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Thanks to all those who made our Science & Health Fair a success!

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Sponsored by the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science,
Engineering, & Mathematics, Douglass Residential College, and the Douglass Project. Held on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 in the Douglass Campus Center, we had 35 succesful blood donations and dozens of students take part in the event.

 

NIH AWARDS GRANTS TO EXAMINE FACTORS INFLUENCING WOMEN'S CAREERS IN SCIENCE

Take a peak at this great MentorNet article!

 

Ten Things Companies - and Women - Can Do To Get Ahead

"Lack of Gender Diversity in Executive Positions and Board Seats to the Detriment of Companies and Professional Women." Read more now!

 

Gender Equity Luncheon in Newark

On Monday, October 12th, RU FAIR Professors, Judy Weis and Maggie Shiffrar, gender equity luncheonhosted a gender equity luncheon to remember the groundbreaking complaint that was issued from Rutgers Newark faculty in the 1970's and resulted in pay equity for all professors. Jessica Karpoff, daughter of Dr. Helen R. Strausser, eloquently summaries her mother, a leader on campus:

"My mother was a petite woman physically; 5’2” & 78 pounds soaking wet. But to me, she was a giant among women and men. Despite being belittled as the token female in her science classes at school, being disparaged by neighbors who shunned her manly work ethic, and being underpaid by Rutgers for being female, she faced her share of adversity and gender animosity with unparalleled strength and determination that I cannot help but admire.

In an era when petticoats prevailed, and “the little woman at home” mentality
was the temperament of the day, Mom somehow managed to receive her degrees, raise a loving family, teach undergraduate and graduate day and night courses, mentor her many Ph.D candidates, do research, author articles on cancer, AIDS and lupus, champion women’s rights, and survive breast cancer. And she did it all with dignity, grace, and a lot of gumption.

Yesterday, I spoke to my aunt, a 90 year old youngster in CA. When I told her
about today, she boomed “What took them so long?” And so on behalf of Aunt
Gert and the entire Strausser Family, I thank you today for this wonderful tribute
to our beloved Dr. Helen R. Strausser. "
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Ode to a Misunderstood Marsh

RU FAIR Professor, Judy Weis, has a new book published by Rutgers University Press and featured in Rutgers Focus, Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History. To read the full article, please click here.


A Conversation with Carol W. Greider:
On Winning a Nobel Prize in Science

By Claudia Dreifus
Carol W. Greider was one of three women who won a science Nobel this year, which puts her in some rare company. To read more, please click here.

 

Congratulations to our Mini Grant Recipients!

We would like to offer warm congratulations to all of our RU FAIR Mini Grant recipients. To view the full list of upcoming events and programs sponsored by RU FAIR Mini Grant recipients please click here.

 

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Mini-Grant Events & Programs

To view the full list of upcoming events and programs sponsored by RU FAIR Mini Grant recipients please click here.

Register online for the Hyena Science Lunch Discussion by clicking here!

 

Dr. Temple Grandin

The Department of Animal Sciences invites you to a special lecture by Dr. Temple Grandin on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 11:00 AM to 12 noon, at the Round House, College Farm Road, G. H. Cook Campus. Dr. Temple Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. She has also developed an objective scoring system for assessing handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. This scoring system is being used by many large corporations to improve animal welfare.

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