The New York Times presents a partial transcript of a rountable discussion on women in science in which our own Mary-Claire King participated, along with three other prominent female scientists from various disciplines. Here’s my favorite MC quote, on promoting other female scientists: …women can help each other out a …
Inside Higher Ed presents an article on recent research into the persistent gender pay gap in higher education faculty. The story describes a study by Laura Meyers, a doctoral candidate at our own University of Washington. Some highlights from the article: The gender gap in faculty pay cannot be explained …
In a 5-part series, GenomeWeb presents a summary and highlights from Michael Ibba’s (Ohio State U.) career preparation talk at the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting. Ibba offers lots of useful advice based on his own experiences. Part 1: Reflections Part 2: Application Part 3: Interviews Part 4: Junior …
While female faculty earn service and teaching awards in proportion to their representation in science, they are still severely underrepresented in the presentation of scholarly awards. This piece at Nature discusses some of the contributing factors to this phenomenon. If you are involved in a selection committee, you can take …
This article at the Chronicle for Higher Education gives some really good grant-writing advice … by giving advice for how to fail. Just take the opposite of all of this advice, and you’ll have a good grant to turn in .
