Being a female science professor, particularly when I was younger, meant starting each academic term having to convince students that I was a “real” professor and therefore, if they called ...

Last Monday, the Graduate Women in Science and Engineering Program organized a panel discussion to help graduate and undergraduate students interested in science, technology, engineering and ...

With two female science professors – Canada’s Donna Strickland for physics and American Frances Arnold for chemistry – winning Nobel prizes this week, and a male professor denigrating female ...

During a Congressional hearing focused on the recruitment and retention of female faculty members in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields Wednesday, witnesses discussed ...

The electrical engineering department, which out of 43 full-time faculty has only three females, struggles with attracting new female faculty. “We would definitely like to see more representation of ...

People tell me that, as a female scientist, I need to stand up for myself if I want to succeed: Lean in, close the confidence gap, fight for tenure.Being a woman in science means knowing that the ...

Of course, female mentorship is only one strand of a complex web of explanations—from aptitude to temperament to societal discrimination—for the gender gap in science and elsewhere. A recent ...

Female professors are asked for favors more often than male professors. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 01 / 180103101125.htm ...

She was the first female professor at University College London, and the first woman to be president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 7. Elsie Widdowson (1908-2000) ...

Several women who are graduating this spring with degrees in the sciences said the presence of female faculty in the fields would attract more female students. The new changes, recommended by the ...