Women Leaders in Space: What Career Myths Did They Believe? And Other Work Questions
At GovLoop’s online training Tuesday, experts from the space sector had a wealth of career advice to share as women working in a predominantly male field.
Posts Tagged: STEM
Boston Celebrates STEM Week
More than just the sum of its parts, STEM curriculum advocates an interdisciplinary approach to learning featured subjects. It’s an attempt to break down independent subject silos and inspire students with real-word applications for the problem-solving skills they have acquired through their coursework.
7 STEM Halloween Costumes You Probably Have in Your Closet
If you still haven’t settled on your costume for tonight, check out these low-lift ideas that will definitely be a hit.
A Woman’s Place is in the Tech Industry
Need a tech lady role model to look up to? Megan Smith, U.S. CTO may be just who you are looking for. Check out her approach to fostering innovation and STEM involvement across the globe.
Making the Most of a Solo Career
What do you do when you’re the only person in a role? Get creative.
STEM vs Humanities: Why Both are Needed for Analytics
A national conversation is continuing to brew over whether Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills should be emphasized in schools and universities over humanities and liberal arts education. Several recent studies have found that the perceived higher marketplace value of STEM skills has led to a drop in the percentage of students pursuing humanitiesRead… Read more »
How Ann Dunkin Encourages Girls in STEM through Public Service
It’s still rare to see a woman running a government agency (only 34 percent of the SES is female), and it’s even rarer for that woman to be holding a technology position. Therefore, it was really a thrill to speak with Ann Dunkin, who currently serves as chief information officer at the US Environmental ProtectionRead… Read more »
Women in STEM: A Long Way to Go and a Short Time to Get There
Women of color who are trying to break into male dominated fields in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) face both racial and gender bias. Katherine Phillips, the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics and Senior Vice Dean at Columbia University’s Business School has another term for this condition after surveying and interviewing 617Read… Read more »
Women in Technology: Promoting a Broader Perspective
For many, the notion of women in technology is focused on computer science and the tech industry. Should the definition be so narrow? Do we really want to send the message to girls and young women that aspiring to be coders and tech entrepreneurs is the best (or only) way they can make a professional… Read more »
What Happens When Our Senior Scientists, Engineers, and Doctors Retire?
More than two-thirds of NASA employees are scientists and engineers, and NASA has one of the oldest workforces in the federal government – many of whom are nearing retirement. So what’s the plan for recruiting new scientific, engineering, and medical leadership talent? Dr. Gina Scott Ligon, along with her University of Nebraska at Omaha colleaguesRead… Read more »