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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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Who gets the push to become an engineer?

All the recent talk about engineers 'round these parts has got me feeling a bit left out. You see, back when I was a girl, my parents encouraged my interest in the natural world. And they encouraged my brother's interest...

June 16 Newsweek musings

Some articles for chewing over post-breakfast-reading.

"Women in Science" blogs: can they be used as recruitment tools for girls?

An open thread to get your thoughts and experiences.

ISEF 2008: The science that won the prize

Sana Raoof, left, 17, of Muttontown, N.Y., Yi-Han Su, 17, center, of Chinese Taipei and Natalie Saranga Omattage, right, 17, of Cleveland, Miss., pose after receiving top honors at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta,...

ISEF 2008: The best of the best! And they're girls!

Breaking news....they've just announced the grand award winners at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. And I'm absolutely thrilled to tears to announce that the top three prize winners are all girls! One more nail in the coffin for...

ISEF 2008: Special awards and scenes from around the fair

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,...

ISEF 2008: Cool science and practical applications

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

ISEF 2008: Impressive science by high school students

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...

ISEF 2008: Full disclosure

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...

ISEF 2008: Day 1 by the numbers

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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