skookumchick
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December 6, 2008
I send this information around every year on December 6 because, while the Montreal Massacre is a big deal still in Canada, fewer people know about it in the States, and we should know about it.
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On December 6, 1989, an armed gunman named Marc Lepine entered an engineering classroom at Ecole…
December 5, 2008
Prepare for an entertaining read over at Isis's place! And get your typing fingers ready for the Jan 2009 Scientiae, to be hosted by acmegirl! More info coming soon.
Thanks for hosting, Isis!
December 3, 2008
I know this is an "old" story (last Friday) but I cannot express how appalled I was when I found out that stampeding Walmart shoppers on Long Island actually killed the Walmart employee who was opening the doors for Black Friday. Black Friday indeed. A person was killed so all those shoppers…
December 1, 2008
Amidst existing signs of global economic and imminent environmental disaster, please remember it is World AIDS Day. There are huge steps still to be made in terms of prevention and treatment, particularly for women across the world. More information about World AIDS Day events in North America…
November 26, 2008
Well, my data collecting trip could have gone better. Besides the 2" of snow, and the fact one participant had to bow out (hopefully to be rescheduled soon), I discovered that one of my participants was not actually at the company I was visiting, but at a competitor's company. In another state.…
November 23, 2008
I'm back at the ranch of the Aged Parents, and preparing to COLLECT REAL DATA tomorrow. It may be that it is supposed to snow 1.5" tomorrow and I have to drive 4 hours, it may be that one of my participants canceled on me at the last minute, but by tomorrow, I really really should have DATA.
I…
November 19, 2008
Jumping into the breech, Isis has called for posts on, "My Science is Hotter than Dr. Isis's Naughty Monkeys Because..." by midnight on December 1. So get your posts in to Isis for what I'm sure will be an excellent carnival (although of course they are always excellent... :-) ).
In addition,…
November 19, 2008
Since my public confession, I kind of have gotten my writing groove on. I think I'm ready to turn revision-paper #1 around (at least, send it to my mom to see what she thinks), and I've made progress on the gender-diss paper. Yay me! Now moving on to class prep, and meeting prep...
November 17, 2008
As Science Woman has noted, we're moving into week 3 for InaDWriMo and my progress has been lamentable at best. I found no word count thingies, I am way behind on my gender dissertation paper, and I'm avoiding the resubmit paper. In good news, I've asked my graduate student for help on the gender…
November 15, 2008
Scientiae webspinner skookumchick has raised the batsignal for a strong and courageous host who can take on the task of running the December Scientiae (to be posted Dec 1 or thereabouts). If you can do it, email Scientiae directly. Otherwise, the spate of bad Scientiae luck will continue :-( .
In…
November 12, 2008
I'm just thrilled with our final numbers from our DonorsChoose campaign -- because of your generosity, $2953 are going to go help 1,126 needy kids learn some critically important science. And I'm also psyched that Sciencewomen came in second of all the Scienceblogs participating in both amount…
November 11, 2008
You know, maybe it's just because it is 11:30 at night and I have another hour to wait to pick up my husband from the airport shuttle place, but...
... there are some days I wish I was still pseudonymous.
'Cause then I could tell you just how tired I am, how even though I had a lot of good…
November 8, 2008
Woo hoo, Jane has posted a trick-or-treaty November Scientiae over at her blog! Go read! Yayay!
November 7, 2008
I'm pretty sure I speak for both of the sciencewomen here when I say I am SO EXCITED to announce that the fabulous Isis the Scientist has been assimilated by the Scienceborg, and is now blogging in her new digs! Welcome, Isis, and I totally look forward to your blogging here at Sb! Yayayayay!
November 4, 2008
And now Obama's real work begins. Indiana is still too close to call. (I didn't think I would ever say this, but thank goodness for Bob Barr!) But it doesn't matter. Breathe a sigh of relief, and now roll up our sleeves and start fixing this global mess we're in. And please please please keep…
November 3, 2008
A colleague emailed me notice of an article published 11/1 in the Columbus Dispatch, titled "OSU wants more female scientists." The first part of the article reads:
A new Ohio State University program that aims to help female professors advance in the sciences would lead to discrimination and…
November 3, 2008
Okay, I'm in. I seriously need to get my writing in gear, and even though I'm still trying to do the tips from AFNFM, I'm finding I need an additional push to actually put fingers to computer and do anything other than email. So here are my InaDWriMo goals:
Write the first draft of the Gender…
November 2, 2008
I spent my "extra" hour from Daylight Savings doing some wrapping up our DonorsChoose campaign. Well, folks, you've done a tremendous job. Forty-two Sciencewomen readers contributed a total of $1863 to help 917 needy kids learn about science and engineering. We came in SECOND of all the…
October 31, 2008
I've been tagged twice to tell you 6 random things about me. Here are the rules:
The Rules
Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Write 6 random things about yourself.
Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a…
October 31, 2008
My colleague Donna Riley just sent me a way-cool call for papers: inclusive science, for a special issue of the National Women's Studies Association Journal. Get your writing hats on -- papers are due January 15! The rest of the call is after the fold.
INCLUSIVE SCIENCE: ARTICULATING THEORY,…
October 31, 2008
I'm hoping it's not the effect of the Halloweeny season, but Jane's edition of the November Scientiae will be delayed. Because she has pneumonia. Please don't take this as indicative of a curse on Scientiae hosts. But do take it as a chance to send in a last-minute post to Jane through the…
October 29, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to come to a day-long workshop hosted by the Association of Women in Science at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. Below are some snippets on things I learned, for better or worse.
I listened to a panel of scientists, Margaret Wasilewski, Katherine Armstrong, and…
October 27, 2008
I'm very very behind on blogging. I have two conferences to write up for you, 3 blogs to share with you, and 3 update posts. But I have another migraine. So they will have to wait. But feel free to donate money to DonorsChoose in the meantime. And I am indeed sad for the little pre-engineering…
October 27, 2008
This is it, folks - we're coming round into the home stretch of DonorsChoose, with one week left in October. And there is some great news - ScienceBlogs has decided to donate FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to Donors Choose, distributed among the bloggers who are participating! I'm still checking about…
October 21, 2008
At last, I am happy to reveal to you our final design for our t-shirt prizes for Donors Choose. They are below the fold, in all their glory, and designed by the awesome YellowIbis. Recall if you donate to our Donors Choose campaign, (note our goal is $2K; we're currently at $876...) and email me…
October 21, 2008
Hear ye, hear ye! I am looking for an awesome up-and-coming scholar to work with on ADVANCE. See the job advertisement below! Email me with questions! Spread the word! Thanks!
ADVANCE-Purdue and the Purdue Center for Faculty Success (PCFS) invite applications for a postdoctoral scholar.
We are…
October 20, 2008
Y'all have been so great in our Donors Choose campaign that we needed to find some more projects to support for the rest of the month and to help reach our goal of $2000. So we've added these projects particularly because they're so close to being funded you might be able to help them go over the…
October 20, 2008
So I'm swamped at work again and have 15 projects going on and 3 papers in the queue to work on and 3 students who need tasks and I have to help give a paper on Friday, but do you know what the highlight of my day was?
I voted. :-)
Yay early voting in Indiana!
October 17, 2008
Did you know the Association for Women in Science and the Society for Women Engineers asked both presidential campaigns for responses to questions about science and engineering and women's roles in each. Download the pdf here to see the questions and the candidates responses. Read them through…
October 16, 2008
So the t-shirts mockups are being drafted, and the numbers of kids who are being helped are increasing based on your generosity, and I'm so psyched about our high number of donors compared to blogs with many more readers. Y'all rock!
Therefore, it is high time for me to kick in my incentive. I…