The good news: Many more women than ever before are completing Ph.D.’s in the sciences. Back in 2000, when I was appointed the first female dean of the graduate division at

The American Association of University Women came out in support of the Common Core State Standards yesterday.

When Debbie Settoon landed her first job as a project engineer at a small New Orleans oil and gas drilling company in 1979 she quickly learned that if she wanted to get anywhere in her industry she needed to learn how to curse like a sailor. Or like an oil and gas man, for that […]

Women receive more than 60 percent of all undergraduate college degrees, but only 11 percent of computer science degrees.  More>>

Despite incremental improvements, the gender bias issue in Silicon Valley remains an important one. Last month, in

Top executives from the pharmaceutical industry gathered in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to prescribe a remedy to “reinvigorate” America’s stagnating science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) sectors.  Full Article>>

The incoming CEO of General Motors hopes her appointment as the first woman to lead a global automaker will inspire young women and men to pursue careers in science.  Link>>

Why aren’t there more women working in technology?  Article>>