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Girls in Science

LOOK: Space Camp T-Shirts Tell Boys to 'Achieve' and Girls to 'Dream'

Cristen Conger | Posted 04.18.2013 | Women
Read More: Gendered Marketing, Girls, Math, Space Camp, Science, Girls Stem, Girls in Science, STEM Education, Gender, Women News
Cristen Conger

The T-shirts start of well enough, encouraging both boys and girls to "explore" and "discover." But only the boys are prodded to go ahead and achieve, while young women can keep on dreaming. Sigh.

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Dear Young Women in Technology, Welcome From a 30-year Veteran

Marian Croak | Posted 10.23.2012 | Technology
Read More: Women in Tech, Girls in Science, Women in Technology, STEM Education, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Technology News
Marian Croak

I'm quiet, self-reflective and introspective in my thinking; I like to invent. So essentially, I'm the opposite of that old axiom of what a woman needs to succeed in this business.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: You Are Not Too Pretty To Do Math--Or Science!

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.06.2012 | Science
Read More: Women, Stem, Jane Goodall, Science, Mathematics, Girls in Science, Marie Curie, Engineering, Girls, Video, Math, Talk Nerdy to Me, Google Science Fair, Cara Santa Maria, Stereotype Threat, Technology, Women in Science, Girls in Stem, Science News

2012-02-08-jdjgidjfidjfidijfdfcnvmnmvcnvmcnvmcbvcvbmcbvmcbv.jpgWomen make up just about half of the American workforce, but we hold less than a quarter of the STEM jobs. Why is that?

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Girls and the Future of Science

Meg Urry | Posted 09.18.2011 | Technology
Read More: Science, Girls in Science, Google Science Fair, Technology News
Meg Urry

Plenty of girls have the talent and interest to do science, including physics. Last year at Yale, we had more women physics majors than men and the fraction of women is consistently above 20%, the national average. So what is holding women back?

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All Three Winners Of Google Global Science Fair Were Girls From U.S.

Posted 09.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Girls, Google, Google Science Fair, Girls and Science, Science, Girls in Science, Science Fair, STEM Education, Science Education, Video, Girls in Stem, Home News

Three girls from different parts of the country defied the status quo earlier this week -- by snagging the top title in a global science fair for each...

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