NIU alumna Paulette Hasier, chief of the Maps and Geography Division at the Library of Congress, will host a talk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Founders Memorial Library in the first-floor gallery. This event is part of the “Women in STEM” Speaker Series sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and.
The remarkable career of Marie Tharp, the cartographer and scientist who helped map the ocean s floor for the first time in history, is preserved in her papers at the Library. A pioneering female scientist of 20th century, her work help lay the groundwork for the modern understanding of continental drift and plate tectonics.