Laura Hoopes' Women in Science thoughts will be moving to Voices in Scientific American blog network soon.
Hope Jahren's Lab Girl is a new biography about the making of a woman scientist. If you read it, what did you think?
Ruth Hubbard passed away, the first woman tenured in Harvard biology. She had turned her research towards feminism of science. Do you know her work?
The Women in Science Forum has reached the end of the road and will end September 15 for all new material. The blog will continue to be posted on the internet in case you need to refer to material posted earlier. Farewell!
A new game called DNA Ahead will enable learning and creativity based on DNA discovery and experiments.
NIH Women in Science Newsletter for August highlighted new research suggesting some choices people make can have unexpectedly strong effects on success of women.
A new graphic nonfiction presentation of the role of a woman in the moon landing is making waves. Do you like the approach?
Last year, one woman was selected to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but no women in Chemistry.
Theresa Sullivan Barger highlights the role of cooperative atmosphere and positive reinforcement in retention of women engineers. Does this fit with your own observations?
Evelyn Witkin, along with Stephen Elledge, won the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for 2015 for the SOS response to DNA damage.
Have unmarried women overcome the gender gap in STEM pay?
Again this year, the percentage of women among the incoming members of NAS was just below 30%.
Annita Sawyer describes her new memoir of becoming a woman scientist.
We need to follow Sally Ride's advice and make more women-in-science role models available for girls today.
Women are 29% of the new group of members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Connecticut and California have recently chosen women in science to be honored.
Equal pay for equal work is still elusive for women, but why?
Would the right balance of men and women in small group work overcome the factors leading women to quit engineering majors?
Double Jeopardy research report shows gender bias in STEM that varies with the ethnicity of the woman.
AAUW is releasing a new report on women in engineering and computer science.
Nancy Hopkins takes a look at what works in institutional change to improve success of STEM women.
Are Ceci and WIlliams right that academic science isn't sexist?
Informal contacts made at scientific meetings can be very helpful to some women, depending on their fields.
Do people avoid asking STEM women questions about science?
What challenges do scientific couples face today?
What do you know about science cheerleaders?
Should STEM women look more compassionate in order to achieve their greatest success?
Why this Duke graduate student is concerned about women's STEM persistence? Many good reasons.
How can conservation planners learn to listen to women?
Do male STEM superstars favor young men in choosing graduate students and postdoctoral fellows?
Transgendered scientists offer a unique chance to see how American science feels to a woman versus a man, with all the other variables held constant. Ben Barres sees a big influence of unconscious biases in holding women back.
How important is it for men to speak up for inviting more women to give important lectures?
What strategies work best for women teaching STEM students?
Maryam Mirzhani is the first woman to receive a Fields Medal in Mathematics.
The new members of the National Academy of Sciences for 2014: good and bad news.
How prevalent is sabotage in the lab, and does it focus on women?
It's time to fix unequal pay for women, now!
Are postdoc benefits quite variable where you work?
Can women stop putting down Sheryl Sandberg to get noticed?
Girls Coming to Tech! Reviewed
Would you have accepted an award for your discovery regardless of legal threats?
Could adjuncts be treated more fairly?
Was Nazareth College right to withdraw a job offer when the candidate in philosophy tried to negotiate a better deal?
How well do art works featuring women help with recruiting women to STEM?
What five science books would you choose if asked to name them in five minutes?
Does Sandberg demand too much of women in Leaning In?
Did Janet Rowley inspire you?
How can inappropriate comments to women scientists be stopped?
Are people leaving science for lack of funds due to the sequester, or for gender inequity in salaries, or both?
Monica Riley was one of a few women whose contributions to the genome sequencing projects in the US wer widely recognized.
Is it more admirable to choose science from a very early age rather than find it later?
Should Scientific American have removed a blog post recounting sexist name-calling from The Urban Scientist's blog?
How complete and accurate was the recent New York Times magazine article on why women don't go into science?
Are women getting a fair shake in selection of science Nobel laureates?
There is some good news from DC: strong women scientists are being selected to help run the place!
Should Caltech be inviting more women to speak to their biology division?
Why do women turn down invitations to speak at meetings more often than men?
Refresh your knowledge of the rights of working women with Sonia Pressman Fuentes, who worked to make many of these regulations a reality!
How can a city suddenly lose most of its women leaders? Ask Los Angeles.
A member of the Lacks family will sit on the committee to consider use of the HeLa genome data.
Did you know Maria Mitchell once had equal pay issues as a Vassar professor?
Does gender bias in perception of scientific quality tilt the playing field with respect to collaboration opportunities for women in STEM fields?
Can Congress re-start the process of opening up STEM fields to women?
Student mothers work a lot of hours and really need flexibility in course scheduling according to a new survey; do you agree?
Are you confused by the decisions landed down by SCOTUS last week? Do they seem to add up to a consistent position to you?
Warrior says work-life balance is all wrong; what we need is integration.
Work-life balance has financial and morale implications that are worth noticing.
Can a family-oriented man face discrimination?
Motherhood is still dangerous to your employment success.
A response to a letter over 50 years old brings up poignant issues for women with children.
Do you watch your Micromessages to your students and coworkers? It might make all the difference.
Can women 'Lean In" and collaborate for success, or are those who drive to the top too competitive to work together?
Do you know why Bell Burnet, Lederberg, Wu, Meitner, Franklin, and Stevens should be among the most famous women scientists?
Do women reject STEM careers because they have too many other choices?
Some videos made by SFSU show women of color in STEM fields answering students' questions. Use these or make your own to encourage young women!
Should women in STEM receive equal pay with men for equal work?
Do women commit scientific fraud less often than men?
How do women's and men's salaries compare in your own field?
Should universities monitor salary equity and make across the board raises for women when needed to achieve fairness?
Yvonne Brill's obituary caused a fire-storm of protest about its sexism. Should the author have left out her beef stroganoff recipe and family life?
Does it diminish scientific luster to have a woman in science described along with details of her family life or showing her as nurturing or as a role model?
How can the glacial pace of STEM workforce diversification be accelerated?
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook promises to be a game-changer. What do you think of it?
How much work-life flexibility do we really need?
Should STEM women cut off contact on pregnancy/childbirth leave?
Is the Smithsonian Women in Science resource helpful or detrimental?
Women aren't there yet, in STEM achievement, according to Shen in Nature.
Was your grandmother in STEM fields?
Will the NSF programs to supplement grants of women on parental leave give them a level playing field?
Do you notice a trend for men to be pushed into longer hours and women into part time jobs without benefits?
What do today's students think helps them learn?
Do women with children get unfair pay and evaluation for management?
Does field-specific publication deficit for women ring true for you?
Sylvia Earle, oceanographer par excellence, speaks for saving our own futures by saving the ocean.
MSNBC features women in STEM for two hours Saturday, February 9.
Should the US be ashamed of the performance of our girls on international tests?
Were enough women selected for National Medals of Science?
Have you heard about the life of Rita Levi-Montalcini?
Should STEM majors get a discount on college tuition?