2012 opening ceremony
The 2012 i3 Opening Ceremony featured a keynote address by Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Event details
- Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
- Time: 5:00 PM Eastern
- Location: University of Pittsburgh, O'Hara Student Center Ballroom
- Address: Corner of University Place and O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
- RSVP deadline: May 30, 2012
Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For questions or concerns, please contact Mike Depew at 412.624.3981 or through the i3 office.
About Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies committee that produced the report Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads.
In 2008, he was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report, which in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ranked UMBC the number one "Up and Coming" university in the nation. In 2011, U.S. News also ranked UMBC fourth nationally for "Best Undergraduate Teaching," tied with Yale.
TIME magazine named him one of America's 10 Best College Presidents in 2009 and one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. In 2011, he received both the TIAA CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence and the Carnegie Corporation of New York Academic Leadership Award.
Read his 2011 editorial in Science, "Boosting Minorities in Science," or learn more at UMBC. His work connects directly to the goals and funding of i3.