This October, AAUW will join more than 500 professional and educational organizations on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., at the country’s first national science festival. The USA Science & Engineering Festival will be held October 10–24, 2010. Opening on 10/10/10 with a gala concert of science songs performed by over 200 children and adults [...]
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AAUW Highlights Great Women in Science
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged national mall, STEM, USA Science & Engineering Festival, Washington D.C. on August 9, 2010, | 2 Comments »
Meet Jessica Marquez: Engineer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged Aeronautics, Astronautics, Following the Fellows, Jessica Marquez, MIT, NASA, Selected Professions Fellowship on August 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Meet Jessica Marquez — a woman whose unbridled interest in space carried her from her hometown of Lima, Peru, to NASA in Ames, California, in order to explore the dynamic interaction between people and machines. Marquez has always harbored a keen interest in science, reveling in its inquisitive nature. So, in 1995, she arrived in [...]
$3.2 Million Awarded
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged American Fellow, Career Development Grant, Community Action Grant, Natalie Dawson, Shariffa Sabrie, Vivian Nixon on August 4, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
For almost 130 years, AAUW has been opening the doors of higher education and providing opportunities for women through its fellowship and grant programs. This year, AAUW has awarded $3.2 million in support of 215 remarkable scholars, research projects, and programs promoting education and equity for women and girls. We are thrilled to launch the [...]
Abuse of Power
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged attitudes, professors, students, teachers on August 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
I recently overheard a conversation that, for a split second, made me wonder what decade this was. A few students (one a recent college grad) were talking about a particular professor’s constant desire, to the point of annoyance, to “go out” with one of them. I leaned over and asked what they were going to [...]
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