All Entries in the "STEM Fields" Category
New Study Aims to Determine How to Boost the Number of Women Academics in Management Information Systems
The researchers will collect data identifying barriers to women’s advancement in academic careers in management information systems, including promotions and tenure. They will also craft policies to recognize women’s contributions to the field of information systems and conduct training on recognizing gender bias in the discipline.
University of California, Irvine Has Launched a Group to Promote Women in Technology
Through strategic partnerships, career development, educational events and networking activities, Women in Technology at UCI aims to strengthen the community of women in technology on campus.
Georgia Southern University Partners With Girls Scouts to Promote STEM Education
The partnership with the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia will involve consultation on scientific displays and programming by faculty and interns at the Girl Scouts’ GIRL Center in Savannah, as well as trips by Girl Scouts to the Armstrong and Statesboro campuses of Georgia Southern University.
Women Are Making Vast Progress in Academic Psychology But Gender Gaps Remain
The study finds that although substantial progress has been made, “women in psychological science who secure tenure-track positions publish less, are cited less, hold fewer grants, are less likely to be represented in the field’s most eminent roles, and do not earn salaries comparable with those of men.”
No Progress in Increasing Gender Diversity in Academic Publishing in the Field of Chemistry
A new analysis by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco finds that the percentages of female first and corresponding authors of papers in chemistry journals haven’t increased in the last decade and a half. The research analyzed studies published in 15 leading chemistry journals since 2005.
Women’s Class Participation Increases With a Woman Instructor and More Women Classmates
A new study led by Elizabeth Bailey, an assistant professor of biology at Brigham Young University found that having more female peers in the room both significantly increased women’s willingness to talk and improved their scores in the course. Having a woman instructor also had a positive effect.
A Check-Up on Women in the STEM Workforce: A Long Way to Equality
A new report from the Center for Research + Evaluation at the University of California, San Diego shows that women are making progress in the STEM workforce but that there is still a long way to go to reach equality.
Ashley Moerke Chosen to Lead the Society of Freshwater Science
Dr. Moerke serves as a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Lake Superior State University in 2004, Dr. Moerke was a scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Promotion Pathway for Women in Information Technology
In what was somewhat of a surprise, the researchers found that women in an information technology firm were more likely to be promoted than men. Women are considered more helpful and trustworthy and often they will be more satisfied with a lower pay raise than men who get promoted, according to the study.
Baylor University’s Trena Wilkerson is the New Leader of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The council, which has more than 30,000 members, is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and publishes books for educators, as well as journals, including the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 and Mathematics Teacher Educator.
National Survey Shows Among Top High Schools Students, Boys Are More Confident Than Girls in Math
A strong majority of all survey respondents cited STEM subjects as their academic favorite. However, only 67 percent of females identified STEM subjects as their strongest, compared to 85 percent of males. Some 83 percent of males said they plan to pursue STEM fields in college, compared to 69 percent of females.
Report Examines If There Is Gender Bias at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
A new study by Science magazine finds that in 2011, women led 27 percent of the labs in the Division of Intramural Research. Today the figure is 23 percent. In contrast, at leading children’s research hospitals comparable percentages of women running research labs were between 30 percent and 47 percent.
Mentors and Role Models Can Make the Difference for Women in Academic Economics
New research led by Donna Ginther, the Dean’s Professor of Economics at the University of Kansas, finds that women economists who participated in a mentoring workshop have had a significant improvement in their career success rate compared to women economists who did not participate in the program.
Twelve Women Assistant Professors Named 2019 Cottrell Scholars
These awards provide $100,000 to each recipient identified as a leader in integrating science teaching and research at a top U.S. research university or a primarily undergraduate institution.
Cornell Tech’s Program to Increase the Number of Women in Computer Science to Expand Nationally
The program, which will now be known as Break Through Tech, will be replicated starting in Chicago as part of a $50 million investment in the new Gender Equality in Tech Cities Initiative by Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates.
New CUNY Program to Help Women Entrepreneurs Learn Emerging Technologies
The City University of New York has announced the creation of an emerging technology mentorship program that targets 250 small businesses owned by veterans, minorities, and women throughout New York City.
Simmons University Partners With Columbia University in Dual-Degree Program in Engineering
Simmons University in Boston, where traditional undergraduate programs are reserved for women, has announced the launch of a new five-year, dual-degree program in engineering with Columbia University. Successful graduates earn a bachelor’s degree from Simmons University and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Columbia University.
Louisiana State’s Susanne Brenner Named President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Susanne C. Brenner is a Boyd Professor of the Louisiana State University System. She holds a joint appointment with the department of mathematics and Center for Computation and Technology (CCT). At CCT she is also the associate director for academic affairs.
Women From Underrepresented Groups Get Snubbed in Offers to Present at a Major Earth Science Conference
The study found that at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union women from ethnic minorities were invited to give fewer talks, invited to give talks less often, and opted for poster presentations more than researchers who were not from underrepresented minorities.
Barbara Wold Named the Director of the Institute for Translational Research at the CalTech
The institute, established earlier this year, aims to help CalTech scientists and engineers transform their breakthroughs into advances in human health and enhance resources for every step in translational science, from basic discovery through clinical collaboration and the introduction of new treatments.
Harvard University Aims to Boost Women in Its Information Technology Workforce
The Harvard Women in Technology + Allies Mentoring Program’s objective is to make the university a more engaged and inclusive community by increasing retention and promotion of those in IT roles, providing coaching and career-development tools, and empowering members in their workspace.
Study Finds No Biological Gender Differences in Brain Function of Children Regarding Mathematics
The research team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure the brain activity in a group of young children ages 3 to 10 while the children were watching an educational video covering early math topics. After numerous statistical comparisons, the research team found no difference in the brain development of girls and boys.
Oregon State University Making Progress in Adding Women to its Engineering Faculty
Oregon State University reports that 50 of the 200 tenured or tenure-track faculty in the College of Engineering are women. According to the university, that number has more than doubled over the past five years.
Study Offers a Roadmap to Reduce Bias and Increase the Number of Women in STEM Research
Last December a group of 23 scientists met at the Banbury Center in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, to discuss ways to reduce bias and increase the number of women in STEM research positions. Their findings were recently released in a paper published in Science magazine.
Women Underrepresented on the Editorial Boards of Major Journals in Statistics and Biostatistics
A new study by Andrea Foulkes a professor of mathematics and statistics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, finds that women comprise less than a quarter of editorial board members on prestigious journals in statistics and biostatistics.
Addressing the Lack of Women in Leadership Positions in Academic Pediatrics
in 2017, women were 35 percent of all physicians in the United States but 63 percent of all pediatricians. Women made up 57 percent of all medical school faculty in pediatrics but were just 35 percent of all full professors in pediatrics and 26 percent of pediatric department chairs.
New Report Documents the Persistence of a Gender Pay Gap at Federal Scientific Agencies
The study found that the pay gaps at organizations such as NOAA and the DOE — agencies focused on traditionally masculine fields such as engineering and physical sciences — were largely the result of men being paid more than women for the same jobs.
Karen Viskupic Named President of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Karen Viskupic is an assistant research professor of geosciences at Boise State University in Idaho. She works with geoscience faculty on curriculum development and assessment, advises all undergraduate geoscience students, and works on several campus-wide initiatives to improve undergraduate and graduate STEM student success.
Julia Greer Is the New Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at the California Institute of Technology
Dr. Greer’s research is highly interdisciplinary and focuses on creating 3-D micro- and nano-architected materials using 3-D lithography, nanofabrication, and additive manufacturing techniques. She joined the faculty at CalTech in 2007 and was promoted to full professor in 2013.
Tuskegee University Establishes New Scholarship Program for Women Engineering Students
The Lily McNair Women in Engineering Leadership Scholarship Initiative, named to honor the university’s first woman president who took office on July 1, 2018, will provide tuition assistance for women engineering students at the university.
All-Women Robotics Team Makes Big Splash at the International RoboSub Competition in San Diego
The robotics team at Arizona State University built a robotic submarine that took the top prize in a recent national competition. It then placed third at the RoboSub international competition in San Diego. The university’s robotics team has close to a dozen members. All are women.
Report Documents the Attrition of Women Faculty as They Move Up the Academic Ladder
The results showed that despite the fact that women make up a majority of all undergraduate and graduate students in STEM disciplines, they make up 42 percent of assistant professors, 34.2 percent of associate professors, and 23.4 percent of full professors.
Study Finds Longer Tests Can Eliminate the Gender Scoring Gap in STEM
The researchers found that the longer the test, the lower the gender gap. The authors report that “for more than 20 percent of the countries where male students had an initial advantage in math and science, this gap was completely offset or even reversed after two hours of test-taking.”
Research Finds an Easy Way to Increase Women’s Participation in STEM Courses
NaLette Brodnax, an assistant professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, created a set of brochures that were integrated into the advising process during freshman orientation so women could see how a technology class would align with their degree requirements and with their interests.
Wellesley College Hosts Workshop Aimed at Teaching Middle Schoolers About Healthy Social Media Use
Throughout the workshop, the participating students engaged in discussions on how apps are created and learned about basic coding concepts. They also contributed to the design of a research-based app Dr. Charmaraman and Dr. Delcourt are developing to teach middle school students about healthy social media use.
