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. From [...]
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Are Women Just Not Interested?
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged AAUW research, girls in engineering, girls in science, research, Why So Few?, women in STEM on April 29, 2011, | 3 Comments »
Mother-Daughter Event Develops Role Models
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW branches, California, daughters, Moms, women in STEM on April 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
In February, Miriam Keller and the AAUW Fremont (CA) Branch hosted their annual Mother/Daughter Math and Science Discovery Day to develop mentors to encourage young girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). AAUW research shows that when girls are exposed to a “growth mindset” environment by teachers, parents, and mentors, they have the [...]
Women in (and out) of the STEM Workforce
Posted in S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged Harvard University, research, Society of Women Engineers, women in STEM on April 27, 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. Recent [...]
Women Scientists Still Face Discrimination
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, MIT, pay equity, research, women in STEM, workplace on April 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »
While the number of women earning college degrees in science has increased in the past decade, two recent reports remind us of the hostile environment and discrimination women still face in the workplace. As AAUW research has shown, stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of academic departments in colleges and universities continue to block women’s [...]
Losing Girls Between High School and College
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW research, higher education, Why So Few?, women in STEM on April 25, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming 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. The transition from [...]
Meet Margaret Kunje: Saving Malawi’s Forests
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged environmental science, fellows, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship program, Malawi, women in STEM on December 9, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Since our founding in 1881, AAUW has strived to support women who raise awareness of pressing social issues through their work. With the increased importance of environmentalism and resource conservation in academia and public policy, AAUW is privileged to support alumnae who share their passion and expertise in these fields with their communities. Margaret Kunje, [...]
Where It Stops, Nobody Knows
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged BP, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Science and technology, women in STEM on June 15, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The regional economic and environmental devastation caused by BP will undoubtedly reverberate for decades. Since the rupture in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, the total amount of oil seeping daily into the gulf is an estimate at best. Some experts say between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels a day, while others approximate as much [...]
The Sky’s the Limit for Girls in Science
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Women's History Month, tagged AAUW, ada lovelace, Ada Lovelace Day, ALD10, Explore Your Opportunities, EYO, girls in math, girls in science, National Girls Collaborative Project, National Science Teachers Association, NGCP, NSTA, research, STEM, Why So Few?, whysofew, women in STEM on March 24, 2010, | 4 Comments »
With the release this week of AAUW’s latest research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and the release earlier this month of the most recent issue of Outlook, which also examines the underrepresentation of girls and women in science and technology, the AAUW office is abuzz with excitement. So I [...]
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