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Girls Scouts Get New, Updated Badges; Reflect Science & Technology
In Camp, Conferences, Education, Girls, Leadership, Media & Technology on October 16, 2011 at 3:44 pmBentley University Launches National Center for Women and Business
In Education, Girls, Leadership on May 23, 2011 at 9:51 amBentley University, one of the nation’s leading business schools, today announced the launch of the Center for Women and Business to advance shared leadership among women and men in the business world and develop women business leaders. The Center will be led by Betsy Meyser, former senior adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and COO and chair of Women for Obama. Read more.
Keeping Women in the Science Pipeline
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology on May 23, 2011 at 9:47 amA recent study out of the University of California, Berkeley on “Keeping Women in the Science Pipeline” found that one of the reasons many women graduate students leave research careers is because paid parental leave after the birth of a child is so difficult for graduate students to obtain. Read full story.
Celebrating Twenty Years of Women in Science
In Education, Girls on May 23, 2011 at 9:42 amDartmouth College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of a project aimed at getting more women to major in science, math and engineering. Since the Woman in Science Project began, the number of women majoring in those subjects has grown from 45 to 102. Read more.
The Need For and Benefits of Women & STEM
In Education, Girls, Media & Technology on February 6, 2011 at 11:35 amIt is important for schools to push girls as early as possible to enter STEM professions and encourage a diversity of perspectives in the STEM job landscape. A recent article in the Collegiate Times outlines the importance of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Read the full article.
Have You Played Video Games With Your Daughter Today?
In Girls, Media & Technology on February 6, 2011 at 11:11 amAccording to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health, gaming may be good for teen girls’ mental health — so long as they play with their parents. A Times Magazine article addresses the benefits that video gaming and parental interaction can have on adolescent girls. Read the full article.
Girls Don’t Have Enough Cootees
In Girls, Health & Wellness on February 6, 2011 at 11:06 amIs there greater pressure for girls to be cleaner than boys? New research suggests that girls might need to get dirtier and germ-ier in an effort to stay healthy and resist illness. In an NPR article, Whitney Blair Wyckoff writes:
In an article in the peer-reviewed journal Social Science and Medicine, Sharyn Clough, a philosopher of science at Oregon State University who studies research bias, says young girls are held to a higher standard of cleanliness than young boys, a discrepancy that could help explain later health differences.
Girls Institute Offers Opportunity for Girls to be Themselves
In Camp, Education, Girls, Leadership on August 15, 2010 at 3:47 pmThe New York Time recently went inside Rachel Simmons’ Girls Leadership Institute, which directs camps and workshops designed to teach girls, educators and parents the core practices of emotional intelligence, healthy relationships, and assertive self-expression. Read the full article.
Women on the Web: More Now than Ever
In Girls, Media & Technology on July 30, 2010 at 10:27 amThis morning I published an article via CMSwire.com that examined the changing face and place of women on the web. Excerpt is below.
For as long as there has been an Internet, men and women have used it differently. A recent ComScore report Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet revisits the changing and evolving behaviors of how women are using and engaging with the web.
The survey shows that in the last ten years, women have gravitated towards the web with gusto. From social media to online shopping to search and mobile, women’s behaviors online are not only unique, but global.
Women + Girls: The Solution
In Conferences, Education, Girls, Leadership, Media & Technology on July 18, 2010 at 10:16 amAt the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, this year’s program covered five tracks, including one called “Women + Girls: The Solution.” The theme presented the concept that only by helping women and girls achieve their full potential and using all of the brainpower available to us, can we hope to solve the world’s problems. The New York Times recently recapped the discussions taking place, touching on the importance of parents and mentors; gender parity; and women and leadership in science and technology.
