DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS SEMINAR
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Featured Speaker: Dr. Juliette Bell
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The Community of SPIRE Fellows is pleased to present its 2001 Distinguished Scholars Seminar. Dr. Juliette Bell will present a seminar entitled "Variety IS the Spice of Life: The Value of Diversity in Learning, Teaching, and Research" on Tuesday, April 24, at the Carolina Club, Alumni Hall 3 (in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center). Refreshments will be served at 5:00 p.m. and the seminar will begin at 5:30 p.m., with a reception following. The SPIRE Fellows invite all members of the UNC community to attend.
Dr. Juliette B. Bell is Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Biomedical Research Program at Fayetteville State University. Dr. Bell earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Talladega College in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from Atlanta University in 1987. In 1987, she came to UNC-Chapel Hill as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition. From 1990-1992, Dr. Bell was a Senior Staff Fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park. Dr. Bell joined the faculty of Fayetteville State in 1992.
Dr. Bell has earned numerous honors and awards. She has been named a "Giant In Science" by the Quality Education for Minorities/ Math Science Education Network, and has earned the
National Association for Educational Opportunity in Higher Education Research Excellence Award. At Fayetteville State, she has been named "Teacher of the Year" for the Department of
Natural Sciences four times, for the College of Arts and Sciences twice, and was named "University Teacher of the Year" for 1999-2000. In 2000, she earned the prestigious University
of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Bell was recently featured as one of ten African American Life Scientists in an exhibition at the Chicago Museum
of Science and Industry entitled "Defying Tradition: African American Women in Science and Technology."
SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education) trains postdoctoral fellows in the life sciences to become leading scientists and educators. The program also strives to ensure that academic science reflects our nation's racial and gender diversity. Fellows spend two years doing research in a laboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill, followed by a year of teaching under the guidance of a faculty mentor at one of seven different historically minority universities in North Carolina.
[Archived: Spring 2001]
