AAUW and Verizon Foundation Join Forces to Teach Girls about App Invention
This summer AAUW and the Verizon Foundation are set to launch an initiative to teach girls about apps at AAUW’s weeklong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer camps for rising eighth-grade girls. Read more »
To Tech Savvy and Beyond: AAUW Member Sends Her Research into Space
Sarah Wyatt celebrated her 11th birthday by watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon in 1969. This December Wyatt will send her own research into orbit as part of NASA’s latest round of flight experiments. Read more »
Your Daughter Can Build Apps, Not Just Use Them
Has your high school student ever created a smartphone app? How about built a website from scratch? These tasks are very doable for teenagers, yet our college-bound students are reporting abysmal numbers on their exposure to computer programming — just over 20 percent for students who took the SAT in 2013. Read more »
Child Care on Campus: A Must for Mothers in College
The astronomical costs of child care put it out of reach for most student parents, making affordable on-campus child care a necessary student support. Read more »
Largest School Districts Improve Compliance with Bullying and Harassment Reporting
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data updated July 9, 2016. According to an AAUW analysis, more of the nation’s largest public school districts are now complying with federal requirements to […] Read more »
Finding the Fellows: An Inside Look at the Selection Process
Each year we find a tremendous group of fellows and grantees. But we couldn’t do it without the dedication of our volunteer selection panel! Read more »
Mary Emma Woolley, a Champion of Unlimited Possibilities
Mary Emma Woolley was the first woman to graduate from Brown University and, in her 30s, became one of the youngest presidents ever of Mount Holyoke College — not bad for a woman living in an era where going to college was still considered highly controversial (if not outright banned) for women. Read more »
A Fellowship Changes a Woman’s Life (and Women’s History)
AAUW fellowships support women in a wide — and creative — variety of ways. Take Anne Firor Scott, who used her award in the 1950s to pay for a nanny while she finished her dissertation. Read more »
Come Talk STEM at the Commission on the Status of Women
Women in Community Colleges: Access to Success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Read more »
Who Says We Need More Girls in Engineering? Uh … Engineers
Girls are crucial to the future of engineering — but don’t take our word for it. Hear it straight from some impressive engineers we know. Read more »
