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Mae Jemison: Diversity In STEM Isn’t A Nicety, It’s A Necessity

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Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, knows firsthand the importance of exposing kids to STEM topics early. She also knows the significance of having kids see themselves in movies, on TV, and in certain careers.

“It means making sure that people get those images that show they have those things available to them,” Jemison told HuffPost.

Jemison is collaborating on “Science Matters,” an initiative to encourage kids of all ages and backgrounds to pursue agricultural science from pharmaceutical and life science company Bayer and youth development organization National 4-H Council. Jemison, a physician and chemical engineer, knows the field of agricultural science can sound intimidating, but she and Jennifer Sirangelo, CEO and president of the National 4-H Council, have set out to change that.

A New Report Uses Data To Drive Diversity In STEM Fields

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Corporate boardrooms in the worlds of finance and law have made strides in recent years in terms of opening their doors to women and people of color. Yet, as we have seen recently in the news, Silicon Valley and other STEM-related fields like biotechnology remain largely boy’s clubs.

A new report released by the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) called “Revolutionizing the STEM Entrepreneurship Ecosystem” seeks to address this issue head-on, using real-world data and actionable advice. The report identifies and addresses three critical points for women and women of color tech and science entrepreneurs: the myth that there is a “pipeline problem,” the fact that traditional accelerator programs are not working for this population and how investors can fix the funding gap.

Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities

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A few years ago, Michelle Hebl attended the latest in a series of talks hosted by her department at Rice Univeristy. The speaker was a man, and Hebl realized that she hadn’t heard any female speakers in that series for a while. “Maybe I’m just not thinking about them,” she thought. “Or maybe it’s something we should look at.”*

The Special Challenges of Being Both a Scientist and a Mom

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Biology tasks women as the creators and guardians of life in its early and most vulnerable stages. Pregnancy, giving birth, healing from it physically and emotionally, breast-feeding, parent–child bonding, child care and everything that accompanies them are a normal part of life, much of it necessary for our existence as a species. And yet this is not all that defines us. Unfortunately, depending on the society one lives in, having a baby can serve as an impediment to other life pursuits.

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