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Event: She's Geeky 10 - Bay Area
posted by nrobertssf Jan 6, 2012 @ 10:53 PM • 0 comments
Are you a woman? Are you a Geek? She’s Geeky is for you! Join us for an UNConference of amazing people, amazing discussions, great presentations.
She’s Geeky 10 – The 5th Bay Area Event January 27-29, 2012 Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043 www.shesgeeky.org Follow us on Twitter.
Women attending She’s Geeky events find inspiration and gain self confidence to pursue or continue on STEM career paths because they are given the opportunity to present their work, often for the first time, discuss critical issues and build peer networks for support.
We have hosted (read more...)
Jobs in Waltham, MA
posted by girizarry Nov 23, 2011 @ 6:53 PM • 0 comments
Constant Contact in Waltham, MA, is a very woman-friendly company with excellent benefits. There are many open positions. You can see them at www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp
Feel free to apply online or send me a resume and I can submit it to HR for you. My e-mail is girizarry@constantcontact.com
Science Club for Girls!
posted by clara Nov 21, 2011 @ 10:54 PM • 0 comments
I recently attended the Catalyst Awards hosted by Science Club for Girls. This organization provides free science education and activities for girls in Massachusetts — and then as the girls in the program get older, they start teaching courses themselves! This is an awesome local organization that’s doing a lot of great work.
Plus, I got to see some of the students (now student teachers) teach science to the award ceremony’s audience — most of us couldn’t figure out how to stick a skewer through a balloon without popping it, and the girls walked us through how to (read more...)
November Monday Links
posted by clara Nov 7, 2011 @ 8:25 PM • 0 comments
- The New York Times writes this week about the challenges in getting ANY students to remain in scientific fields through high levels of education — with a lot more demand than supply for technically skilled workers, we can’t afford to alienate anyone.
- A post in the New Statesman outlines some of the many kinds of verbal abuse and threats women writing online often face; this hostile environment keeps many women from expressing themselves online in personal, professional, and political settings.
- The Anita Borg Institute writes on their blog about the business
Sunlight Foundation hiring in Boston!
posted by clara Oct 25, 2011 @ 6:29 PM • 0 comments
The Sunlight Foundation is hiring a Python/Django coder in Boston! Maybe this will be a good fit for an alumna of the Boston Python Workshop?
View the full job posting at Sunlight’s website.
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Nice, thanks for sharing! Some of these women I knew about but some (like Caroline Herschel) were new to me.
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