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March 20, 2010
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Riverdale (Bronx), New York
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AAUW-EYO 2010
EYO 2010 will be held on March 20. Note our new location at the
College of Mount Saint Vincent
in Riverdale (Bronx), New York. Registration is open now.
Click to find out information about the
workshops
and how to register.
Cry Me
A River of DNA - Extracting DNA from onions.
donate
There are many ways to help sponsor this
conference. You can make a cash donation
by check, or make an in-kind
donation.
If you are interested in making a cash donation, the donation form is provided.
For in-kind donations, please contact our fundraising
coordinator.
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Planning Meeting Schedule:
Conference organizers will meet on the second Saturday of each month, alternating between locations in Westchester and New York (NYC).
All meetings are from 9-11 am, unless otherwise noted.
- Nov 14 (NYC) Planning
- Dec 12 (CMSV) Planning
- Jan 9 (CMSV) Planning
- Feb 13 (CMSV) Planning
- Mar 4 at 6:00 PM (CMSV) Orientation
- Mar 6 at 10:00 AM (CMSV) Orientation
For information about exact locations contact Lorrin Johnson at eddlorrin@yahoo.com
or 718-655-5204.
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Science in the News
College of Mount Saint Vincent Receives Highest Marks on Latino Success in STEM
1/11/2010 - In a recently released report funded by the National Science Foundation, the
College of Mount Saint Vincent received the report’s highest equity rating in terms of science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) degrees awarded to Latino students compared to the proportion of Latino students
enrolled in STEM fields. The report aims to identify colleges and universities that can be used
as examples for best practices in increasing Latino achievement in STEM education so that other institutions
may look to them as benchmarks for success. (full article)
AAUW-EYO Recognizes and Acknowledges
the Women who Won Nobel Prizes in the Sciences this Year
Elinor Ostrom: Won 1/2 the Nobel Prize in economics, the first woman to ever do so.
Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider: Each of these women scientists received 1/3
of the Nobel Prize for medicine for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Ada Yonath: Won 1/3 the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on how different antibiotics bind to ribosomes.
What an incentive for those seventh grade girls attending this year's conference!
National Computer Science Education Week Declared by Congress
The congress passed a
resolution
declaring the week of December 7, 2009 as the National Computer Science Education Week.
The bill highlights the importance of computer science and information technology to the US
economy, and to its transformative role in society. It also notes the challenges faced by
this field, especially in attracting women and minorities. The week of December 7 honors
the birthday of Grace Murray Hopper, one of the first women in this field, who laid the
foundation for many advancements.
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