How do you know if you are inventive or an innovator — and whether you’re going to be the next Steve Jobs? Does labeling yourself really make a difference in which profession you go after? It might, at least according to a new — and disturbing — study that suggests a strong lack of interest [...]
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Are Creative and Inventive the Same Thing?
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Society for Quality, education, inventive, Jane Goodall, Jill Tarter, Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, STEM, Why So Few? on February 7, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
More Than 25 Years of STEM in Circleville, Ohio
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Be WISE Camp, Circleville, Denison University, DuPont, Four J Properties, High School, National Chemistry Week, Ohio, PPG Industries, science labs on February 6, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Jane Sutton has been the science chair at the AAUW Circleville (OH) Branch since she launched the first countywide science fair in 1985. The event still takes place today — run by the county schools — and the branch continues to donate a prize to the winning high school student. In the 1990s, Sutton led [...]
Did You Miss the “Tweet-Up”?
Posted in AAUW in the News, Educational Programs, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged #T9Talk, AAUW, Arne Duncan, Department of Education, education, Homeroom, Office for Civil Rights, politics, Russlynn Ali, Secretary of Education, STEM, Title IX, Tweet-up, Washington D.C. on January 10, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, AAUW hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali for a “tweet-up” (a meet-up on Twitter) to answer questions about Title IX. The online discussion was lively and informative — it drew more than 550 tweets in just three hours. Even an hour after [...]
“Tweet Up” with the Secretary of Education on Friday
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged #T9Talk, AAUW, Arne Duncan, Department of Education, education, Russlynn Ali, STEM, Title IX, Tweet-up, Washington D.C. on January 4, 2012, | 11 Comments »
To kick off 2012 and recognize the 40th anniversary of Title IX this year, AAUW is proud to host Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for our “tweet-up” (a meet-up on Twitter) this Friday, January 6, at 4 p.m. EST. Though best known for creating opportunities for women and girls in athletics, Title IX affects all [...]
The Double Bind
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Madeline Heilman, Nature, nature publishing group, New York University, STEM, Tyler Okimoto, Why So Few? on December 22, 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. “Doing [...]
Implicit Bias
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, gender-science implicit association test, Harvard University, implicit bias, Mahzarin Banaji, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on December 21, 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. Many [...]
The Return on Mentoring
Posted in S T E M, Student Advisory Council, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged advanced degrees, AL, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, mentor, mentoring, National Girls Collaborative Project, University of Alabama, youth on December 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
In today’s society, in which young people are consumed by social media and look up to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West as role models, it is easy to assume that youths do not want to listen to what you have to say. However, I have found this to be quite contrary to the truth. Each [...]
Meet Margaret Conover: Botanist and Chia Enthusiast
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Chia, Community Action Grant, E-Girls, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Long Island Science Center, Margaret Conover on December 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Margaret Conover, a 1978–79 AAUW American Fellow, a 2000–01 AAUW Community Action Grantee, and a Fulbright Scholar, has had an exciting career as a researcher, botanist, science educator, and advocate for small museums. She found this path during her AAUW fellowship year in Australia, where she studied 13 rare plant species. During her stay, she [...]
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