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ScienceWoman is an 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 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.
Category: conference chatter
Somehow I've survived this week with only one really big "oops" (an IRB application I should have turned in weeks ago), and I am off tomorrow to continue my conference tour. I'm heading to a workshop in Delft, The Netherlands...
Posted by Alice at 10:08 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: travel
I'm sitting in a hotel room in D.C., at the first day of the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting, and I am hoping to liveblog tomorrow's sessions, depending on whether the wifi is any good downstairs. In addition, I would like...
Posted by Alice at 10:29 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
Was that the train? Was it? The Scientiae train? Oh damn, I was in the bathroom! A couple of posts were left off the train completely inadvertently, so please accept the conductors' apologies, and enjoy a pretty open compartment...
Posted by Alice at 4:14 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
All month the Scientiae train has been loading at platform 37.7*, and now we're pulling out of the station on a wonderful journey on the rails. I'm picturing a Harry Potter-esque train running through the Scottish countryside, complete with...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 3:00 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
Just a quick reminder that the June Scientiae theme is "moving forward" and we're looking for posts about the how and why your science, work, and life are moving forward. Of course, other topics are welcome as well. Write your...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 1:51 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
Alice and I are teaming up to host the June edition of Scientiae, the carnival by, for, and about women in science, engineering, technology, and math. As is the norm for the monthly Scientiae carnival, I get to choose a...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 12:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
ScienceWoman and I are either approaching or inhabiting grading jail, I think. I'm working on grading 30 teams' first-year design projects where teams of 4 had to design a procedure to calculate the energy footprint of a building/system on campus...
Posted by Alice at 9:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
Katharine Haxton over at Endless Possibilities 2.0 on the Nature Network is stepping into another Scientiae hosting breech (yikes!) and will be hosting the May Scientiae, to be posted May 1. She's suggested "A Snapshot" as the theme -- a...
Posted by Alice at 3:12 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
The lovely Candid Engineer has posted a marvelous carnival titled "We Rise Up"! about overcoming challenges for your April reading pleasure. W00T! And someone needs to get organized and follow up on whoever said they might be interested in hosting...
Posted by Alice at 11:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientiae
Update April 7: GrrlScientist has decided to change the name to "Scientia Pro Publica," science for the people. Thanks to folks who shared ideas with her!! ---------------------- GrrlScientist has decided to revive the Tangled Bank carnival under a new name:...
Posted by Alice at 7:50 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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