor Richard A. Tapia, Rice University - University Professor, Maxfield and Oshman Professor in Engineering, Director, Richard Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity, 2010 Recipient of the National Medal of Science and 2014 Recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award.

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Time: (10:00 am) Pacific, (12:00 pm) Central, (1:00 pm) Eastern

Description: In this mentorship talk, Professor Tapia will discuss how he became a leader in underrepresentation issues at the campus, state, and national levels, and will discuss challenges he's faced throughout this journey  from being born in Los Angeles to parents who immigrated from Mexico to his trip to the White House to receive the 2010 National Medal of Science from President Obama. The National Medal of Science is the highest award given by the United States government and Richard Tapia is the first Latino to win this prestigious award.

The National Science Board (NSB) recently announced that Professor Tapia, a leader in mentoring minorities in science, engineering and mathematics fields, is the 2014 recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award.

You do not want to miss this talk, so please join us for this exciting and interactive webinar with an amazing trailblazer, leader, mentor and academician. We look forward to your participation.  

Please contact me with questions at juliet.stipeche@rice.edu or 713-348-5182.

Juliet K. Stipeche