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As 2021 comes to a close, AWIS would like to wish our members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide our readers with a look at some of the most accessed articles from the past year. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 11.
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Choosing whether or not to work toward a PhD, and then whether or not to finish it, can be very difficult decisions―and there are no right or wrong answers. Six researchers share how they chose their paths in this article by AWIS member Dr. Katie Mitzelfelt.
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Variety
From October 19: Author, producer and founder of Phenomenal, Meena Harris will lead a new documentary film "In Her Element."
The 30-minute film, from Reese Witherspoon's media company Hello Sunshine and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, features three female pioneers using technology to advance their fields.
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Scientific American
From November 23: A passionate outdoorswoman, a "rugged individualist" and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dorothy Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she was. In this episode of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we track down people determined to stitch together her life. Our associate producer Sophie McNulty rummages through the basement of one of Andersen's colleagues for clues about the elusive pathologist.
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Diverse Issues in Higher Education
From September 28: Despite decades of trying to bolster faculty diversity, the number of women, minorities, and people with disabilities who become professors, especially in science and engineering, remains starkly low. However, some academic pipeline programs stand out at bringing more underrepresented students into the academy than their peers. So, what's working? And what's not?
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MarketWatch
From September 28: As employment rates rise, it's more important than ever for women to know their worth and negotiate their pay. For women over 50 and nearing retirement, negotiating a higher salary can also help close the retirement savings gap with men.
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
From November 2: Kizzmekia Corbett has been named "Federal Employee of the Year" along with her colleague Barney Graham for conducting groundbreaking research that led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. On a Saturday morning in early January 2020, Chinese scientists shared the gene sequence of the COVID-19 virus online and, by the end of the weekend, Graham and Corbett used that information to design the basic structure for the vaccines.
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Mirage
From October 5: UNESCO and the L'Oreal Foundation are unveiling the winners of this year's International Prize for Women in Science, which honours five eminent women scientists with exceptional careers from the five regions of the world, as it has done annually since 1998.
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Ms. Magazine
From November 9: The release of the first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality Strategy marked a historic day in the U.S. The whole of government strategy — with its 10 large-scale priorities and commitment to gender mainstreaming — is an ambitious plan, and ambitious priorities require a significant budget to match.
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Peer review is a critical element of ACS Publications’ journals
program; we are committed to exploring new ways of conducting peer
review to better serve our community and demonstrate our commitment
to open science. Learn more about the transparent peer review
pilot launched with ACS Central Science and The Journal of Physical
Chemistry Letters.
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STAT
From October 19: Saying bold steps are needed to improve racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in science, the influential Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced a $2 billion plan to accelerate inclusion and equity efforts throughout the academic science pipeline.
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PR Newswire
From November 23: L'Oreal USA announced the recipients of its 2021 For Women in Science Fellowship, an annual program that awards five female postdoctoral scientists $60,000 grants to advance their research. This year's Fellows conduct research in the areas of neurobiology, microbiology and biogeochemistry, physics and materials chemistry. In addition to grant funding, Fellows receive mentorship, career coaching and recognition.
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MeriTalk
From September 28: President Biden announced the members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which is the most diverse in U.S. history. This is the first council to have two women co-chairs, and the White House also noted that for the first time, women make up half of PCAST, and people of color and immigrants make up more than one-third of the council.
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