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Dr. Beronda Montgomery, author of Lessons from Plants, will give a fascinating talk describing how plants respond to their environment — and how humans can learn and grow from their example. Join us Thursday, January 26 at 3 p.m. ET.
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You are not alone! According to the American Institute of Physics, 63% of those who earned a PhD in physics have done so. Georgina To'a Salazar, PhD offers advice to help navigate that transition.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Erin Hengel knows what a one-month delay in peer review can mean for an early-career academic. Although she now works as a research officer at the London School of Economics, Hengel was previously on the faculty at an institution that gave its researchers a deadline: If you didn’t have a fresh publication by then, you were out.
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Fortune
When we talk about gender equity, we often forget to talk about the impact it has on the economy. Yes, the pandemic stung women the hardest, for which we (carelessly and relentlessly) blame childcare or the paucity of paid maternity leave. However, we often forget to mention how the pandemic has obliterated decades of progress toward gender equity, thus draining $3.1 trillion from our economy.
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Nextgov
Several federal research bodies are collaborating to launch a new inclusivity program that aims to help bring minority-serving educational institutions into the artificial intelligence field, as more technologies incorporate AI and machine learning software.
The U.S. National Science Foundation, in conjunction with other agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate; U.S Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and National Institute of Standards and Technology, established the ExpandAI program to cultivate a more diverse AI/ML workforce.
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STAT
A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living with a disability — the largest minority group in the U.S. and around the world — research will never be fully representative and science will not reach its full potential. Although 27% of U.S. adults live with a disability, only 10% of science, engineering, and health doctorate holders, and less than 2% of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health, report having a disability.
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.WOMEN in SCIENCE
Insider
A TikToker who says she's a materials physicist is asking viewers to stop tagging science influencer Hank Green in her content.
On December 13, the TikToker Ashley Williams described a nuclear-fusion experiment as a "massive, massive breakthrough for clean energy," and said she'd be "shocked" if it didn't win the Lawrence Livermore National Lab staff a Nobel Prize. The next day, Williams posted a follow-up video and replied to a comment from a viewer who had tagged Green.
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Choose your path to discovery at Michigan State University College of Natural Science. With more than 25 graduate programs in the biological, physical and mathematical sciences, there are opportunities for all. Our interdisciplinary approach combined with our welcoming and exceptional faculty will help you grow as a student and an individual.
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Nature
Research on the science of sport is heavily skewed towards male athletes, finds a review of hundreds of sports-medicine studies. The imbalance leaves large gaps in knowledge about female sports and sport-related injuries.
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.DIVERSITY in STEM
World Economic Forum
We live in a rapidly changing world where vast technological advancements are announced almost daily. The so-called fourth industrial revolution is characterised by extraordinary technology and a digital transition. There is a rapid merging of the physical, digital and biological worlds. While this is a time of great opportunity and excitement for the future, we must ensure that we are moving forward in an integrated and inclusive way. Women must be at the forefront of this revolution and an emphasis on equality is necessary for success of this revolution.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Research points to the importance of a diverse teacher workforce and its impact on students. Learn how educators at the Smithsonian Science Education Center are committed to increasing the number of STEM teachers with diverse backgrounds in education networks nationwide.
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Essence
Thanks to the award-winning film Hidden Figures, Black women working in the world of STEM had a major moment in 2016. Moviegoers around the globe were exposed to the remarkable lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson played by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe respectively.
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.WOMEN in ACADEMIA
Nature
As a doctoral student at the University of Washington in Seattle, biologist Michelle Smith spent a lot of time sorting fruit flies under the microscope. But she often found her mind wandering to her teaching activities: assisting with undergraduate laboratory and writing courses, and instructing schoolchildren in physics and biology.
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PennState
Between classes on a recent fall semester afternoon, Penn State Hazleton second-year student Angelica Sofia Pares Alicea stretched a pair of rubber gloves over her hands, pushed back the sleeves of her Penn State hoodie and got to work in the campus molecular genetics research lab. Working alongside Assistant Professor of Biology Megan Schall, the day’s task involved extracting DNA from aquatic worms by performing polymerase chain reactions, a technique used for producing copies of a specific DNA segment, with an overall goal of learning whether the worms are carrying parasites harmful to fish in the Susquehanna River.
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.WOMEN in the WORKPLACE
Forbes
Brazilian molecular biologist Fernanda Staniscuaski has been leading efforts to find hard data on women's participation in science, especially during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Staniscuaski, an associate professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre and founder/coordinator of the Parent in Science Movement, says that she once worked on on insecticidal proteins, but since having a child, she has pivoted her research and founded the movement to support parents in science.
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Essence
We already know the trials and tribulations of “living while Black” but did you know working, as a Black woman, is also a thing too? It’s no secret that a lack of gender and racial diversity in the workplace is a problem numerous companies and industries struggle with.
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Ms Magazine
Across the country and in our nation’s capital, our newly elected leaders will soon have taken their oaths of office to begin or renew their tenures. These orderly and peaceful transfers of power are worth celebrating, especially in these tumultuous times.
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.WOMEN in TECH
Computer World
After going on a hiring spree during the pandemic, tech companies are now laying off staff in job cuts that sometimes involve thousands of employees. While the layoffs may be necessary to help boost sagging profit margins, proponents of diversity in the tech sector are concerned that the job cuts may disproportionally affect underrepresented groups.
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Fast Company
The tech industry is still a tight-knit old boys’ club. Women are a minority in most (if not all) tech spaces. If “brogrammer” culture continues, tech will lose any number of talented women to burnout or better opportunities. If the tech industry wants to be inclusive of women, women must be allowed to lead.
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Forbes
A few weeks ago, I went into a cyber meeting and was excited to join the conversation. As soon as I entered the virtual room, I looked around and noticed that I was the only woman. I messaged one of the vice presidents of the company privately and said,” Isn’t it sad that I’m the only woman in the room?” He responded, “Oh, yes. I never noticed these things.”
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.RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS
NPR
Adrienne Germain, a women's health and human rights activist, was once on a small plane returning from a visit to a family planning clinic in a remote part of Brazil. A thunderstorm and loss of air-to-ground communication resulted in an emergency crash landing in the Amazon. Unfazed, Germain, already bruised from a head-on car collision a few days before in Rio de Janeiro, walked 17 hours out of the forest and got a ride back to her temporary headquarters in the city of Manaus, where she continued her work supporting women's health projects.
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GreenBiz
With a new year comes new inspiration and the opportunity to embed more resilience, equity and climate-smart practices into food systems around the world. But these changes won’t magically occur. They will happen because of the diligent and strategic work of the people who believe in a better future and are making it happen.
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