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WIE From Around the World – WIE’s Impactful Engagements in 2023: In-person annual meeting of the WIE Committee

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The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee held its annual in-person meeting (hybrid mode) 5–6 May 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA, after two years. This meeting was historic, as for the first time it was in conjunction with the 2023 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and IEEE Honors Ceremony. The meeting was chaired by WIE Committee Chair Celia Shahnaz and comprised … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World – WIE’s Impactful Engagements in 2023: In-person annual meeting of the WIE Committee

Brooke Teller: Bringing science to our youngest students

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If methane were personified as a villain, what would it look like? Maybe a sinister figure, manipulative and cunning, with a malicious charm, able to stay invisible and undetectable? Perhaps there’d be an entire origin story, an arch nemesis, and an evil agenda. It’s the kind of project a student could really get into. For more about this article see link … [Read more...] about Brooke Teller: Bringing science to our youngest students

Letter to the Editor– What to Do About the Dismal Statistics of Women in IEEE

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This letter was received in response to the editorial from the December 2022 issue of IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine from Past IEEE President Jon Vig. For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10299406 For the open access PDF link of this article please click here. … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor– What to Do About the Dismal Statistics of Women in IEEE

At Your Cervix: A’magine and Renée Bergan

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In 2005, sexuality educator A’magine was traveling throughout New York with four other gynecological teaching associates (GTAs), each using their own bodies to teach those training in the medical field how to perform breast and pelvic exams. The work of GTAs, unknown to many outside of the medical sphere, is a very intimate transactional experience that provides future doctors, … [Read more...] about At Your Cervix: A’magine and Renée Bergan

Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women– Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thriving Stars: Elevating support for diverse candidates

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When Asu Ozdaglar, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Leslie Kolodziejski, professor and graduate officer at EECS, launched the Thriving Stars initiative, it was an ambitious, optimistic idea, meant to increase gender representation and inclusivity among the department’s graduate … [Read more...] about Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women– Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thriving Stars: Elevating support for diverse candidates