women and girls in science, technology, engineering + math :: stemming (.org)

• Women 2.0 is running Women 2.0 Labs this summer — a 5-week program in San Francisco to share support, resources, and feedback with startup developers.

• The Anita Borg Institute is now accepting nominations for an award for the top company for technical women — recognizing companies that have excelled at recruiting, retaining, and providing a good working environment for technical women.

• Allyson Kapin at FastCompany blogs about the many structural problems that lead to male-run startups receiving much more prominence and success with venture capitalists than female-run startups.

• Gail Carmichael

Theoretically, I will be graduating next spring with a PhD in Microbiology. I love research and teaching, but I also love not being in debt. I’m tens of thousands of dollars in debt from my undergraduate education, and while my student loans are deferred until I get my PhD, the interest on the private loans is still accruing and in order to make my payments, the recommended salary is nearly 20-40% more than a postdoc makes.

I attend virtually every career talk available on campus and ask seminar speakers about their career paths. Of course, most people have been in (read more...)

I’m new to stemming.org, and have recently started blogging my adventures as a future Usability Queen(UQ)(Mhm, HCI goodness). One of the biggest struggles I had in my undergraduate years that I’m only now coming to terms with is the tension between UQ the Computer Scientist, UQ the Feminist, and UQ the Young Woman.

UQ the Computer Scientist works hard for her grades, and makes sure that they represent the love of the field that she has. She is recognized in her classes as an intelligent individual, though since moving up to graduate school, she is no longer the top of (read more...)

This is my first attempt at blogging…ever. And I would like to share an experience I had recently. First, a little background: Right now, I am in the process of getting my undergrad degree in Math/Physics Education but plan on getting my Master’s in Astrophysics. I was walking with a male friend of mine (a Chem major, planning on going to pharmacy school), and we were discussing my future. He said to me that Astrophysics is going to be extremely hard for me to get into because I have breasts. I do not consider myself ultra-feminist but it really hit (read more...)

HI ALL, I got this email randomly in my VT account. I thought I would join. I feel like it might be worthwhile to reach out to others in my field. (See if there are any of you lol). Either way next year I will be a first year graduate student at Purude University. I will be doing research in the Sensory Ecology lab-specifically studying animal behavior. I really look forward to starting at Purdue and am anxious to pack up all my stuff and move out there. I am basically I am looking for others at Purdue in the (read more...)

The STEM for Girls event we hosted on our UCD campus today was a success! 52 5th and 6th grade girls from marginalized/unrepresented communities were able to explore and learn about STEM fields with UCD student mentors and faculty. The girls played with snap circuits, a child’s version of basic circuit, to create a ton of different projects, from flying saucers to music boxes and car alarms. They had a lot of fun with them. I wish we could have given them even more time! In the middle of playing we had our very own chancellor come share some words (read more...)

So not only am I new to this stemming site, but also new to blogging!

So here goes. I’m a 4th year undergraduate student at UC Davis. I’m majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Fiber and Polymer Science.

I am an intern for the Women’s Resources and Research Center at UC Davis. My intern title is “WISE intern.” WISE stands for Women in Science and Engineering. We try to promote, encourage, and support women in the STEM fields. We host several events and programming services like a free math tutoring night, a graduate school prep panel, and a new (read more...)

This is too cool – you can view short video clips of the finalists in the US ImagineCup and vote on as many as you like (thru Saturday, midnight). These are all students who created technology to help make the world a better place by addressing the United Nations Millenium goals (ending poverty, achieving universal education, ensuring environmental sustainability, etc.).

http://www.imaginecup.us/

Really amazing – and, I see that at least a couple of the finalist teams are all girls – go go grrrrl power! :)

• The Blob Multitouch Designer for helping teachers make learning more interactive with multitouch –

• Sigh. Yet again, we need instructions from a third party on how to prevent Facebook from sharing personal information without our permission

• Gail Carmichael at the Female Perspective of Computer Science responds to the contention that women in computing groups might not be useful – Gail’s post reflects on the enjoyable and useful experiences she’s had with the women in engineering group she helped start at her school

• Under the Microscope celebrates Earth Day by profiling oceanographer Sylvia Earle, conservation biologist Dee Boersma, and geographer/glaciologist Julienne Stroeve

• The Anita

Hi! I just found this site from DevChix (thanks, Jeanne!).

So just wanted to say hello and what an awesome site this is! I’m a software developer – I have The Hacker Chick Blog and I just landed a totally snazzy new job as a Developer Evangelist for Startups at Microsoft.

One of the amazing things is all of the great programs that Microsoft sponsors for students. I actually got to spend my first day volunteering at a DigiGirlz Day where we brought very cool next generation technology (Surface/multi-touch, electronic art, fabric-based computers – totally neat!) to around (read more...)