Looking through a set of old black-and-white AAUW photos, I came across one of Diane Favro, a 1981–82 American fellow, when she was a teaching assistant at the University of California, Berkeley. In the photo, Diane is leaning over a light table scrutinizing slides of architectural examples to choose the perfect pair of images for [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Meet Diane Favro: Professor of Architecture
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, architectural history, Diane Favro, Following the Fellows, Second Life, virtual world on January 29, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
What a Difference a Year Almost Made
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged #PFA, AAUW, Equal Pay Act, equal pay day, fair pay, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Linda Hallman, Lisa Maatz, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage discrimination, wage gap on January 29, 2010, | 1 Comment »
A year ago today, men and women across the country celebrated as our nation’s new president signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. Linda Hallman, AAUW’s executive director, and Lisa Maatz, AAUW’s director of public policy and government relations, had front-row seats for this historic event, which was also the first bill signing [...]
The State of the Union
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged healthcare, iPad, Paycheck Fairness Act, President Obama, SOTU, State of the Union on January 28, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, a national leader stood before America and, in a presentation designed to generate both thought and excitement, proceeded to explain his plan for revitalizing America. But enough about Steve Jobs and the iPad. The other big speech of the day was, of course, President Obama’s State of the Union address. Coming just days after [...]
AAUW Responds to the President’s State of the Union Address
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, education, Equal Pay, Lisa Maatz, pay equity, SOTU, State of the Union on January 28, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Lisa Maatz, AAUW director of public policy and government relations, responds to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address.
Women Then and Now: Why Aren’t Women Applying to Business School?
Posted in NCCWSL, Women and Work, tagged Business School, Forte Foundation, leadership, MBA, mentors, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, networking, White House Project, women in business on January 28, 2010, | 2 Comments »
The upcoming 25th anniversary of the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders has gotten us looking at the status of women “then and now.” We want to focus on how we can move forward and ensure that we are preparing today’s young women to close the long-standing leadership gap between men and women. Historically, [...]
Are Women to Blame for Girls’ Math Anxiety?
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW research, Educate to Innovate initiative, GEMS, girls in math, girls in science, girls in tech, Intel Science Talent Search Award, International Science and Engineering Fair, let's read math, Li Boynton, National Girls Collaborative Project, National Lab Day, NCWIT's Gotta Have IT, NGCP, SOTU, State of the Union, Techbridge's Tool Kit for Role Models, women in engineering, women in math, women in science, women in tech on January 27, 2010, | 3 Comments »
Sitting next to the first lady at the State of the Union address tonight will be a model student in the sciences and engineering. Li Boynton is a semifinalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search Award, and the White House is hoping “other students will look at what she has done and will be [...]
Are You Pursuing Your Dreams?
Posted in The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged Angela Taylor, Debbie Yow, Duke University, ESPN, Nancy Lieberman, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Olympics, Title IX, University of Maryland, Val Ackerman, Washington Mystics, WNBA, women in sports, women's basketball on January 27, 2010, | 2 Comments »
“Don’t be afraid to find barriers that haven’t been broken down and break them down.” — Nancy Lieberman, U.S. Olympic Medal Winner, 2009 Basketball Hall of Famer, WNBA coach, ESPN broadcaster/commentator, USA Today/ESPN writer (and more!) On Sunday, AAUW co-sponsored an event for National Girls and Women in Sports Day with the Washington Mystics professional [...]
Is It “True Love” If Everything about It Is Fake?
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Current TV, Misogyny, Sarah Haskins, self esteem, Steven Ward, Student Advisory Council, Tough Love, VH1 on January 25, 2010, | 1 Comment »
A new semester of school has just begun, and with it, my roommate has returned to our apartment from winter break. She also brought with her a new show that she apparently has been following. Last night she “reserved” the TV to watch the new episode. What, you may ask, is this show that has [...]
Meet Linda Neuhauser: Health Researcher
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged Africa, American Fellowship, Berkeley, communication, emergency preparedness, Following the Fellows, health, health research, hunger, Hurricane Katrina, Linda Neuhauser, Mauritania, University of California, USAID on January 22, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Linda Neuhauser, a 1986–87 AAUW American fellow, is currently serving as clinical professor in the Division of Community Health and Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a co-principal investigator at the Health Research for Action center. In 1989 Linda helped found the center — then called the Center for Community [...]
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