Happy Pi Day! Today, March 14 (or 3/14), is the day that the irrational number (pi) is celebrated. If you are a little rusty on your math, pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It allows us to measure the circumference or area of a circle. As a kid, when I [...]
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Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 3/14, mathematics, Pi Day, Why So Few? on March 14, 2012, | 1 Comment »
Mentoring Can Start at Home
Posted in S T E M, Student Advisory Council, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged families, family, mentoring, negotiating skills, student government, vote, voting, workplace opportunities on March 9, 2012, | 1 Comment »
Many organizations, including AAUW, sing the praises of mentoring and all the great things it can do for women. And rightly so — mentoring can help women learn negotiating skills, break into certain professions, and understand how to navigate different situations. Taking advantage of mentoring opportunities in professional organizations and in the workplace is an [...]
Our Favorite On-screen Women in STEM
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, education, Entertainment Industries Council, Girl Sout Research Institute, Kaiser Family Foundation, Picture This: Engineering, Science Engineering and Technology Awards, SET Awards, STEM, Why So Few? on February 28, 2012, | 38 Comments »
What do Temperance “Bones” Brennan, Hermione Granger, and Abby Sciuto have in common? They’re all inspiring female characters who are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals in movies or on TV. They serve as role models for girls who may have never considered a profession in those fields or for grown women who are [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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, | 12 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 [...]
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