Diversity in teaching and STEM is not just about who stands at the front of the classroom, but about who kids believe they ...

Women earn over 60% of biology bachelor’s and master’s degrees and over half of doctoral degrees in biological sciences. With these statistics, it might seem that we have finally closed the gender gap ...

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

The College Board awarded Fountain Valley High School with the Female Diversity Award in January for providing extensive access to Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles. FVHS Principal Paul ...

This International Women's Day, and particularly today, March 8, is a celebration of these ladies and what they bring to the world, more than a partner to men or bringing the next generation to the ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Against a backdrop of historical neglect and a ...

On today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, only a few nations have reached parity in tertiary STEM education. Numbers from a UNESCO database show that a majority of countries, ...

If you're one of the 40 percent of the population who suffer from aviophobia (fear of flying), it may soothe your nerves to have a woman pilot. A recent study by the University of Waterloo found that ...

In “The Second Sex” (1949), Simone de Beauvoir examined the social situation of women, arguing that in Western culture men are treated as Subjects whereas women are relegated to Others. Cat Bohannon’s ...