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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.
SciWo is an assistant professor of geosciences. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences. Her older posts can be found here.
October 30, 2009
Category: books
This week Minnow and I are pleased to honor the first request from a DonorsChoose Challenge giver. (There's still time, donate enough to complete a project, email me the receipt and you too can request a story.) I'll admit to...
Posted by SciWo at 6:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2009
Category: philanthropy
There's a few days left in our October DonorsChoose challenge, and even after that there are many more great projects out there waiting for our help. A few weeks ago, wonderful educator-science-historian-cultural-studies-expert-mother-blogger Leslie Madden-Brooks responded to a plea to help...
Posted by SciWo at 6:43 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2009
Category: books
Folks, we are heading into the home stretch for Donors Choose, and you've helped 1084 kids get access to books they wouldn't have had without your help. That's great. But we can do better. So.... 24 Sciencewomen blog readers have...
Posted by Alice at 1:53 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2009
Category: books
This week, Minnow and I present "Where do Insects Live?" in the Science Emergent Readers Series, from which we've previously featured a book on oceans. (Yes, I am using bugs in the colloquial sense and not just to refer to...
Posted by SciWo at 12:04 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: science education
Don't worry, SciWo's storytime is coming later today. But first a word about our on-going DonorsChoose challenge. Along with 22 others, DonorsChoose has already given $50 to our challenge, and now they want to give more...based on how much we...
Posted by SciWo at 9:09 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 16, 2009
Category: books
This week on SciWo's Storytime, we're reading about Lakes and Ponds in a book by Cassie Mayer, from the same series as an earlier episode about oceans. While the text of this series of books is simple, I'm finding that...
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October 14, 2009
Category: care and feeding of graduate students
I had a realization over the weekend, as I contemplated the enormity of the amount of work I had to do, and the scant allowance of time in which to do it. I have suddenly realized why (at least junior)...
Posted by Alice at 7:41 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 13, 2009
Category: Alice shares...
Hi, I'm Alice. It's been 11 days since I last blogged. Things have been busy over the last couple of weeks - even more than usual. I started listing out the stuff I've been doing, but rather than making me...
Posted by Alice at 9:49 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 12, 2009
Category: science education
It's Earth Science Week, and this year's theme is Understanding Climate. So it's the perfect time to share some cool videos of women earth scientists and how they are working to improve the diversity and representation of women in atmospheric...
Posted by SciWo at 8:29 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 9, 2009
Category: books
A few nights ago, Minnow was in the mood to make videos of some of her favorite books - almost any books, except ones with an overt scientific bent. Right now, she wants books with a storyline, and I'm afraid...
Posted by SciWo at 7:32 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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