Explore Your Opportunities--The Sky's the Limit!
March 17, 2012
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Riverdale (Bronx), New York
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AAUW-EYO 2012
Registration for EYO 2012 is now open! You can find out
about the workshops to be held and get the
registration form and conference brochure.
Hands-On Cosmetic Chemistry Workshop
donate
There are many ways to help sponsor this
conference.
If you are interested in making a cash donation, the donation form is provided.
For in-kind donations, please contact us.
You may also contribute by placing an advertisement in our Conference Journal.
For details, please contact us.
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Planning Meeting Schedule:
Conference organizers will meet once a month as shown below.
All meetings will be held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Mastronardi Conference Room,
Founders Hall (formerly the Administration Building), unless otherwise noted.
- Saturday, Septmber 17: 9 - 11 am
- Friday, October 7: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Saturday, November 12: 9 - 11 am
- Friday, December 2: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Saturday, January 14: 9 - 11 am
- Friday, February 3: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Saturday, March 10: 9 - 11 am
- Saturday, March 17: Conference, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
For more information, contact Lorrin Johnson at eddlorrin@yahoo.com
or 718-655-5204.
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Science in the News
Girls Sweep International Science Competition
7/12/2011 - Google’s inaugural science fair concluded Monday, with girl power (and brains!) winning the day.
U.S. girls were named the top award winners in all three age groups. Lauren Hodge of the 13- to 14-year-old
category tested various marinades for levels of carcinogens in grilled chicken, while Naomi Shah of the 15- to
16-year-old category studied the impact of changes to indoor air quality on asthma medication reliance.
Grand Prize winner was 17-year-old Shree Bose, who found a way to improve treatment for ovarian cancer patients
with resistance to some types of chemotherapy — a groundbreaking discovery reported this week in Scientific American.
(article)
Obama: "We don't have enough engineers"
6/14/2011 - President Barack Obama is making a push to train 10,000 new American engineers a year,
primarily with the help of the private sector. Obama is trying to address the nation's persistently
high unemployment level by boosting the number of people with skills in areas where unemployment is
relatively low. Engineering fits that bill.
(full article)
Computational Thinking Is Becoming One of the Three Rs
Mar/Apr 2011 - "How will my cadets be trusted in leadership positions if they don't understand how to program?"
But the cadets my Facebook friend teaches aren’t scientists.
They won’t need the ability to write code. On the
other hand, they and other young people who aspire to
challenging and engaging careers will need what writing
your own program entails: the ability to frame a nontrivial
problem and solve it by putting together a sequence of
logical instructions.
(full article)
AAUW Research
Why So Few?
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2010)
Where The Girls Are (2008)
Under
the Microscope: A Decade of Gender Equity Projects
in the Sciences (2004)
Beyond
the "Gender Wars": A Conversation
About Girls, Boys, and Education (2001)
Tech-Savvy:
Educating Girls in the New Computer Age
(2000)
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