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STEM Events for Week of February 17, 2014
STEM events for Women happening this week of February 17, 2014….
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Women in STEM Roundup – Week of February 10, 2014
Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of February 10, 2014…
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The Engineer Who Hated Math
As an engineer, I had what most would consider a ridiculous amount of math in college. Here’s the thing — I hated every math class I ever had, except maybe high school algebra. Why? I found them fairly boring and disconnected with the real world (especially proofs). Obviously math is very important to engineering, and…
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Nurturing Leadership in STEM Professionals
The education and training required for most STEM professionals can be quite high. And many STEM professionals work in academic or research institutions which have quite different cultures and environments than corporate organizations. So it would go to reason that the leadership challenges that many STEM professionals face are different than managers in the corporate…
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Women in Engineering, Interview with Brittany Young, Project Engineer
Brittany Young loved science from a young age, and is now a UMBC chemical engineering and chemistry major, as well as working as a Project Engineer and Technician at Key Technology, Inc. She has had the pleasure of working at APL, NASA and McCormick & Co. She’s also involved in STEM mentorship programs to promote…
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Examples of Women Technologists in Open Source Industry
It’s no secret that the tech industry has a shortage of females. But the ones that are there serve as good examples to others who may follow. The open source industry tends to even be even more masculine, but these women technologists can hopefully serve as great examples to others: The lack of women gives…
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Women in STEM Events for Week of February 10, 2014
STEM events for Women happening this week of February 10, 2014… Tuesday, February 11 Upward Bound Math/Science and Prospect Math Science Programs (Middleton, CT) Engineer Week Banquet (Knoxville, TN) Thursday, February 13 Communication Skills that Deliver Credibility and Success – 1/2 Day Workshop — WITI Boston (Boston, MA) Saturday, February 15 Be an Engineer Workshop…
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Women in STEM Roundup – Week of February 3, 2014
Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of February 3, 2014…
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Women in Science, Interview with Renee Hlozek, Princeton University Cosmologist & TED Fellow
Renee Hlozek is a South African female cosmologist and TED Fellow living and working at Princeton University. She is passionate about getting young women and girls interested in science and being creative. She feels that we need to change the way we see women and girls and their ability to do science, to dream and…
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Women in STEM Events for Week of February 3, 2014
STEM events for Women happening this week of February 3, 2014… Tuesday, February 4 – Wednesday, February 5 Academic Surgeons Congress (San Diego, CA) Wednesday, February 5 – Saturday, February 8 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing (Seattle, WA) Wednesday, February 5 AWIS Webinar – Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science (Online) Women with Money:…
