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Faculty of Science 2017 Year in Review
Ryerson University
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Cracking
Codes and
Glass Ceilings

Science Agora
Serves Up π
and Pie

Attended by six Ryerson computer
science students, including Deborah
Mepaiyeda, co-president of Ryerson's
Women in Computer Science, the Grace
Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2017 was
held in Orlando, Florida in October.
Attendees gathered to learn, connect
and celebrate women technologists.
Keynote speakers included Melinda Gates
(co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation), Fei Fei Li (Director of
Stanford University's AI Lab) and Diane
Greene (founder of VMWare). Workshops
were offered on topics ranging from
artificial intelligence and software
engineering to the lack of diversity in
tech companies. In addition, a four-hour
hackathon challenged attendees to code
an open source project. "We are now
sharing our GHC experience with girls and
women in computer science to encourage
them on their journey," says Mepaiyeda.

Science Ambassadors were instrumental
in the great success of this year's Open
House events. The first, in November, was
designed to connect with parents, while the
March Break "Science Agora" event was
geared toward students with admissions
offers. Agora is the Greek term for the
marketplace where merchants sold their
goods and the public gathered to discuss
the events of the day. In a similar fashion,

ABOVE: Undergraduate students who attended
the Grace Hopper Celebration.
RIGHT: Celebrating Pi Day by serving over
2,000 pieces of pie to the Ryerson community.

Science Agora offered activities and
displays. Ambassadors were stationed at
various booths to engage with students and
showcase their projects and experiments.
As it happened, Pi Day coincided with
Science Agora this year, so members of
the Mathematics Department enthusiastically talked π and served pie to students
and the larger community.



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