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Greetings!
Your membership is key in our on-going campaign to highlight inequities in awards and recognition of women in the STEM disciplines. Because we are able to represent so many voices, we can drive issues of inequity into the public forum. Check out our recent coverage of the 2011 elections to the National Academies of Science:
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Thanks for your membership and continued support!
Best regards,
Janet
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Janet Bandows Koster
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Led Down the Administrative Path
A scientist encouraged to pursue an administrative role questions whether being an administrator will help advance her career, her science, or opportunities for future scientists. Is the onus on individual female scientists to change the system internally by becoming administrators? Can she help future scientists more by being a model scientists who publishes papers, gets grants, and gives talks?
Is Racism Alive and Well in the US?
Americans think significant progress has been made in the fight against anti-black bias, a new study finds. But white Americans perceived that progress as coming at their expense and that anti-white bias has become a bigger societal problem than anti-black bias. Researchers note that zero-sum formulations of prejudice tend to emerge in lean economic times.
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Sex Differences in Application, Success, and Funding Rates
A study of the NIH extramural grants in the electronic Research Administration Information for Management, Planning, and Coordination II database revealed no major differences in the initial success and funding rates for men and women. However, application and funding rates for subsequent grants were generally higher for men than women.
Men Profit More From Mentors Than Women
A study of MBA graduates released by the nonprofit Catalyst, an organization focused on building inclusive workplaces and expanding opportunities for women, reveals that although having a mentor helped both men and women, men with a mentor benefitted $9,260 more in their first post-MBA position than women with a mentor. Men tended to choose male mentors and women tended to choose female mentors. Since the number of men in senior executive positions is higher at most organizations, the pool of male mentors is larger making it more likely for a male mentor to be highly placed in the organization.
The Economic Value of College Majors
The Georgetown Center on Education and Work Force reviewed previously unreported census data to answer the question of how much a person's college major affects their earning potential. The results show that workers who majored in engineering, computer science or business have lifetime earnings as much as 50 percent higher than those who majored in humanities, the arts, education, or psychology. With the cost of higher education rising and with it the amount of student loan debt, the
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Research Space at Academic Institutions Increased
The National Science Foundation's Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities reports a 4% increase of square feet of research space at research-performing colleges and universities between FY 2007 and FY 2009 with the largest increase seen in the biological and biomedical sciences. The increase of space represents a nearly three times growth from the period covering FY 2005 and FY 2007.
Telehealth Technology is Coming to Your Town
According to a new study published in the current issue of Health Affairs, a New Mexico-based program has been able to partner with primary-care providers in underserved areas to provide specialty care to patients with a variety of chronic conditions including hepatitis C, asthma, diabetes and HIV/AIDS using state-of-the-art telehealth technology. The initiative is already being replicated at a second academic health center at the University of Washington, with a focus initially on hepatitis C, for providers serving Native American populations; it also is growing to include rural sites, such as migrant health worker clinics and family health centers.
State-of-the-art healthcare
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Overcoming Symptoms of Burnout
Everyone experiences burnout, notes Amy Hutchens, who says it's easier to deal with your energy level than your time availability. "Time is a constant; energy is a manageable, renewable resource," she writes. She explains the virtues of focusing on facts and positive outcomes rather than feelings of doubt; making time for physical exercise; and limiting time spent with "emotionally exhausting" people.
Burned out? Tips for Getting Back Into the Game
Let's Be Civil
Studies find that a single act of incivility can reduce productivity and increase turnover. Small incidents can be blown out of proportion, but talking it out can turn things around. "We need to be able to openly communicate things, as opposed to keeping it inside or being passive-aggressive," notes the study author Deborah Rinner says.
Common courtesy
Embracing your (Critical) Inner Voice
We are constantly advised to "trust ourselves" and "follow our dreams". This sort of feel-good pop psychology is ubiquitous these days. Yet how aware are we of what that gut feeling or inner-voice is telling us? And is it even on our side? Lisa Firestone of Huffington Post writes that the "Critical Inner Voice" is something we develop as young children. Left unchecked it can sabotage our relationships and leave us feeling disempowered. The solution? Check in with yourself more often. As Lisa Firestone writes: "every healthy, resilient relationship begins with knowing yourself."
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| AWIS News and Events |
AWIS STEMiNAR: Career Pathway SeriesEvent: Careers Outside Academia: Mid-Career Date: June 02 Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM Register Now
AWIS Massachusetts ChapterEvent: Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day 2011 Date: June 02 Time: 8:00AM - 6:00PM Register Now
AWIS Philadelphia ChapterEvent: 2011 Annual Awards Dinner Date: June 07 Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM Register Now
AWIS Palo Alto ChapterEvent: Careers beyond the bench: Panel Discussion Date: June 21 Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM Register Now
AWIS El Paso ChapterEvent: Mentorship Program & Fashion Show Date: June 29 Time: 5:00PM - 8:00PM Register Now |
| Opportunities | |
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2011 New Scholars program which targets the attrition of talented women scientists in the academic pipeline. The Elsevier Foundation New Scholars program aims to support women scholars during the early stages of their demanding careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The deadline for New Scholars proposals is September 1, 2011.
James S. McDonnell Foundation two-year grants of $200,000 will be awarded to students in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. degree in complex systems research. The deadline is July 15, 2011.
Abstracts that address the transformational potential that learning across disciplines holds for mentoring are encouraged. Proposals may be experiential in nature or reports of research. The deadline is July 15, 2011.
The National PostDoctoral Association is hosting a conference and career fair on June 15, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland. The event will expose S.T.E.M. postdoctoral fellows to career options in government, the private sector, and entrepreneurship. Attendees will have opportunities to connect with companies looking for talent in these fields. The cost for postdoc attendees is $5.
The Abbott Fund and the United States Patent and Trademark Office are sponsoring the 2011 Collegiate Inventors Competition. In 2010, the top Graduate prize was $15,000 and the top Undergraduate Prize was $10,000. Other prizes are awarded to select finalists. Academic advisors of each winning entry also receive a cash award. Students must be enrolled (or have been enrolled) full-time in any U.S. or Canadian college or university at least part of the 12-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted. Deadline to apply is June 24, 2011. 2011 AAAS Mentor AwardsThe two categories of the AAAS Mentor Awards, the Lifetime Mentor Award and the Mentor Award, honor individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in the science and engineering Ph.D. workforce. These groups include: women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities. All nominations are due by July 31, 2011. |
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