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sciencewoman's boots ScienceWoman is a first-year assistant professor in -ology. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences. Her older posts can be found here.

alice looking schemey Alice Pawley is an assistant professor of engineering education at Purdue University. She blogs at the intersection of women's studies and engineering, a pretty empty space but with potential to grow. She wants to be a feminist-but-tenured professor when she grows up.

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May 15, 2008

ISEF 2008: Special awards and scenes from around the fair

Category: science education

As I write this, the special awards ceremony for ISEF 2008 is wrapping up. Tonight, awards are being given by professional organizations, corporations, colleges and universities, and branches of government. Almost all of the major professional societies are represented,...

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ISEF 2008: Why we judge

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What would possess someone to take two days off of work, drive or fly to the competition city, read thirty or more posters, interview fourteen science students, and then lock themselves in a room until the winners are determined,...

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May 14, 2008

ISEF 2008: Cool science and practical applications

Category: science education

More selections from projects I'm seeing at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair....

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ISEF 2008: Impressive science by high school students

Category: science education

I'm going to be busy judging all day long, so I've scheduled some posts to show you the sort of projects I'll be looking at today. Actually, I'll only be judging -ology projects, but I'll leave you to decide which...

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ISEF 2008: Full disclosure

Category: science education

I didn't sleep very well last night, and I'm going to pretend that was solely because I was bothered by not being 100% honest with my readers...so here goes. Why am I judging at ISEF? And why am I giving...

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May 13, 2008

ISEF 2008: Day 1 by the numbers

Category: science education

Miles walked: At least 5. The Georgia World Congress Center is huge! Random "it's a small world" connections made: 2 Not-entirely-unexpected reunions encountered: 3 Ounces pumped and dumped: 7 (so far) Freakouts had: None since the airport. Times I've...

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ISEF 2008: Nobel Laureates Panel

Category: science education

A cool feature of ISEF is the science star power. This afternoon the judges were treated to a panel full of science luminaries: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Robert Curl, Rich Roberts, Dudley Herschbach, H. Robert Horvitz, and Leon Lederman. I walked...

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First Taste of the International Science and Engineering Fair

Category: science education

So I've arrived at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta and I'm starting to get my bearings. I've been oriented to judging and have been previewing the projects. There are more than 1500 projects from students...

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Flying solo

Category: travel

I'm in the airport about to board my plane. I'd forgotten how wonderful it can be to fly without a child. I'm looking forward to actually getting some work done on the flight rather than just trying to appease and...

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May 12, 2008

ADVANCing along with the big kids: my tentative first foray into BIGGRANTDOM

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Musings from an ADVANCE PI meeting while still hoping to be an ADVANCE co-PI.

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