by, for, and about women in science, technology, engineering, & math

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• There are four women in space right now, which is the most women that have ever been in space at one time. (See also: howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com)

• Teen Skepchick posts a satirical ten step guide to intellectual discussion in high school

• Gail Carmichael recaps her successful Carleton Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering

• Under the Microscope summarizes some recent studies on Women’s participation in STEM (most of the studies cite stereotypes and preconceptions as the main factors keeping women from entering these fields in greater numbers)

• Sophie Scott of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience critiques a Guardian profile of pharmacologist Susan Greenfield

• The AAUW posts about efforts to recruit women to teach physics

• Under the Microscope’s JoAnne Growney shares some of her mathematically-inspired poetry

• Girls Gather for Computer Science is a new summer program aimed at middle school students

• Kansas State’s Women in Engineering and Science program has been honored as the nation’s outstanding women in engineering program

• Greg Babe, CEO of Bayer, writes about why it’s important to encourage women and minorities in STEM

• The Anita Borg Institute profiles Jodi Forlizzi as part of their series on Women in Human-Computer Interaction

• Women at Ohio University are more likely to want to teach math than study it

• Don’t forget to be awesome: Geek Feminism shares a reserve of self-confidence tricks

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• Wired reviews Secret Ada, an iPhone/iPod app that teaches kids basic cryptography and unlocks profiles of women scientists at each level
• Under the Microscope profiles several notable black women scientists and inventors
• Taralyn Tan writes about What Women (in Science) Want
• The Women in Science Symposium 2010: Building an Identity is coming up in Chicago this April
• Also in April, the New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium is coming up, for girls in grades 9 and 10
• Here are some ways to get involved in Ada Lovelace Day next month (aside, of course, from adding your profile to the collection here at Stemming)

• Latoya on Jezebel posts about girls, geekdom, and sexism in gaming, scifi and programming — as usual, the comments are worth a look from the variety of perspectives from geeky girls and the guys who like them
• The New York Times writes about reforming computer science education at the high school level; the Washington Post talks about declining enrollment in high school CS classes, and Fred Wilson responds to the NYT article, asking schools to bring computer science into middle schools as well!
• Sally Ride discusses the gender gap
• A Pew Survey shows people’s attitudes about technology compared with their attitudes about society in general in the ’00s
• Google’s Anita Borg scholarship for college women majoring in CS or related fields has an upcoming deadline — 2/1/10. (It’s also interesting to note that according to Dr. Borg’s bio, she didn’t start programming until her 20s, and yet still had a successful research career — yet more evidence that we should be reminding people who didn’t start their engineering education in their teens that it’s not too late!)
• Under the Microscope posts their top 8 summer internships for women in STEM!
• CareerWISE, another website supporting women in STEM (though focused more tightly on academia), is soon to launch
• And already in existence: Braincake, a website for girls aged 11-17 interested in STEM. They even have a Gender Equity Toolkit for parents and teachers!