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  • Women in Tech, Interview with Deborah Wheeler, Chief Information Security Officer at Ally Financial

    Deborah Wheeler is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Ally Financial.  She’s in charge of establishing policy and programs to support the security of electronic customer and company information. The most difficult part of her job, but also the most rewarding, is educating employees and customers on information security and privacy — a challenge…

  • Women in STEM Roundup – Week of May 19, 2014

    Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of May 19, 2014… Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding (NYTimes) The Tech Sector Needs More Women; Here’s How You Can Make It Happen (Forbes) Girl Scouts target math, science gender gap (Delaware Online) The “CSI Effect:” Cacking the Case of the STEM Skills Gap (Huffington Post)…

  • STEM Events for Week of May 19, 2014

    STEM events for Women happening this week of May 19, 2014… Saturday May 17  – Tuesday May 20 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery — Association of Women Surgeons (Hollywood, FL) Monday May 19 How to Build a Website: HTML & CSS for Beginners (2-Day Workshop) — Girl Develop It Detroit (Detroit, MI) Monday May…

  • Women in Engineering, Interview with Genemala Haobijam, Senior Development Manager at Samsung Research Institute Noida

    Dr. Genemala Haobijam is currently working as Senior Development Manager at Samsung Research Institue Noida. She holds a Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, a M.Tech. degree in Microelectronics and VLSI Design and a B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Her career journey in Engineering has been challenging. She was born and brought up…

  • STEM Events for Week of May 12, 2014

    STEM events for Women happening this week of May 12, 2014… Tuesday May 13 Intro to WordPress — Girl Develop It Detroit (Detroit, MI) Wednesday May 14 Android App Coding Series I — Ann Arbor Women Coders Group (Ann Arbor, MI) Saturday May 17 Code & Coffee — Girl Develop It Detroit (Detroit, MI) Saturday…

  • STEM Events for Week of May 5, 2014

    STEM events for Women happening this week of May 5, 2014… Sunday May 4 – Tuesday May 6 Digestive Disease Week – Association of Women Surgeons (Chicago, IL) Wednesday May 7 Wed 6:30 coding! (and hangout afterwards) — Ann Arbor Women Coders Group (Ann Arbor, MI) Thursday May 8 Women of Vision Awards Banquet —…

  • Physics as a Gateway to a STEM Career

    I have always loved science.  My favorite classes throughout elementary, middle and high schools were science classes. I loved watching Cosmos and NOVA and Nature on PBS (which helped quite a bit with the science classes). The same cannot be said of math classes, which were my bane through college (see The Engineer Who Hated…

  • STEM Events for Week of April 28, 2014

    STEM events for Women happening this week of April 28, 2014…. Friday, April 25 – Saturday, May 3 Philadelphia Science Festival Tuesday, April 29 Metro Detroit Code & Coffee…& Ice Cream! (Detroit, MI) Wednesday, April 30 Android App Coding Series I (Ann Arbor, MI) Web Careers Panel Discussion (Detroit, MI) Wednesday, April 30 – Sunday,…

  • Women in STEM Roundup – Week of April 21, 2014

    Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of April 21, 2014… Tech’s Gender Bias: What Top Female VCs Really Think (WIRED) 4 Ways Women are Digging Deeper into the Gaming Industry (What’s Your Tech.ca) Women with RAM (AdaptingIT) Mari-Louise Ross: Ode to My Mentors (Huffington Post) What It’s Like to Be a Girl Who…

  • Women in STEM Roundup – Week of April 14, 2014

    Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of April 14, 2014… That Fake Science Fair Poster That Went Viral? I Made It. Here’s Why. (Huffington Post) How Technology Is Changing The Skills We Need To Learn (Innovation Excellence) HOW TO MOVE THE WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY CONVERSATION TO THE MAINSTREAM (Fast Company) Marilyn Monroe: Amateur…