Women and science:
Via Ed, if you puked on VoxDay's shoes after his column earlier this week in WorldNetDaily: But this is not to say there is not a genuine threat to all three aspects of science today. Unsurprisingly, it comes from the...
Posted on March 13, 2008 12:45 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Is it sending the wrong message to girls to tell them they can be fashionable and smart?
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Posted on July 30, 2007 2:10 PM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In terms of physical size, microbiologist Rita Colwell is a petitie woman. However, her distinguished research and service career has made her a giant in her field. Her research revolves around many aspects of water ecology, including the intersection...
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Posted on July 26, 2007 1:25 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Newly minted author (and "Wonder Years" alum) Danica McKellar chats with me about math education and much more.
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Posted on July 25, 2007 11:30 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Danica McKellar (aka Winnie Cooper of Wonder Years fame) channels her love of math into a guide for middle school girls. Does it suck?
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Posted on July 24, 2007 3:45 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sally Mason Named University Of Iowa's 20th President. Interesting. A female biologist, currently Provost at Purdue: During her tenure at Purdue, Mason invested both professionally and personally in diversity and innovative research and education. She raised funds for and...
Posted on June 21, 2007 5:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
One must keep a sense of humor...
Posted on February 20, 2007 8:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Over at Am I a woman scientist? I ran across this post discussing crying in the workplace. I'd never given much consideration to the issue previously, but there are several thought-provoking posts and articles on the topic. First, let...
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Posted on February 13, 2007 5:25 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
After the discussion here and elsewhere in yonder blogosphere about women and stereotyping, Cornelia Dean in the New York Times writes about recent meeting aimed at helping women advance in science, where bias still rages. This fall, female scientists at...
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Posted on December 20, 2006 8:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, razib relates a recent observation of the apparently rare species hottus chicas scientificas at a local wine bar. Shelley's ticked: Not sure whether to be more irked that Razib suggests that smart women aren't hot (and vice versa), that...
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Posted on December 14, 2006 11:15 AM • 76 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Esther Lederberg dies at 83 Stanford University microbiologist Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg, a trailblazer for female scientists and the developer of laboratory techniques that helped a generation of researchers understand how genes function, has died at Stanford Hospital. Professor...
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Posted on November 30, 2006 12:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Matt has the scoop. Women in science and engineering are hindered not by lack of ability but by bias and "outmoded institutional structures" in academia, an expert panel reported today. The panel, convened by the National Academy of Sciences, said...
Posted on September 19, 2006 10:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More fascinating topics I didn't get around to:...
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Posted on July 29, 2006 12:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I see Janet has a post series going on family + academic career. (Part 1; Part 2). I've written a bit on my own experience at the old blog (and I do mean "a bit;" it's much more of a...
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Posted on July 24, 2006 12:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This week's Ask a science blogger question is: If you could have practiced science in any time and any place throughout history, which would it be, and why?... Discussion after the fold......
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Posted on July 21, 2006 9:30 AM • 48 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More interesting stories that I didn't get to this week......
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Posted on July 15, 2006 12:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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