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2013 EIDA AWARDS: Cori Fata-Hartley
2013 EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AWARDS Friday, February 15, 2013 4:00 pm Cori Fata-Hartley ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics College of Natural Science Lyman Briggs College Indivual Award: Sustained Effort toward Excellence in Diversity Above and beyond her teaching and research responsibilities, Dr. Cori Fata- Hartley, Assistant Professor of Biology, has dedicated much of her career to promoting academic and workforce diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), disciplines in which women and minorities have long been under-represented. Recognizing that change begins at the administrative level, she co-founded the Lyman Briggs Committee for Inclusivity (LBC Inc.), established to promote and foster an inclusive environment and equal opportunities for all Lyman Briggs students, faculty, and staff through education, research, and service. Noting that some freshmen were ill prepared for the rigors of the existing science and math curriculum, Dr. Fata-Hartley pursued a Creating Inclusive Excellence (CIE) grant to design a new curriculum to increase retention and success of minority students in STEM fields. Through another CIE grant, she collaborated with a small inter-disciplinary faculty team to develop a senior seminar -- Investigating Diversity in Science -- to reinforce the importance of diversifying the STEM workforce. To further support student success, Dr. Fata-Hartley helped a group of Lyman ...

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