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Empower August 2025

Thursday, August 14, 2025   (0 Comments)
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August 2025
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GWIS Empower provides career and leadership advice for women in science, with member-generated content. This issue highlights the application of machine learning to identify gender gaps in STEM, discusses the adaptations scientific societies had to implement concerning DEI due to governmental rulings, introduces the 4th Annual GWIS Book Club and finally, we feature the MPower Women in STEM scholarship (due August 31).
Applying machine learning to gauge the number of women in STIP: A model to accommodate missing data
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Global innovation and scientific advancement are hindered due to the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, and innovation policy (STIP). While research has examined women’s participation in STEM and policymaking separately, their intersection within STIP as a distinct sector remains understudied. This study addresses this gap by developing a comprehensive machine learning framework to accurately measure and predict women’s representation in STIP while accounting for missing domestic data.
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Removing language related to DEI sparks protests in scientific communties
Under the pressure of current governmental rulings, scientific societies have edited the language surrounding DEI on their websites to avoid being reprimanded.  
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Join the 4th Annual GWIS Book Club!

Join us for GWIS’s 4th annual Book Club! Over the next few months (July-September), we’ll be reading Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science by Catherine McNeur. The book, published in 2023, is widely available at libraries and can be found on Amazon (it’s definitely worth checking your local bookstore!). This book uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. This portrait of two unsung pioneers places women firmly at the center of the birth of American science.

Register here (or scan QR code) to get more information: https://forms.gle/YSLD91Kwo5pKy9ij9

Questions? Email cole@gwis.org

Chapters 1-6 discussion: Friday, August 22nd, 2025, 8pm WAT and BST/4pm ADT/3pm EDT/2pm CDT/1pm MDT/12pm PDT/9am HDT (this meeting time favors US timezones) 

Chapters 7-11 discussion: Friday, September 19th, 2025, 3pm WAT and BST/11am ADT/10am EDT/9am CDT/8am MDT/7am PST/4am HST (this meeting time favors African and European timezones)
Scholarships
MPower Women in STEM Scholarship
In keeping with MPOWER’s commitment to empower high-potential global citizens to realize their educational aspirations – and become tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators – this international scholarship program focuses on women who will use their STEM degree to benefit society and the planet and who have the potential to serve as role models and advocates for women in STEM. Applicants must submit a 500 word essay on how to prioritize the advancements in STEM over the next decade and how women can lead or contribute significantly to these changes by August 31, 2025. For eligibility requirements visit the scholarship website.
Link to Scholarship

Want to connect on-line with other women scientists? Join the GWIS Slack channel. GWIS also has a private LinkedIn group for connecting with nearly 2,000 women scientists to share interesting news, job opportunities, and more! Want to form a small group? Contact the GWIS Media group to access our private forums and help you solicit fellow GWIS participants!

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About GWIS

Founded in 1921, Graduate Women in Science is an inter-disciplinary society of scientists who collectively seek to advance the participation and recognition of women in science and to foster research through grants, awards and fellowships. We comprise over 20 active chapters of more than 800 women who are "United in Friendship through Science" to support and inspire member professional goals and mutual appreciation of science. Learn more at www.gwis.org.

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Brooke Long-Fox
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Zhaowei Jiang
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Ogochukwu Ozotta
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Erica Howard
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Selina Bruckner

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