Upcoming and Past Events

WISE Award

We are delighted to announce the winner and runners up of the first “WISE Award for Advancing Women in Science and Engineering”. Its purpose is to celebrate colleagues whose sustained leadership, creativity, or advocacy measurably improves the participation, experience, and success of women across our Faculty, while also showcasing best practices that can inspire the wider community.

Any member of staff—academic, technical, administrative, or support—at any career stage were eligible for nomination. Nominations demonstrated mentoring or sponsorship of women, promotion of inclusive policies or infrastructure, initiatives that raise the visibility of women in STEM, or comparable achievements with clear impact.

The winner who received the largest number of nominations is Prof. Beatriz Noheda, of the Zernike Institute and CogniGron. Nominees particularly noted her mentorship and promotion of inclusive policies. She will be presented with the award at the Hot Topics event on the 23rd of September (please register here to attend)

We received a large number of nominations, and are proud to list the other amazing candidates, who were:

• Prof. Anastasia Borschevsky
• Dr. Kristof De Bruyn
• Prof. Kerstin Bunte
• Dr. Hannah Dugdale
• Dr. Bahar Haghighat
• Prof. Maria Loi
• Prof. Cecilia Salgado
• Dr. Marleen Schippers
• Prof. Manuela Vecchi

Women in FSE event

Women in FSE 2024 took place on the 18th November. The event, organized by tenure-track assistant professors at ENTEG, Bahar Haghighat and Dulce M. Morales, and sponsored by WISE and FSE, consisted of two panel discussions and a brainstorm session with the aim of identifying measures that can be implemented or improved to support female students and staff at FSE.

The panelists included Jacquelien Scherpen, Anastasia Borschevsky, Sabeth Verpoorte, Anouk Lubbe, Rachel van der Kaaij, Marzia Nuzzolo, Laura Comprido, and Annerieke de Vos, with the discussions being moderated by Elisabetta Chicca, Petra Rudolf and Eva Teuling. An afternoon of open and constructive conversations led to a collection of ideas to be presented to the faculty board in a report to inform actions and policies promoting equality and diversity.