October 21, 2021
…more (June 2021). Graduate Women in Computing Wins International Award to Boost Diversity and Engagement in CS The Graduate Women in Computing organization (GradWIC) at UC San Diego is one of seven universities in the world to be selected for this year’s Xilinx Women in Technology University Grant Program. The…
February 27, 2020
…and many other black women who propelled the movement to achieve voting rights for all women and men in the U.S. Photos courtesy of the Library of Congress. An Incomplete Victory Passage of 19th Amendment did not benefit black women Women do not have the intellectual and emotional capacity to…
August 13, 2024
Even today, women remain underrepresented in STEM careers, especially in male-dominated fields like physics, engineering and mathematics. According to the American Association for University Women, women in STEM careers — and girls who study in STEM fields — are still hampered by gender stereotypes, a dearth of role models and…
August 4, 2022
Successful Women Make the Best Advocates to Help Other Women Rise up in the Ranks Photo credit: Ponomariova_Maria/iStock Job referrals can have different effects depending on the gender and level of experience of who provides them New research utilizing data from U.S. Supreme Court law clerk hiring decisions finds that…
March 21, 2024
Despite broad progress toward achieving equity in the workplace and educational achievement, data shows women still ascend the corporate ladder slower than their male peers and lag behind men in salary earnings.
November 9, 2017
A Steady Increase in Women Leading the Biggest Research Grants Six of the top 10 research health science grants awarded to UC San Diego this year are led by women. And Christina Chambers, a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, heads four of those projects, which…
February 22, 2012
…and social achievements of women will be celebrated as part of the 101st anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 4 from 2 to 4 p.m., at the University of California, San Diego. The event, free and open to the public, will be held in UC San Diego’s Great Hall.
May 14, 2019
A recent study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego State University and the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology found that the age and sex of an individual strongly influences the bacterial diversity of the gut microbiome.
April 9, 2020
…of “firsts,” including first woman named as director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and first female president of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). She also established and served as the first director of the UC San Diego Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS). Her renown as a researcher was…
November 1, 2018
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente have discovered that mothers who breastfed a child or children for six months or more are at lower risk for developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) years later during mid-life. With no other current prevention options aside…
