NWIS Recharges There's no standing still with the Scripps Research Network for Women in Science (NWIS), which is in the process of launching a variety of dynamic new initiatives. Last Monday, for example, NWIS held its recently introduced monthly coffee hour on the La Jolla, CA, campus. The topic of the day was journals' scientific review process, a subject that sparked a lively, candid, and highly practical discussion...to read more
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NWiS Attempts to Find Solutions to the Academic 'Leaky Pipeline' In February 2004 the Network for Women in Science (NWiS) invited Prof. Nancy Hopkins, Professor of Biology at MIT, to give a seminar about the small number of female scientists at faculty level at MIT and the so-called 'leaky pipeline' syndrome affecting science and engineering in general (1, 2) . This excellent presentation was an eye opener ... to read more
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In a collection of articles published with the 10 June 2005 issue, Science Magazine and its online companion sites focus on the many dimensions of women's health. A special section in Science includes News and Review articles on subjects ranging from gender differences in development, health, and sexuality to a current understanding of female-specific disorders. |
| Patching the leaky pipeline: Identifying and addressing the causes of the loss of women scientists from academia NWiS Recognized in TSRI News & Views by Holly Heaslet News & Views, the weekly, on-line, news magazine from TSRI, has published an article about NWiS. The article provides information about the goals of the group and gives a link to our website. To read this article click here. |
Dr. Dong-Er Zhang Receives Tenure Investigator Dong-Er Zhang, member of the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. For more details you can go to TSRI News & Views. To learn more about Dr. Zhang's research click here. |
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