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As an outcome of the July 25, 2013 LU-WISE Lunch, ADVANCE agreed to host an online collection of sucessfully funded grant proposals shared by Lehigh STEM women faculty. If you would like to share your grant application for the benefit of colleagues, please email mjl410@lehigh.edu. Documents will be password protected for Lehigh credentialed users only and available on the Grant Writing Resources link of LU-WISE Activities. If you would like to connect with past small...

Interesting piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education from Dr. David Leonard , who advocates for the voices of academic men and women seeking equitable parenting/care-giving partnerships in non-traditional families. Much of the current research reinforces traditional roles (and thus pits the mother against the father) rather than looking at institutional policies & work climates and how these antiquated vestiges force non-traditional families to make more traditional decisions. Lehigh ADVANCE programs and others strive to...

Harvard Computer Scientist and Blogger Radhika Nagpal describes her personal ah-ha moments and strategies to keep balance and perspective while on the tenure track in this week's Scientific American guest blog.

An interactive, data-driven summary of the types of gaps women in STEM continue to face. Despite improvements, female scientists continue to face discrimination, unequal pay and funding disparities. Written by Helen Shen 06 March 2013 in Nature.

A current journal artical in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology analyzes the European Society for Evolutionary Biology's patterns of gender and speakers at organized meetings. The abstract is below. Women are invited to give talks at rates lower than the proporition in early-mid career stages, but at about same percentage as those at the senior ranks and published in high-impact journals. Yet, women decline invitations to speak more than men. The authors point out this...

The Social Science Research Team of Diane Hyland, Jackie Krasas and Wendy Abrantes examines the intersection of gender and mode of scholarship as well as gender and climate factors across 10 private mid-sized research universities. A research survey emphasizing attitudes toward and involvement in collaborative and interdisciplinary research was distributed to all women STEM faculty and the best matched male faculty peer at nine peer institutions (n=843). 298 completed surveys were received (33.4% response rate)...

Curious about Lehigh's Work Life Balance Programs and Policies, including Faculty Dual Career? Check here. Current faculty will be better informed for recruiting colleagues and planning their own career stages and future faculty will learn about our robust and continuing committment to helping faculty find their balance of personal and professional activities.

Do you care to comment? Women's voices represent 20-25% of those represented in the media. University of British Columbia hosted Shari Graydon, of Informed Opinions, author of "I Feel Great About My Hands" and former director of Media Watch to present: The Top 7 Reasons Why Smart Women Should Speak Up. Watch the video and think of how you use your voice.

On March 16, Lehigh's Natlie Foster gave a lecture at the Sigal Museum in recognition of women's history month. The lecture was promoted in several ways, including on the Easton Patc. The original lecture summary said: Women have been "doing science" as long as science has been done. And they've been doing it well! This talk uses history to set the stage for the current exciting contributions being made by women in all fields of...

During the March 19, 2013 lunchtime roundtable discussion about Campus Resources for Faculty, Dr. Jennifer Swann provided a snapshot of what is known about the gendering of access and outcomes in research, communications, and international collaboration. Her slides are linked here for your review and shed light on some interesting, but not always well known facts. We also plan to repeat this session in Fall 2013. For questions about the resources discussed by the panelists...