ALT Quote and image of Gail Jones, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor and Friday Institute Senior Faculty Fellow says, “Supporting and nurturing female students ends up supporting and nurturing us all. The next cure for cancer, more efficient solar panels or more powerful computers may emerge from a female student.”

ALT Headshot of André Denham, associate dean for graduate academic affairs at the University of Alabama. Quote reads" The main part is the ability to take the techniques, the skills that we've learned, and apply it in a way that I havent applied it before in my line of research.

ALT Posed photo of Friday Medal winners Joann Blumenfeld and Dr. James A. Banks holding their Friday Medal awards with (from L to R) Dean Paola Sztajn, Chancellor Randy Woodson, Shaun Kellogg, Hollylynne Lee and Callie Edwards on either side of them.

ALT A man in a gray suit stands at a podium

ALT Images of Catalyst Grant winners

ALT Headshots of James A. Banks and Joann Blumenfeld

ALT Graphic shows headshots of the following speakers: Rebecca Griffiths, Principal Researcher (SRI Education); Erin Mote, Co-Founder and Executive Director (Innovate EDU); Deborah Peart, Founder (My Mathematical Mind); Mark Schneider, Director (Institute of Education Sciences); and John Gomperts, Executive Fellow (Campaign for Grade-Level Reading).