IMSA to Host Ninth Annual Horwitz Lecture
For Immediate Release, April 2001
For comment, contact Brenda Buschbacher at
(630) 907-5033
AURORA – Helen Zia, an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor to Ms. Magazine, will present the ninth annual Richard L. Horwitz Lecture on Ethics at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) May 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.
The lecture is entitled “Creating Affirmative Aspirations, Achieving Higher Expectations.” Seating is limited and reservations are required. Contact the IMSA Office of Institutional Advancement at (630) 907-5033 to make reservations.
The lecture series is held in memory of Auroran Richard Horwitz, IMSA’s first legal counsel, who died in August 1990. Lectures are presented by prominent leaders in education, government and the private sector for IMSA faculty, staff, alumni and seniors, and friends and family of Richard Horwitz.
In 1998, Helen Zia was named Chinese-American Journalist of the Year by the Organization of Chinese-Americans. Her numerous articles, essays and reviews have appeared in a variety of national newspapers and magazines including Ms., The Washington Post, The New York Times, Sojourner, The Nation and Essence. She has also contributed essays to several anthologies, and was executive editor of the book, Notable Asian-Americans, by Gale Publications. She is most recently the author of Asian-American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, published in March 2000.
A second-generation Chinese-American, Zia has been a long-time activist for social justice on issues ranging from civil rights and peace to women’s rights and countering hate violence. Her work on the Asian-American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy-Award-nominated film Who Killed Vincent Chin?
The Horwitz lecture is supported by the Richard L. Horwitz Ethics Lecture Fund within the IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education. The IMSA Fund is a not-for-profit corporation that enlists investments of corporate, foundation and individual donors in the Academy. These investments support curriculum development projects, statewide outreach programs, minority recruitment programs, laboratory equipment purchases, facility enhancements, special student activities and a permanent endowment.
Located in Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) is an internationally-recognized pioneering educational institution created by the State to develop talent and stimulate excellence in teaching and learning in mathematics, science and technology. IMSA's advanced residential college preparatory program enrolls 650 academically talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 14,000 teachers and 20,000 students in Illinois and beyond have benefited from IMSA's professional development and enrichment programs. IMSA serves the people of Illinois through innovative instructional programs, public and private partnerships, policy leadership and action research.