Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Wikipedia's Gender Problem
A software tool uses machine-learning algorithms to scour news articles and scientific citations to find notable scientists missing from Wikipedia.
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Learn How to Keep the STEM Door Open for Your Daughter
Regardless of her interests, it's easy to get your daughter interested in science and math. The author of 'Count Girls In' provides easy ways to promote STEM for girls.
Science Career Ads Are Disproportionately Seen by Men
Marketing algorithms prevent many women from seeing the advertising, even though it’s illegal to target jobs to one gender.
Illuminating Women's Hidden Contribution to the Foundation of Theoretical Population Genetics
Illuminating Women's Hidden Contribution to the Foundation of Theoretical Population Genetics
A study documenting acknowledgment sections and identified "acknowledged programmers" in Theoretical Population Biology articles published between 1970 and 1990. While only 7% of authors were women, 43% of acknowledged programmers were women.
New Statement on Women and Computer Science
An instructor at the University of Washington set off a major debate there and elsewhere over his recent essay in which he says that the low proportion of women in computer science is at this point largely a result of women's choices and is unlikely to change. University officials immediately disputed his claims.
What Most Companies Get Wrong About Men and Woman
Research shows the sexes aren’t so different. The solution to women’s lagged advancement is not to fix women or their managers but to fix the conditions that undermine women and reinforce gender stereotypes.
Visibility Matters: A Conversation with the Co-Founder of 500 Queer Scientists
Fighting Sexual Harassment in Science May Mean Changing Science Itself
Diversity Begets Diversity: A Global Perspective on Gender Equality in Scientific Society Leadership
Editors of Major Political Science Journals Demonstrate No Systematic Bias Against Female Authors
Editors of Major Political Science Journals Demonstrate No Systematic Bias Against Female Authors
Study says editors of major political science journals demonstrate no systematic bias against female authors. Yet women authors remain underrepresented in the field. Why?
Female Historians Try to End the I-Didn’t-Know-Any-Women Excuse for Men-Only Panels
A new database of female historians joins a growing group of lists that aim to promote a more diverse group of experts. Such databases have previously been more common in the hard sciences.
A New, Data-Based Checklist to Help Boost Women in Science Leadership
The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
Evidence of Gender Bias Found in Peer Review
Men were more likely to secure health research grants than women in Canadian study.
The Wealth Gap PLUS Debt: How Federal Loans Exacerbate Inequality for Black Families
The Wealth Gap PLUS Debt: How Federal Loans Exacerbate Inequality for Black Families
Something strange began happening with a U.S. Department of Education loan program known as Parent PLUS, under which parents borrow money from the government to finance their children’s education.
Billionaires Are Rushing into Biotech. Inequality Is Following Them into Science
Billionaires Are Rushing into Biotech. Inequality Is Following Them into Science
In this era of billionaires and unequal funding, where is research going? And perhaps more importantly, how will our changing resources affect the training, success, and diversity of the scientists of our future?
A New Report Uses Data To Drive Diversity In STEM Fields
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.
It's Time for Universities to Make Race Equality a Priority
Universities say they are taking steps to promote BAME staff and address the attainment gap, but progress is far too slow
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