All Entries Tagged With: "science"
One Fifth of the New Members of the American Academy of Microbiology Are Women
This year the American Academy of Microbiology elected 78 new fellows. Of these 16, or 20.5 percent, are women.
Posted on May 16, 2011 | Comments 0
Ranking the States in Producing Women Graduates in STEM Fields
Some states did a far better job in steering women toward degrees in STEM fields than other states.
Posted on May 06, 2011 | Comments 0
Women Are Increasing Their Share of Degrees in STEM Fields
New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that women are making progress in closing the gender gap in degree attainments in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In 2009, women earned 134,634 degrees in STEM fields. This was up from 127,134 STEM degrees in 2001. In 2009 women earned […]
Posted on Apr 25, 2011 | Comments 0
Number of Women Faculty at MIT in the Sciences Has Almost Doubled Since 1999
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently released a report finding that since 1999, the number of women faculty in the sciences and engineering is up by nearly 100 percent since 1999.
Posted on Mar 24, 2011 | Comments 0
