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University of Nevada to Hold Its First Engineering Camp for Girls

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In the past the University of Nevada has held engineering camps. But this is the first year that the university will hold a camp that is exclusively for girls ages 13 to 15.

Lehigh University Program Encourages Middle School Girls to Consider Engineering

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Sixty middle school girls came to the Lehigh campus and conducted several hands on experiments geared toward creating an interest in engineering.

Florida State Researcher Examines What Impacts Women’s Persistence in STEM Disciplines

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Roxanne Hughes was recently honored by Phi Delta Kappa International for having one of the five best doctoral dissertations on education in the world.

Salem College Receives Grant for Scientific Equipment

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The women's college in North Carolina received $50,000 from the Cobb Foundation of Boca Raton, Florida.

Pennsylvania Colleges Share Grant to Increase Women Teaching in the Sciences

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Shippensburg University, Elizabethtown College, and the Harrisburg University for Science and Technology will participate in the project.

Program for Women Scientists at the University of Nevada Enrolls Its Largest Class to Date

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WISE program celebrates its fifth anniversary with its largest incoming class.

Study Concludes That Romance Contributes to the Gender Gap in STEM Fields

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Lora E. Park, associate professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo, is the lead author of a study entitled "Effects of Everyday Romantic Goal Pursuit on Women's Attitudes Toward Math and Science."

Is the Gender Gap in STEM Fields Overstated?

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Study finds that the gender gap is reduced if a broader definition of STEM fields which includes biological and health sciences is used.

Government Study Documents Gender Gap in STEM Education and Jobs

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Women hold only 24 percent of the jobs in STEM fields, the same percentage as is the year 2000.

STEM Scholarship Program Extended at St. Catherine University

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New funding means that at least 65 women will receive scholarships over the next five years.

Increasing the Interest of Young Women in STEM Fields

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The Transportation Academy at University of Tennessee and the First Bytes Summer Camp at the University of Texas were held this past week.

Dartmouth College Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Its Women in Science Project

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The project aims to boost the number of women earning degrees in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering.

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Brown’s Ieva Jusionyte Receives Top Book Award From the Association of American Publishers

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The R. R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers recognizes the year's best scholarly publication across all disciplines. This year, the honor was presented to Ieva Jusionyte of Brown University for her book, Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border.

In Memoriam: Cameisha Clark

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Dr. Clark passed away on May 5 following complications from a being shot during an incident on the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology's campus in California three days earlier. She was a dean at the college and a three-time graduate of Clark Atlanta University.

Stefanie Stantcheva Recognized as a Leading Young Economist by the American Economic Association

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As founding director of Harvard's Social Economics Lab, Dr. Stantcheva conducts extensive research that sheds light on how people think about economic issues and policies.

New Faculty Appointments for Eight Women in Academia

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Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

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