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Dear STEM Leaders,
Since the last issue of the Pipeline Press, a lot has happened in Washington, DC. Among the events relevant to our work include the following:
Regarding the last event, I will convene a brief conference call with NAPE members at 1:00 pm ET on Friday, July 1, to provide an update on what is in the House language and on gender-focused, technical policy recommendations that NAPE has drafted with the legislative staff of Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI). We appreciate that the holiday is approaching but hope that you will be able to join this call. The call-in number is: 712-432-1500 Code: 363282#
In access, equity, and diversity,
Mimi
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Women in STEM: Changing the Face of Science
Mack Burke, Norman Transcript
When Madeline Bull graduated from the petroleum engineering school at the University of Oklahoma last month she did so as the first female president of the OU chapter of Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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Spotlight on 5 Women Making Waves in Health IT
Meg Bryant, HealthcareDive
Health Data Management recently released its 2016 list of Most Powerful Women in Health IT.
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Meet the Woman Who Launched a New Field of Scientific Study
David Freeman, Huffington Post
As a female chemical engineer, Frances Arnold was already a rarity. After all, only about 16 percent of chemical engineers are women. But now that she has become the first woman ever to win the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize, she is truly one of a kind.
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Launching Opportunities for Women in STEM-NASA Style
Sandra Jontz, Signal
Space agency creates programs that offer safe, inclusionary environment to entice women and minorities.
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Parity Still Far-off Goal for Women Academics in STEM Fields
Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle
Molecular biologist Carol Greider got a call at 5 a.m. one day in 2009 saying she had won the Nobel Prize in medicine. She had already been awake, not because she had been working in her lab or writing up her research. Greider had been folding laundry.
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Decoding Diversity: The Financial and Economic Returns to Diversity in Tech
Intel
The report looks at data from 167 U.S. companies and concludes that increased representation of African-American, Hispanic and female employees has significant economic implications, including driving productivity, growth and revenue gains in the technology sector.
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Where Do Women Study STEM
Priceonomic
At every major college, a higher percentage of men than women major in STEM fields. It's a major reason why men earn more money than women, and many colleges and universities have made graduating more women from STEM majors a priority. Some colleges are doing better than others.
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Why Do Women Leave Engineering?
Peter Dizikes, MIT News
Group dynamics of teamwork and internships deter many women in the profession.elaware State University has partnered with Verizon to mentor minority middle-school boys in STEM.
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More Than Half of Dartmouth's Engineering Graduates This year Were Women
Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz
This spring, Dartmouth University became the first national research university to graduate more women than men from its undergraduate engineering program.
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More Than Half of Dartmouth's Engineering Graduates This year Were Women
Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz
This spring, Dartmouth University became the first national research university to graduate more women than men from its undergraduate engineering program.
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Is There an Engineer Inside You?
Celeste Bain
This soon to be released book will cover 45 different types of engineering and engineering technology, college options, how to succeed in engineering school, women and minorities in engineering, alternative careers in engineering, salary information and much more.
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Is Nursing A STEM Field? Even Experts Disagree
Sarah Hedgecock, Forbes
While pulling together the America's Best Value Colleges list, we hit upon a surprisingly contentious question: Would a nursing program fall under the STEM umbrella? Or are nursing and similar fields kind of their own thing?
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At DSU, STEM Help for Young Black Male Students (with video)
Saranac Hale Spencer, The News Journal
Delaware State University has partnered with Verizon to mentor minority middle-school boys in STEM.
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NFL Players Are Tackling STEM
Nicholas Zazulia, US News & World Report
Along with groups like Project Lead The Way and Athletes for Charity, pro football players are helping kids see the value of pursuing STEM.
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