Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

Welcome! This website seeks to serve as a resource for women in science fields and later to describe the status of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at Rutgers University. We will keep you up to date about programs and initiatives for women in STEM fields at all levels, from the undergraduate to the senior scientist. We hope you will find information that will make your career paths easier, facilitate collaborations between women and men about our common issues, and open dialogue across the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

We hope to provide a forum for discussion in future, and we look forward to hearing your comments and feedback about our website. If you would like to recieve our newsletter and be on our mailinglist please notify us via email or via our comments link above.

News and Announcements

August 15, 2008

We are happy to announce Rutgers has been awarded an NSF ADVANCE grant, "RU- FAIR: Rutgers University Faculty Advancement and Institutional Re-imagination". This grant will start on September 1 and will run for five years. Total funding is approximately $3.67 million. Associate VP Joan W. Bennett is the principal investigator and Patricia A. Roos, Catherine N. Duckett and Nancy Rosoff are Co-PI's.

The RU-FAIR project at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, will promote the participation and advancement of women in science, engineering, and mathematics (SEM) on all three campuses of Rutgers University (Camden, Newark and New Brunswick) through five interrelated initiatives.

The abstract can be obtained here . A copy of the NSF grant proposal can be downloaded in pdf format.

August 5, 2008

New film clips of Drs. Noemie Koller (Physics) and Laura Ahearn (Anthropology) are available from RUSciwomen.

June 19, 2008

RUSciwomen video channel is now available! Video from Sciwomen director Tiffany Slotwinski interviewing Dr. Diana Sanchez of the Rutgers Psychology Department, about her research on multiracial identity and sexuality and Dr. Nina Fefferman about her research in mathematics and epidemiology kicks off our series!

Jan. 26, 2008

Associate Vice-President Joan W. Bennett with Professor Jim White and Douglass Project Director Regina Riccioni have been awarded an NSF grant for Scholarships for female students in Science, Engineering and Math. Congratulations. Applications are available and being accepted now; please email dougprog@rci.rutgers.edu or download the document here in document form or as a pdf here. NSF scholarship funding will be decided on a rolling basis beginning March 7, 2008.