This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here Your weekly round-up of must-read news on women in science May 24, 2022 .AWIS UPDATES Want to detoxify the workplace? Start by stating what you value AWIS An expert in creating safe and welcoming spaces in STEM, Dr. Sherry Marts explains why labs and other workplaces should create values statements — and how to do it. READ MORE Remembering Dr. Elsie Quarterman: A tireless conservationist AWIS Dr. Elsie Quarterman dedicated her life to the study and conservation of Middle Tennessee’s cedar glades. She broke barriers as a woman in science, including becoming Vanderbilt's first-ever woman head of department when she chaired the Department of General Biology in the 1960s. READ MORE .HOT HEADLINES Groping, derision, bias, threats: Women in science face it all Bloomberg Two decades ago, Rachel Ivie attended a conference for women in astronomy in Pasadena, Calif. During a panel on gender demographics, she presented a series of charts depicting the dismal truth: Only 14% of astronomy faculty were female—a little more than half the rate for science and engineering overall. After the panel, several participants approached her to discuss why those numbers were so low when 60% of young astronomers at the time were women. READ MORE  SPONSORED VIDEO DATA SCIENCE IN MIAMI The University of Miami’s Master of Science in Data Science provides interdisciplinary connections and experiential learning opportunities across all aspects of data science: from machine learning to marketing, from city planning to climatology. Consider advancing your career with a cutting-edge degree located in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech hubs. WATCH VIDEO Study: LGBTQ+ students more likely to experience bullying Inside Higher Education LGBTQ+ students were more likely to experience discrimination and violence, according to a new study by the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, a scholarship fund that provides financial aid for LGBTQ+ students. The study used data from the Access to Higher Education Survey, a national poll of 629 respondents who attended four-year colleges and 193 who attended graduate school. It found that 33%t of LGBTQ+ people reported they were bullied, harassed or assaulted during college, compared to 19% of non-LGBTQ+ peers. READ MORE The 100 Most Influential People of 2022: Timnit Gebru TIME It takes courage to speak truth to the most powerful technology companies in the world. Timnit Gebru is a truth teller. Gebru was the most senior Black woman to lead a team of AI ethicists at Google, hired to find issues and improve the technology. She was ultimately fired after co-authoring a paper that did just that; it exposed racial discrimination and environmental harm in large-scale artificial intelligence systems at the company. Her ousting sparked protests by scholars and Google employees around the world. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Women at Stevens: The Pioneers and Trailblazers Attend a virtual graduate admissions event Dr. Antonia Zaferiou chooses Stevens to pursue biomedical engineering teaching, mentoring and research goals Stevens Ph.D student works to find new ways to fight off medical implant infections Prime New York area location brings unparalleled access to research opportunities, industry instructors and internships There are reasons girls don't study physics — and they don't include not liking maths World Economic Forum Stereotypical attitudes about academia and gender are putting up barriers to girls pursuing further education in physics, the ASPIRES project finds. Many people think girls don’t want to study physics because of the mathematics element, but 39% of A-Level exam entrants in maths are girls, compared to 23% in physics. A lack of support from teachers and parents is also reducing the number of girls opting to study physics. Altering perceptions of gender and STEM subjects is an important step in opening up the subject to girls in school and beyond. READ MORE Esteemed astrophysics professor Keivan Stassun co-authors study for NASA on increasing diversity and inclusion in space mission leadership Vanderbilt University Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, is a co-author of the study “Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions.” The report outlines near- and long-term actions NASA can take to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the leadership of space mission proposals submitted to the NASA Science Mission Directorate.  READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Changing the Culture of Chemistry: Improving Work-Life Balance It takes special effort for researchers to maintain a healthy equilibrium between their work and personal lives. This challenge can look very different, depending on where one works and what stage of career they are in. ACS Publications hosted a webinar on work-life balance in the lab, as part of the Changing the Culture of Chemistry series. Watch on demand Women are still paid 83 cents for every dollar men earn. Here's why CNBC The “gap” between how much money men and women are paid has long been a feature of the U.S. economy. While that pay differential has narrowed since the 1960s, progress seems to have slowed in the past decade or more — a dynamic that has big implications for women’s financial security and wellbeing, according to experts. “What you’ll find is that no matter how you measure it, a pay gap exists,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. “It has a huge impact on lifetime earnings.” READ MORE .WOMEN in TECH Stiffed by investors, ignored by recruiters, these Black people in tech create support for themselves and others The Grio The numbers reflect a stark reality — venture capital drives technology and Black entrepreneurs are just getting a pittance. Venture capital funding for Black start-ups hit $1.8 billion during the first half of 2021, a figure that looks impressive but hides a more concerning fact. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Los Alamos National Laboratory Nestled in the bottom range of the Rocky Mountains, Los Alamos is a safe community With access to three National Parks, a lunch-break ski mountain and year-round recreational opportunities! Visit our website to learn more about the work, the people and the benefits Not to mention the 800+ opportunities that are currently available at Los Alamos National Laboratory How can we get more women in tech — and support their growth? Government Technology As of this writing, nine of the 50 states have a woman CIO. When Anushree Bag, executive director of GRC and Resiliency in Indiana, heard that statistic last week at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Midyear Conference, she was surprised. “Explain that number to me," she said, “because demographics are 50/50.” The gap between the number of women and men in technology roles, particularly in government, is not a new topic. Organizations and nonprofits exist throughout the country to get women and girls interested in — and committed to — STEM subjects. READ MORE Living better with algorithms MIT News Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) student Sarah Cen remembers the lecture that sent her down the track to an upstream question. At a talk on ethical artificial intelligence, the speaker brought up a variation on the famous trolley problem, which outlines a philosophical choice between two undesirable outcomes. The speaker’s scenario: Say a self-driving car is traveling down a narrow alley with an elderly woman walking on one side and a small child on the other, and no way to thread between both without a fatality. Who should the car hit? Then the speaker said: Let’s take a step back. Is this the question we should even be asking? READ MORE .WOMEN in SCIENCE Discover Science podcast: Kizzmekia Corbett on going where you are loved Nevada Today In March of 2020, the spread of a new virus, SARS-CoV-2, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. While many of us were just beginning to learn about this novel coronavirus that would change the course of history, a team of scientists had already begun to work on a solution. They developed a vaccine that would not only prove to be the greatest tool in battling one of the worst pandemics since the 1918 Spanish Flu but would change vaccine science forever. READ MORE Biochemist Marie Maynard Daly uncovered what makes us tick Popular Science Crack open any high school science textbook, and it’ll likely contain a few basic concepts of human biology: amylase, the enzyme that chews up starch and spits out sugar; histones, the tiny protein spools around which DNA winds; cholesterol’s frightening knack for narrowing arteries; and the relationship between DNA, RNA and protein that constitutes the central dogma of molecular biology. What you likely won’t find is a reference to the American biochemist Marie Maynard Daly, who contributed fundamental research to all of these ideas throughout her prolific career. READ MORE PRODUCT SHOWCASE Engineering Management Master's & Certificate Take charge of the next chapter of your career. Organizations need engineers who have a systems perspective and business acumen, communicate clearly and professionally, manage technical projects, and lead diverse teams. Choose the online Master of Engineering Management at Nebraska to shape your future as a successful leader.   LEARN MORE   Data Solutions for Any Business With over 50 years of experience, our team is ready to help. Don't wait another minute to learn more about our B2B and B2C data modelling. Click below to explore why Vortex is leading the pack, and changing lives. We cannot wait to hear from you!   LEARN MORE   Scientist turned children's author explains what it means to be a bee KUHR-FM Two women scientists with ties to the University of Nevada, Reno published a children’s book that tells the story of solitary bees. KUNR contributor Shelby Herbert spoke with Felicity Muth, author of Am I Even a Bee? about why she thinks it’s important to get kids engaged in scientific topics and understand bee diversity. READ MORE Science still doesn't understand how our sex affects our health Scientific American Heart disease kills more people of all sexes than anything else. But for more women than men, a heart attack may start with nausea, shortness of breath or extreme fatigue rather than chest pain. These symptoms are still often thought of as “atypical,” which means many women don’t get the treatment they need in time. READ MORE Cecily Littleton, scientist, horticulturalist, and great-granddaughter of naturalist Charles Darwin, has died at 95 The Philadephia Inquirer Cecily Littleton, 95, of Haverford, a pioneering scientist who studied X-ray crystallography and astronomy, an energetic horticulturalist, and the great-granddaughter of famed 19th century English naturalist Charles Darwin, died Thursday, April 14, of cardiac and respiratory arrest at the Quadrangle retirement community. Mrs. Littleton was part of the Darwin-Wedgwood family and a daughter of Charles Galton Darwin, a celebrated English physicist and grandson of Charles Darwin, best known as the author of On the Origin of Species and originator of the evolutionary theory of natural selection. READ MORE .WOMEN and HIGHER EDUCATION How academic institutions can help to close Wikipedia's gender gap Nature With more than 250 million views each day, Wikipedia is an invaluable educational resource. However, of English-language Wikipedia’s 1.5 million biographies, only around 19% are about women. The gender bias of the online encyclopedia — along with other geographical, racial and societal biases — reflects the biases of its community of editors, as well as systemic inequities in the broader world. READ MORE How black women are conquering mental health issues at HBCUs Yahoo Being a Black woman in today’s society can be incredibly hard. From the daily pressures of maintaining society’s “superwoman” view, to the need to always seem strong — the mental health of Black women across the country is wavering. The organization Black Women’s Health Imperative reported that “the percentage of Black women 18 years and older who report feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness is a tiny bit higher than for white women.” READ MORE A formerly enslaved woman helped found a key American university The Washington Post Most Americans have never heard of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman forced to have the children of her enslaver — an all-too-common occurrence during slavery. Yet, the unique aspects of Lumpkin’s life help us to appreciate Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the role that Black women played in advancing education for the African American community over the past century-and-a-half. READ MORE Black women carry higher student debt. They hope forgiveness can ease the burden NBC News Sherita Brown's parents both earned college and technical school degrees. Still, they could not afford to pay for her college education when the time came. So taking out student loans was inevitable for Brown, 40, who dreamt of becoming an optometrist. “I figured with the income I would make once I graduated that it would make up for the loans that I took out,” she said. READ MORE   AWIS News Brief Connect with AWIS Read previous Washington Wire eNewsletters here Hailey Golden, Director of Publishing, MultiView, 469-420-2630 | Download media kit Katie Serrano, Content Editor| Contribute news AWIS 1629 K Street, Suite 300  |  Washington, DC 20006  202-827-9798  |  Contact Us  |  www.awis.org Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE PAST ISSUES   7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063