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Frances Colón, Distinguished Scientist and State Department Official, Speaks to Hunter Class

Frances Colón, Distinguished Scientist and State Department Official, Speaks to Hunter Class

Dr. Frances Colón, Acting Assoc. Provost Vanya Quinones-Jenab and Prof. Steve Greenbaum

Hunter recently welcomed neuroscientist and federal official Frances Colón to campus. Colón, who grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and earned her doctorate at Brandeis University, is the deputy science and technology adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry. She spoke to a special section of Hunter’s Science 200 Introduction to Science Research class, attended by students in the RISE and MARC programs.

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, Hunter’s RISE and MARC programs support students who are interested in careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences but are from groups underrepresented in those fields.

Colón gave a riveting presentation on the role of science in foreign policy. She began with a recent example, the Iran nuclear negotiations, and went on to cover topics of immediate personal concern to the students – such as the barriers that women face in the STEM professions. After the lecture, she met with a group of doctoral students to discuss their career options.

Associate Provost Vanya Quinones-Jenab and Professor Steve Greenbaum, of the Department of Physics & Astronomy, worked with the RISE and MARC program to organize Colón’s visit. Greenbaum first met Colón last year, when he was a Jefferson Science Fellow at the Department of State.

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