Living and learning communities for women students are a new phenomenon in engineering schools all over the country. One of the many goals of these communities is to bolster the retention rates of women engineers as well as to help combat some of the stereotypes against women in the engineering fields. Hypatia Women in Engineering [...]
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24/7 Engineering: Live It and Learn It
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Developing Revolutionary Engineers and Mentors conference, education, engineering, Flexus, Girl Scout Engineering Saturday, Girls Excelling in Math and Sciences, Hypatia Women in Engineering Learning Community, Keys to Empowering Youth, science, STEM, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Texas - Austin, Virginia Tech, women in engineering, Women in Engineering Program, Women in Science and Engineering on August 22, 2011, | 4 Comments »
Self-Assessment Matters
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sexism, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged calculus, engineering, gender difference, gender gap, math grades, mathematical achievement, mathematics, nature publishing group, physical sciences, science publishers, self-assessment, Shelley Correll on July 29, 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. As [...]
Women In Engineering: Inspired to Wired
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 10 for 10, Association for Women In Science, Brookly Bridge, Cornell, engineering, Fried, Gleason, mechanical engineers, MIT, Roebling, Society of Women Engineers, Wave Bubble, Wired on April 7, 2011, | 3 Comments »
When Elizabeth Bragg became the first American woman to earn an engineering degree in 1876, it seemed certain that women would advance in the field. Following in Bragg’s footsteps, Kate Gleason became the first woman to be admitted into Cornell University’s engineering school in 1884 and later became the first woman associate of the American [...]
Women Can’t Do the Math?
Posted in AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged computer science, engineering, math, math test, physics, Weinberger on April 4, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW teams up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, in 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. Some people suggest that [...]
Why Do We Need Women in STEM Fields?
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged competitiveness, creativity, design, engineering, innovation, mathematics, science, technology on February 28, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW teams up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, in 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 is a question [...]
We Need You for the 10 for 10 Campaign!
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged 10 for 10, Association for Women In Science, engineering, howtosmile.org, IBM, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, MentorNet, Mother's Day, National Engineers Week Foundation, NGCP, Society of Women Engineers, STEM, Women in Engineering ProActive Network on February 24, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day for short) in 2001 was the first national call to professionals to get more girls focused on engineering and technology. The founding partners — the Society of Women Engineers, MentorNet, IBM, the Association for Women In Science, Women in Engineering ProActive Network, and the National Engineers Week [...]
Bark Loudly at the Lion — U.N. Women Has Your Back
Posted in S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Afsana, Bachelet, Bangladesh, Canright, Chile, Congo, engineering, Erez, Fiji, Intel, math, NASA, NGO, Nigeria, Nwadinobi, Project Girl Performance Collective, science, Status of Women, STEM, Tabualevu, technology, U.N., U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, U.N. Women, UN, Will.i.am on February 23, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
For many in the nongovernmental-organization community, the 55th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women began when more than 250 women of all ages from around the world gathered on Monday for NGO Consultation Day, an opportunity to set the stage for two weeks of workshops, panels, discussions, and interactions that will inform the final [...]
U.S.A. Science and Engineering Fair News Flash!
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged engineering, fair, science, science fair, U.S.A. Science and Engineering Fair on October 23, 2010, | 1 Comment »
AAUW members and staff are on the National Mall today and tomorrow (October 23 and 24) at the U.S.A. Science and Engineering Festival offering special hands-on activities geared especially to girls and their families. Visit our booth (#1205 at 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.) to have fun learning about famous women in science [...]
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