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  1. Oct 2015
  2. www.browndailyherald.com www.browndailyherald.com
    Female STEM students cite isolation, lack of role models
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    1. wlin12 21 Oct 2015
      The course of action to increasing the number of female students and faculty in STEM is complex, Pipher said. “It’s not something that can be remedied over night, but it can be remedied with a commitment to do so. This is certainly on the mind of our new provost, and I think we’ll see some changes in this direction.”

      I do feel like it is imperative to get female students into these classes and educate faculty in STEM about providing learning environments for women to feel comfortable, as respective, and as determined to get involved in the fields as a man would.

    2. wlin12 21 Oct 2015
      The gender breakdown in the neuroscience department, on the other hand, is more equal

      I worked in a lab this summer and lived on a college campus for two months. From my experience, with student mentors and professors, I do see a lot more male professors, graduate students, and faculty than men in many STEM fields. I went to a graduate lab meeting once, and there may have been 2 women in the room with 10+ guys.

    3. wlin12 21 Oct 2015
      “The best response is to call people out on it — interrupt the conversation and note that biases are being held,” she added.

      Kids who speak out against insensitive comments are truly leaders willing to fight against the stereotypes. We need more people like these that address the problems up front.

    4. wlin12 21 Oct 2015
      The gender disparity Butcher sees in her physics classes are both intimidating and distracting, she said. “When I was a freshman, I would find myself counting in lecture to see how many people looked like me. There would usually be around four or five other women.”

      Reminds me of my TJ friend. In her CS club, she is the only girl stuck with 50 guys (the field of CS does not see enough female participation as that of men). In the upper level math classes, she says that the guy/girl ratio noticeably diminishes.

    5. wlin12 21 Oct 2015
      “I ask myself this constant stream of questions: have I proven myself? Do I belong here? Is my whole life going to be a struggle if I continue with this?” said Amy Butcher ’17, one of the few women in her sophomore class who is concentrating in physics.

      Questions every single high school senior asks...

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  3. www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
    What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech
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    1. wlin12 19 Oct 2015
      Computer scientists and engineers are going to be designing the future that everyone inhabits. We need women and minorities to enjoy an ambient sense of belonging in those professions if the future they create is going to be one in which all of us feel at home.

      With the development of the technology field and the huge and evergrowing number of opporutnities for women in the STEM field, it is CRITICAL for everyone to have an equal chance to jump on these chances. Promoting interests in these areas is very important for developing a diverse generation of scientists for the future.

    2. wlin12 19 Oct 2015
      At Harvey Mudd College, strategies such as creating separate introductory classes for students with no programming experience and renaming courses (“Introduction to programming in Java” became “Creative approaches to problem solving in science and engineering using Python”) led to an increase in the percentage of computer science majors who are female, from 10 to 40 percent, in four years.

      I think its awesome to diversify classes in higher level engineering courses, but I'm not sure if the subtle name changes can attribute completely to the increase in female percentage majors. I think there is an increasing opportunities in STEM fields for younger generation (pre-college) that is also responsible for the development in comp-sci majors.

    3. wlin12 19 Oct 2015
      it is not surprising that so few can see themselves as successful computer scientists.

      Reminded me of the Imitation Game. Joan Clarke was the single woman to take the examination (in a classroom full of men) and one of two to get a spot on the team in order to defeat German machine Enigma.

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