1. Marie Tharp Fellow Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
2. 2006-2007 Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship Application
3. Funding for Departments & Research Centers
4. Funding for Women Scientists at Columbia
5. Upcoming Events
6. Recommended Reading
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1. Marie Tharp Fellow Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
Lisa Curran, Professor at Yale's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has been named a MacArthur Fellow. Prof. Curran is a tropical forester who combines her expertise in ecology with research into the consequences of deforestation on vulnerable communities. She plans use the funds from her award to support Indonesian women scientists from Borneo. Prof. Curran was a Marie Tharp Visiting Fellow at Columbia last spring.
http://www.macfound.org/
2. 2006-2007 Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship Application
Application instructions are now available for 2006-2007 Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowships. The $30,000 fellowship provides an opportunity for women scientists to conduct research for three months at a research center or department affiliated with the Earth Institute.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/documents/MT_083106.pdf
3. Funding for Departments & Divisions
ADVANCE has funding available for departments and research centers. The funding can be used to invite women scholars to campus, expand search efforts, or enhance mentoring and networking opportunities.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/departmentawards.html
4. Funding for Women Scientists at Columbia
ADVANCE provides funding for women faculty, research scientists, and post-docs at Columbia in the form of leadership opportunities and support for continued research productivity.
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/support_field.html
5. Upcoming Events
LDEO Director's Lecture Series on the Science of Diversity
October 13: Harriet Zuckerman, Mellon Foundation
November 10: Elke Weber, Columbia University
Harriet Zuckerman will be speaking about gender differences in the research strategies of men and women scientists. Elke Weber will be speaking about overconfidence and decision-making.
Monell Auditorium, Lamont campus, 3:30 pm
A Symposium on the Science of Diversity
November 17
Schermerhorn 501, Morningside campus
Sponsored by the ProvostÕs Task Force on Diversity in Science & Engineering, the Earth Institute ADVANCE Program, the Department of Psychology, & the Offices of the Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives & the Executive Vice President for Research
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/symposium.htm
6. Recommended Reading
"Bias is Hurting Women in Science, Panel Reports"
New York Times
9/19/06
Women in science and engineering are hindered not by lack of ability but by bias and Òoutmoded institutional structuresÓ in academia. The panel, convened by the National Academy of Sciences, said that in an era of global competition the nation could not afford Òsuch underuse of precious human capital.Ó The report recommends altering procedures for hiring and evaluation, changing typical timetables for tenure and promotion, and providing more support for working parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/science/19women.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Diversity Up for Grad Students"
Inside Higher Ed
9/13/06
Data in this Council of Graduate Schools report suggest that those in the pool of faculty candidates in the future may be less likely to be white males than they are today. Black enrollment was up 11 percent in engineering and Hispanic enrollment was up 16 percent in the biological sciences.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/13/grad
"Gender Differences in Patenting in the Academic Life Sciences"
Science
August 4, 2006
This study of more than 4000 life scientists and show that women scientists patent their findings at less than half the rate of men. Although the gender gap is decreasing, interviews reveal that professional network differences and traditional views of academic careers are still factors.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol313/issue5787/index.dtl
"Desegregation Stalled: The Changing Gender Composition of College Majors"
Paula England and Su Li
Gender & Society, October 2006
Gender segregation declined rapidly in the first half of the period from 1971 to 2002; at the same time, women's representation among baccalaureate degree recipients increased most rapidly relative to men's. The desegregation of the early period resulted mainly from women's increased entry into business-related fields and declining proportions of women majoring in traditional fields such as education and English. Fixed-effects regression models suggest that feminization of fields discourages later cohorts of men from entering them.
http://gas.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/5/657