To help increase the diversity of patent holders, AWIS is hosting a panel of experts to share lessons learned.
There are serious gender and diversity gaps in patenting
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AWIS Establishes New Scholarships – DEADLINE APPROACHING
AWIS is offering new scholarships to support the professional development and advancement of AWIS members
Achieving Equity for Women in STEM
To implement real change in the scientific workplace, participation is needed on both an individual and corporate level.
The ARC Network Moves to WEPAN
AWIS announces that the ARC Network will be transitioning to a new organizational home at the Women’s Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN).
Use Your Platform to Be a Changemaker
A Q&A with Quita Highsmith, chief diversity officer at biotechnology company Genentech.
How Activate is Building a More Inclusive Fellowship
Activate is a non-profit which supports entrepreneurial scientists and engineers through a paid, two-year fellowship. In this case study, Activate reflects on its work with AWIS to improve its fellow recruitment outreach.
AWIS Member Haifa Ghandour Joins COVID-19 Response, Expanding Testing in Boston and Beyond
Originally published in the AWIS Magazine. By Alan ChewningDirector of Community Engagement, AWIS On a Saturday morning in March 2020, Haifa Ghandour, PhD, and the rest of her team at Aldatu Biosciences hastily convened an emergency meeting. Working alongside a...
STEM to Market: Networking Assessment Tool
Research Center AWIS provides a unique national platform where essential research meets advocacy, innovation and practice in supporting the advancement of women in STEM. Jump to Research Hub: Despite evidence that...
Creating Inclusive Spaces: A How-to for Change Makers and Allies
While language is ever present, inclusive language may be more elusive. As it has seen a rapid rise in popularity, it also has lost much of its meaning along the way, making it effectively a buzzword. Talking about inclusivity helps raise awareness, but...
AWIS Palo Alto Chapter Featured in Book “La Valle del Silicio”
The Palo Alto AWIS Chapter is featured in the book La Valle del Silicio, which explores the Italian community's entrepreneurial contributions to the United States. The book, which is sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the auspice of Lorenzo...
Alexandra Detweiler is the 2019 recipient of AWIS Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award
A part of the AWIS Educational Foundation program, the Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award is for women who are college sophomores and juniors studying physics, including space physics and geophysics, or geoscience. “I can't put into words how thankful I am to be given such a...
Mendeley | Supporting the movement toward gender equity in STEM
Research Center AWIS provides a unique national platform where essential research meets advocacy, innovation and practice in supporting the advancement of women in STEM. Jump to Research Hub: Mendeley | Supporting the movement toward gender equity in STEMDiverse...
Felecia M. Nave, PhD: Making History as First Woman President at Alcorn State University
Originally published in the AWIS Magazine. AWIS had the opportunity to connect with AWIS Member Felecia M. Nave, PhD, soon after being named President of Alcorn State University. An Alcorn State alumna, Dr. Nave received a Bachelor of Chemistry in 1996 and is the...
A High-Tech Solution to Health Care Inequality in Pakistan
Sixty-three percent of doctors in Pakistan are women but only 23 percent are actually practicing medicine.
Oklahoma’s Hidden Figure Dr. Pamela McCauley
AWIS National Board Member and NSF I-Corps Program Director Dr. McCauley embodies work-life integration and shares her experiences as a STEM professional.
AWIS Supports Senate Push to Honor African American Mathematical Pioneers
Congressional Gold Medal Awardees Gender equity champions cheered as U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and 44 other Senators introduced and helped pass the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act in the...
Being Intentional: Creating Community, Not Another Conference
ARC Network, the STEM equity brain trust, is an AWIS initiative.The ARC Network, an initiative of AWIS, elevates thought leadership on the successes and challenges to realizing equity in STEM. Since 2009, AWIS has worked with the National Science...
AWIS CEO Sandy Robert, CAE, Appointed to National Women’s Business Council
AWIS will help provide policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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