2016
University of Oldenburg Women Professors Forum, October 2016
To celebrate the establishment of the new Oldenburg Women Professors Forum an opening event was held on Thursday 27th October from 12noon - 15.00pm. Prof. Ursula Keller (the creator of the ETH Women Professors Forum in 2012, and president from 2012 - 2016) was invited as a keynote speaker and made a presentation "At the speed limit and the boundaries of the measureable." The event was opened by Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery (Chemistry) and Prof. Dr. Sabine Kyora, Vice President for Education, Teaching and Equal Opportunities.
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Yes to career - and family
On 3 September 2016 the German Women Academics Association presented the Sophie La Roche Prize for the third time. It was awarded to Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith, from the University of Ruhr-Bochum. The distinguished physicist has promoted the rights of women in research and teaching through her career, and has always been campaigner for equal rights for women at universities. She initiated the successful activity “Meet the Female Faculty” to provide role models for the young women research scientists. Martina Havenith also sits on the Equal Opportunities Commission at Ruhr-Bochum University. More recently she founded the Bochum Women Professors Forum, a network of women professors, who are dedicated to the advancement of equal opportunities.
The German Association for Women Academics started this 2000 euro prize in 2009. The aim of this prize is to honor excellent women for their performance and their engagement in the promotion of women. The previous prizes were awarded to the German Science minister Edelgard Buhlmann and the journalist and publicist Maria von Welser.
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Sophie La Roche Prize