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AWIS launched a new educational resource on the impacts of bias and how to fight it. With actionable tips for individuals and for leaders, AWIS outlines steps that anyone can take to confront bias and contribute to establishing safe, equitable, and harassment-free workplaces in STEM.
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Scientists Dr. Kilan C. Ashad-Bishop and Teressa M. Alexander conceptualized STEMNoire as a first-of-its-kind research conference and holistic wellness retreat for women of the African diaspora in STEM fields. Now STEMNoire is hosting its second annual event, which will be held virtually from June 23-25, 2022. AWIS is funding 10 student scholarships. Indicate that AWIS sent you when you apply.
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Dr. Joyner Eke's science story is marked by determination — from growing up in Nigeria, to overcoming obstacles in engineering school, to getting her PhD and becoming a research scientist at ThermoFisher Scientific. Find out the lessons she learned on fulfillment, failure and optimism in a science career.
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.HOT HEADLINES
The Conversation
Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too — and those who don’t fit within a binary category. Nature journals are now taking a leap for sex and gender equity with new reporting requirements, and it’s a welcome step in the right direction.
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Nature
In July, up to four of the world’s most promising young mathematicians will receive a Fields Medal, one of the discipline’s highest honors. But the prize, awarded every four years, has honored only one woman since it was inaugurated in 1936. Even as some university mathematics departments have slowly been getting more diverse — and as women earn a larger proportion of PhDs in what used to be an nearly all-male field — mathematics’ top prizes are still almost exclusively going to men.
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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.
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University of Birmingham
Women are less likely to receive academic medals and prizes if the awards are named after a man — a new study reveals. Analysis of over 9,000 awardees of scientific prizes shows that, on average, only 15.4% of recipients of the considered awards are women. This figure drops further if the respective prizes or medals are named after a male person.
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The Scientist
One of the biggest existential questions for humanity is: "How did life on Earth begin?" Marilyn Fogel, a pioneer in the field of biogeochemistry, used isotopes to try to answer that question and many others related to Earth’s biogeochemical history. Fogel died at her home in Mariposa, California, on May 11 at the age of 69, reports The Washington Post. Her husband, Chris Swarth, tells the Post that she died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Forbes
The shortage of baby formula is one problem that Laura Katz and Michelle Egger envisioned when they separately decided to develop synthetic alternatives to breast milk. Helaina, Katz’s startup, and Egger’s BioMilq have each raised over $20 million from buzzy backers who include, in the case of BioMilq, Bill Gates. Though their products are likely years from FDA approval, the respective 29-year-old founders are confident that their scientific innovations will provide caretakers with healthier alternatives that will be easier for modern families to come by than actual breast milk.
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.CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Inside Higher Education
After reaching a point in my life where I can finally put my career first, I’ve discovered that the available job openings do not flow to middle-aged women, Lori M. Reagan writes. "I am a loyal worker — giving my all to bosses and institutions, refusing to quit even through less-than-ideal circumstances — because I've believed my hard work would be rewarded."
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Harvard Business School
Past studies have bolstered the idea that marginalized groups might find more career opportunities if they downplay their identities.
However, women and minorities may actually benefit by explicitly mentioning their identities, at least when asking others for help, according to new research that emerges at a time when many marginalized groups are calling for more equitable treatment in the workplace.
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Inside Higher Education
It is often tiring being a Black woman staff member in higher education. You are held to double standards, and as in many professional spaces, you are often compared to stereotypes such as the "angry Black woman" or enforcer. For example, you are often primarily tasked with relaying difficult decisions or telling people no when others are too afraid to do so. People may often misinterpret your passion or even just your natural tone by assuming you are angry and unapproachable when you simply do not feel like performing or code switching.
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.WOMEN in SCIENCE
Scientific American
No well-intentioned researcher expects that their work will be used to justify violence. But following the racist massacre of 10 Black people in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket on May 14, one of us experienced just that. We join other researchers in condemning any use of genetics to justify racism or hate.
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Forbes
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are "the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all." The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to "address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice."
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Business Insider
A former Google coder bragged on Twitter recently about how he used to trash the resumes of female interviewees in front of them. In his now-deleted tweets, Patrick Shyu recounted how he used to treat women who interviewed with him. "So when I used to conduct interviews for Google, I rejected all women on the spot and trashed their resumes in front of them," Shyu wrote in a May 22 post that was seen by Insider. 'I told them, 'Go have some kids. Don't worry, I'm smarter than you, I know,'" Shyu wrote.
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Science Friday
The work of pioneering female scientists like Marie Curie and Jane Gooddall have served as an inspiration to many aspiring scientists. But less well-known are the early and mid-career female scientists who are working to answer some of today’s biggest scientific questions. A new book from National Geographic offers kids and tweens a look into the day-to-day lives of women working in the fields of volcanology, biology, anthropology, astronomy and more. A central theme among the profiles is persistence in the face of obstacles.
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MSN
On June 18, 1983, Sally K. Ride became the first North American female astronaut to be sent into space. People around the world could hear the glass ceiling shattering as this 31-year-old physicist from California boarded the space shuttle Challenger and launched into history. The mission was six days, she was accompanied by four colleagues, and she loved it so much she went again the following year. Her journey to space was perhaps most difficult on Earth, as she had to squeeze into NASA, past years and years of gender bias and discrimination.
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Marie Claire
Reshma Saujani is known for many things. There’s her groundbreaking nonprofit Girls Who Code, her three bestselling books, and her new nonprofit, The Marshall Plan For Moms. Plus, she ran for office twice. She’s always pivoting for the sake of women’s rights. But behind the scenes of her dynamic career, Saujani struggled personally with starting the family she so desperately wanted.
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MSNBC
Dr. Varshney of VeriSIM Life, describes the challenges of working in STEM as a woman of color and how her Muay Thai practice helped turn her business dreams into reality. Dr. Varshney found early on that her brain was naturally wired to visualize vast amounts of data, connect the dots at a faster pace than many of her peers and anticipate problems before they materialized. Those traits served her well as a trained veterinarian and doctorate in oncology and genomics who started innovative lifesaving drug discovery technology company.
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