News and Views

Current Issues on Women in Science

• University of Minnesota hosts national workshop - April 2, 2009
• The Problem of the Problem of Motherhood in Science - March 21, 2009
• Barbara Filner, former AWIS president, died of lung cancer on February 24, 2009 - March 11, 2009
• Tenure at MIT still largely a male domain - Dec. 6, 2007
• Women scientists get grants for post-doc research abroad - November 5, 2007
• A persistent problem: Traditional gender roles hold back female scientists (PDF) - EMBO reports, Nov. 2007
• Prometea — Empowering Women Engineers Careers in Industrial and Academic Research - July 22, 2007
• NIH Leads Effort to Help Women in Science and Medicine Fulfill Potential - NIH, January 29, 2007
• Harvard professor who alleges sexism withdraws resignation - January 19, 2007
• Why Aren’t More Women in Science, interview with the editors - Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 3, 2007
• American Historical Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Session 39 - January 5, 2007.
• Karpova-Tonegawa Update - Results from ScienceBlogs, December 4, 2006
• Response to National Academies report (pdf) - Physics Today, December 4, 2006
• Esther Lederberg, pioneer in genetics (1922–2006), retrospective gallery - November 11, 2006
• Karpova-Tonegawa: Neuroscientist backs recruiter - November 5, 2006
• Tutorials for Change: Gender Schemas and Science Careers - October 27, 2006
• Women and Science in Europe - October 4, 2006
• $3.3 mil. NSF program to increase women faculty in engineering and sciences - Sept. 25, 2006
• Report Finds Women Discriminated Against in Science and Tech. Fields - September 20, 2006
• NAS issues report on gender bias - September 18, 2006
• Eliminating Gender Bias, a new report from the National Academies - September 18, 2006
• Beyond Bias and Barriers, National Academies Press Release - Sept. 18, 2006
• Shining a Light on the 'Dark Lady of DNA' - August 6, 2006
• Women scientists lag far behind men in patents, study says - August 4, 2006
• Tonegawa & Karpova: Why the MIT Nobel Laureate Forced Her to Turn Down Job - July 28, 2006
• MIT vows to press its scientists to collaborate - July 19, 2006
• MIT star accused by 11 colleagues - July 15, 2006
• NSF Helps Center for Women and Work Hold Conference - February 23, 2006

Retrospectives and Obituaries of Scholars and Activists on Women in Science

• Esther Lederberg, pioneer in genetics, dies at 83 - November 11, 2006
• Yael Rom - International Activist for Technological Education for Girls (PDF) and IAF's First Woman Pilot Dies - May 27, 2006

Personal Views

• Haifa Rocketed (7/14–8/14/2006) — New aspects and the effect of the recent war in Israel

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