Tag: women in science

Geek of the Week: Nettie Maria Stevens

Geek of the Week: Nettie Maria Stevens

By Joe Luna Now here is a paper title from 1905 – “Studies in Spermatogenesis with Especial Reference to the Accessory Chromosome” published in the 36th publication from the Carnegie Institute of Washington. For all the male readers out there, your father may have given […]

Want to promote women in STEM? Leave home life out of the discussion

Want to promote women in STEM? Leave home life out of the discussion

written by Jeanne Garbarino At a recent NYWiSTEM meeting at the New York Academy of Sciences on promoting women in scientific careers, I was quite surprised to hear several of the panelists focus, in part, on having a supportive husband, and how that has been critical for their […]

Want to keep women in science? Pay postdocs more.

Want to keep women in science? Pay postdocs more.

By Jennifer Bussell The message is loud, clear, and has reached cultural saturation: women are underrepresented at the top of highly-competitive professions because they cannot reconcile the amount of time needed for such careers with the time they want to spend raising children. Just acknowledging […]