Sentences with phrase «supports women in science»

Lamont's office of Academic Affairs & Diversity also supports women in science by offering family leave policies for Lamont research professors and paid maternity leave for full - time postdocs at Lamont; promoting a more diverse applicant pool for job openings; enhancing the visibility of women through special events; and increasing awareness by regularly distributing information on social science research to the Lamont staff.

She sponsored the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act, which supports women in the science, technology, engineering and math education fields.

So we started drafting an open letter to give a voice to our concerns, but also reaffirm our strong commitment to each other and to support science and to support women in science in a really inclusive way.

; finally, moving to what sounds like a fabulous position at CICERO in Norway, where, remarkably, society actually seems to fully support women in science.

On International Women's Day (8 March) the Wellcome Genome Campus celebrates members of staff who lead the way in supporting women in science with the presentation of the Sex in Science Best Practice Awards.

Hinxton, 8 March 2015 Supporting women in science The Wellcome Genome Campus is marking International Women's Day 2015 by giving its first Best Practice Award for Supporting Women in Science.

Not exact matches

Northeastern University has a summer program supporting middle - school students in the sciences, and MIT has a program to encourage women to pursue STEM degrees.

If women really, really want to do it, for whatever reason, then by all means give support — but not guilt trips founded in dodgy science.

Our combination of advanced science, excellent success rates, focus on safety, longstanding stability and extensive patient support combine to create a positive experience for every man and woman in our care.

At times derided for such things as «long science - fueled posts» or «normalizing c - sections» and my posts deleted if I dared tried to publicly support a woman in learning to appropriately supplement with formula or enjoy the birth of a child through c - section, for example.

Once these vital support people are given a chance to talk about their fears and misgivings, adopting the current evidenced - based science that breastfeeding is awesome; this will encourage them to start talking about breastfeeding knowledgably, realizing, by very simple means, how to support women, not only in their own families, but all women.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»

The Liberal Democrat MP said it was critical for women to be represented in the field, and that he had the support of the Conservative science minister, Jo Johnson.

She said that she is grateful, not just for the support that she received for her research as a fellow, but for the opportunity to «pay it forward for the next generation of women in science.

In accordance with her will, a bequest from Mason's estate will support research by early - career professional women in the chemical sciences over 20 yearIn accordance with her will, a bequest from Mason's estate will support research by early - career professional women in the chemical sciences over 20 yearin the chemical sciences over 20 years.

France Addresses Gender Gap in Science Melissa Mertl reports on the current situation of French women in science and the French government?s activities to supporScience Melissa Mertl reports on the current situation of French women in science and the French government?s activities to supporscience and the French government?s activities to support them.

With funding from her L'Oreal Women in Science Fellowship and the support of UCL, she brought leading astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Janet Drew, and Ruth Gregory for a day of presentations and breakout sessions last September.

So she was forced to rely on other local support systems: Christian organizations, other minority science graduate students, and the Association for Women in Science science graduate students, and the Association for Women in Science Science (AWIS).

And the two women just starting their careers in academic medicine that Science Careers spoke with for this article felt that they had been supported equally by men and women.

said Hockfield, adding that supporting women and underrepresented minorities in science is crucial, because studies have dem - onstrated the importance of different perspectives in finding solutions to problems.

As a chemist and AAAS member since 1965, the late Marion Tuttle Milligan Mason wanted to support the advancement of women in the chemical sciences.

She contends that the lack of support mechanisms that enable women to work at this level is the substantial barrier that impedes women from reaching full equality in science.

COACh provides training workshops, mentoring and networking activities, and support for programs to recruit and retain women for careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

GIST has helped young women entrepreneurs across the world to get the mentorship, support, and skills necessary to develop their science and technology ideas and compete in the global...

A study published in April in Psychological Science found that men judge a woman as more attractive when they believe their peers find that woman attractive — supporting a budding theory that groupthink is not as simple as once thought.

In addition to directly supporting research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), NSF's programs and policies also encourage women, minorities, and people with disabilities — among others — to enter these fieldIn addition to directly supporting research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), NSF's programs and policies also encourage women, minorities, and people with disabilities — among others — to enter these fieldin science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), NSF's programs and policies also encourage women, minorities, and people with disabilities — among others — to enter these fields.

The poll was supported by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology.

L.H.: The Stanford graduate student office, the BioMASS medical students organization, and the local AWIS [Association for Women in Science] chapter were providing career support 20 years ago that some institutions still haven't wrapped their heads around.

► Critics worry that this message may make girls and young women less prepared for bias they are bound to encounter and may undercut support for continuing efforts by institutions to attain gender balance in math - based sciences.

One group was created to support women scientists and do outreach in support of science.

Speakers and participants discussed such issues as the preparation of young scientists with training suitable to global challenges, the inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities to gather insights and innovations that might otherwise be missed, supporting scientists everywhere throughout the world, and ensuring that scientists can do science in a globally connected way without serious obstacles due to differences in standards or ethics.

Evolutionary biologist and entomologist Corrie Moreau has traveled to remote tropical locations to collect ant specimens, made new scientific discoveries, and continues to support and mentor students and young scientists through her work with the Field Museum Women In Science program.

The goal from the awards is to support women in the chemical sciences to kickstart their research career of promising future senior investigators.

Other strategies that could stimulate women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate women with young children keeping these women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for women and men to lead committees and research groups.

The program is part of L'Oréal's global support for women in science.

The report Women for Science: Inclusion and Participation in Academies of Science was supported by the IAP and published by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

Paula Moreira won the Stimulus to Research prize, in 2003, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and, the L'Oreal for Women in Science, in 2008, supported by L'Oreal Portugal / UNESCO / FCT.

Supported by a three - year grant from the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE program, the project will adapt and disseminate promising institutional practices for assisting women scientists and engineers in making this transition.

She has been the President of the Board at the Sustainable Remediation Forum, a scientific and education organization and since 2013, a professional mentor with TechWomen, empowering, connecting and supporting the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East.

The crowd was large — tens of thousands of people, men, women, kids, walked the streets of San Francisco carrying some very clever signs — all in support of science.

Support from a mentor can help women studying engineering and science remain in the field.

«Engaging the Future of STEM: A study of international best practice for promoting the participation of young people, particularly girls, in science, technology engineering and Maths (STEM)», conducted by Barbara Cail STEM Fellows (Sarah Chapman and Dr Rebecca Vivian) was funded and supported by the Australian Government in partnership with Chief Executive Women Ltd..

GlamSci aims to support the advancement of education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects among young people, particularly disadvantaged young women and men from poorer backgrounds, who would not ordinarily engage in these subjects.

«We are looking forward to supporting this small academy to provide young people with a bespoke education in science and engineering and hope to encourage more women to go into this field in the future, in particular.»

Last year's Nintendo bundle supported the charity Code.org, a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase diversity in the field of computer science by bringing in women and people of color.

And so there's a quite a contrast between that idealistic view of the science and what I learned in recent years, that women in this fascinating work were routinely betrayed and harassed by their superiors, instead of supported by them.

For example in Ishaq v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 156, (a case about whether a woman could wear her niqab during a citizenship ceremony), six public interest groups — including the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims — were refused permission to intervene, as the court determined that they could not advance their proposed arguments without social science evidence to back them up; nor could the court take judicial notice (facts and materials are accepted on a common sense basis without being formally admitted in evidence) of any of the facts necessary to support the arguments.

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Beyond her work with GCA, Maryam is deeply committed to outreach and awareness activities in support of encouraging more women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math especially information security.

What Science Says: If the card company assumed heterosexual partners, research supports the message that men are less likely to incorporate feelings into their concepts of love and describe love much more simply than women.4 Importantly, receiving an apology does not necessarily increase relationship satisfaction (more on apologies here).5 Rather, the key factor in promoting greater relationship satisfaction is whether the person making the apology takes responsibility.