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Advocate for Women in STEM Disciplines Speaks on Today’s Barriers to ‘Breaking into The Lab’

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2012Media, Scienceadvancement, barrier, biomedical discovery, breaking, knapp center, male population, san francisco, scientific fields, state university, stem discipline, stem fields, sue rosser, the lab, women, women scientists

For Sue Rosser, the obstacles women in the STEM disciplines face today may be less obvious than they were 40 years ago, but they’re as real as ever.

“Today, barriers and discrimination are more subtle and there’s a different language, but it’s still going on,” Rosser said. “It’s old wine in new bottles.”

Rosser, the first woman to serve as provost and vice president for academic affairs at San Francisco State University, presented “Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science,” on Nov. 12, at the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. Her talk outlined barriers to women’s advancement in scientific fields, and offered advice for women and academic mentors to avoid discrimination. The event, which is part of the annual lecture series, “How to Advance Women in Science and Engineering,” is a collaboration between the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Office of the Provost at the University of Chicago. Rosser’s talk is the second annual colloquium on how to support and advance women in the STEM fields. (more…)

The Wondrous World of Insects

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2012Education, Natureann minnich, beetles, blenman elementary school, bob, butterflies, cockroach, discovery, education, entomology, favorite animals, goggy davidowitz, insect anatomy, insect discovery, iPhone, jaika ohja, kathleen walker, kindergarteners, la monica everett haynes, lives of insects, Madagascar, moths, plastic container, scientific exploration, stem fields, tucson area, university of alaska fairbanks, university of arizona, wondrous world of insects

*UA Insect Discovery program facilitators have spent years teaching Tucson area youth about the lives of insects while also encouraging them to pursue higher education and studies in science. The program is getting even more financial backing and other support.*

Holding a square, plastic container, Kathleen Walker turned toward the captivated group of dozens of elementary school students seated before her.

She asked: “Do you think there’s a cow in here?” The kindergarteners respond in unison: “No!” Walker smiled a bit. “No, that would be silly, right?” (more…)

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Advocate for Women in STEM Disciplines Speaks on Today’s Barriers to ‘Breaking into The Lab’

The Wondrous World of Insects