1996–97 Selected Professions Fellow Rachael Rollins’ inspiring path through the field of law began during her undergraduate years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Rollins received a full scholarship to play college lacrosse only to find out after her freshman year that the lacrosse, volleyball, and tennis teams would be cut due to budgetary constraints. [...]
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Meet Rachael Rollins: Lawyer and Title IX Champion
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW, Boston Celtics, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, lacross, Massachusettes Department of Transportation, National Basketball Players Association, NFL Players Association, Northeastern University, Rachael Rollins, Title IX, University of Massachusetts Amherst, women leaders on November 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Unpacking a “Sense of Fit”
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Cathy Trower, COACHE, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, education, Harvard University, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on November 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. The [...]
Women STEM Faculty Less Satisfied
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Cathy Trower, COACHE, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, education, Harvard University, nature publishing group, Richard Chait, STEM, Why So Few? on November 29, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. This [...]
Guilty Secrets or Information Overload?
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, affordable health care coverage, civil rights, Equal Pay, Nutrition Facts Labels Often Ignored: What's the fix?, Our Guilty Secrets: The Books We Only Saw We've Read, paid family leave, reading, secrets on November 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Over my morning cuppa chai recently, I read an article that got me thinking. The article? “Nutrition Facts Labels Often Ignored: What’s the Fix?” It’s about a recent study that shows that people often lie about what they said they read versus what they actually did read (in this case, nutrition labels). I know I [...]
Celebrating 130 Years with Fellowships and Grants
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's History, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Association of Collegiate Alumnae, education, European Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Ida Street, International Fellowshio, Louisa Holman Richardson, National AAUW Month, Virginia Alvarez-Hussey on November 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This November, we’re celebrating our 130th Anniversary and the first annual National AAUW Month. This milestone has given me the opportunity to explore my personal connection to AAUW. Even though I’m a member of the millennial generation, I learned the value of education and women’s empowerment from my grandmother, a longtime AAUW member who attended [...]
So Much to Be Thankful For
Posted in AAUW research, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged Action Network, Crossing the Line, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Equal Pay Daiy, human trafficking, Issue 26, Lauren Hodge, lobby corps, lobby day, Marcia Anderson, Naomi Shah, Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, preventive-care, Shree Bose, Thanksgiving, U.N. Commission on the Status of Women on November 24, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW would like to pause this Thanksgiving to give thanks for the many opportunities and advancements for women and girls during 2011. Although there is no way for us to list all of the progress that we have seen this year, here are just a few things to reflect upon and give thanks for: We’re [...]
“Set Me Free” Blends Modern, Traditional Storytelling
Posted in ¡Adelante! Book of the Month Club, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, Native American Heritage Month, Set Me Free on November 22, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Stories have power — those that have been told to us, those that we tell to each other and, most important, those we tell ourselves. That is the mantra of November’s İAdelante! Book of the Month Club pick, Set Me Free by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, which was submitted by former AAUW Membership Intern Taylor Blackwell in [...]
Preventing Harassment: An Interview with Girls for Gender Equity
Posted in AAUW research, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, AAUW research, Crossing the Line, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, Girls for Gender Equity, Hey, Sexual Harassment, Shorty!, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets, Title IX, War Zone on November 21, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This post is part of a series focusing on sexual harassment in middle and high school, launched in conjunction with the release of AAUW’s latest research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, which was supported by the Mooneen Lecce Giving Circle and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for updates. AAUW’s [...]
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