February 2012
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By amonssen on February 29, 2012
Admiral Hopper, a computer science pioneer, is both engaging and inspirational in this 2 minute clip. Click here to watch!
By amonssen on February 29, 2012
Women in Mining, Vancouver Branch, is hosting a Brown Bag Series with Pastries, Donuts, and Coffee! As many folks will be in Toronto for PDAC, they will not have a presenter this month. Instead they invite you to join them for an hour of networking and open discussions Time & Date: March 8, 2012 @ […]
By amonssen on February 29, 2012
The new Women in Science and Engineering page is now up on the NSERC website, click here!
By noor on February 28, 2012
You can access the webinar material for all 5 webinars by clicking here. After each WEPAN Professional Development Webinar the material is available for download on the WEPAN Knowledge Center, a searchable, online collection of 1,000+ research and practice resources related to women in STEM.
By noor on February 28, 2012
Title: An Engineer’s Journey through war, cancer and life Speaker: Dr. Sanja Boskovic Date: Tuesday March 27, 2012 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM Location: Room 1525 515 West Hastings Street (SFU Harbour Centre, Downtown Vancouver) Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3 Registration: The event is open to public and attendance is free of charge. The space […]
By noor on February 27, 2012
Women may face discrimination in science and engineering fields, but a new study suggests that there may be a bigger reason women fail to succeed in STEM: motherhood. Science and engineering departments do not know how to deal with female professors or postdoc students who also want to start families. Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci […]
By amonssen on February 27, 2012
It’s Getting Competitive Out There This college application will make you happy. Erin King, 16, of Columbus, Georgia, launched a near-space probe, with camera and GPS, as her application for early admission to MIT’s Class of 2016. The flight reached over 96,000 feet and took more than two hours. MIT’16 EA Tube goes to Near […]
By amonssen on February 27, 2012
The ADVANCE Program, a MentorNet’s Partner, Helps Bring 70 New Female Professors. As Cornell is preparing to replace retiring faculty through a renewal initiative, it will continue to recruit women in STEM fields through their ADVANCE program. ADVANCE is a $3.3 million effort, funded by the National Science Foundation that has brought 70 new female […]
By amonssen on February 27, 2012
Enhancement of Worker Training The Obama administration is proposing a $8 billion, three-year plan for career programs at community colleges to be administered by the Education and Labor departments. The funds will be designated to “establish training courses for skilled careers, develop partnerships between the schools and employers, and help state and local governments attract […]
By amonssen on February 27, 2012
Redundancy and Lack of Metrics in Many Programs Found Two recent announcements suggest that federal funding for programs to increase the number of graduates in STEM aren’t working as well as they should. According to a 2012 U.S. General Accounting Office report, various federal agencies spend $3 billion on 209 programs to feed the STEM […]
