USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Women In Science And Engineering News

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  Eye-Opening Science

  May 9, 2012

  Fourth-grader Zakar Martin cut a lemon in half. He pushed a nail into the squishy side of one half and a penny into the other half of the fruit’s pulpy side. Then he clamped one end of a wire to the copper penny and the… more>

  categories: undergraduate, research, joint educational project, undergraduate research

  tags: community, event, jep, joint educational project, natural sciences, wise, women in science and engineering, young scientists program

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  One Bear of a Research Trip

  November 9, 2010

  Dressed in layers of thermal underwear, a wool sweater, raincoat and balaclava, Cara Magnabosco trekked 2 1/2 miles in below-freezing weather lugging 30 pounds of gear to her research destination each morning. That's how… more>

  categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research

  tags: biochemistry, climate, microbiology, national science foundation, natural sciences, svalbard islands, women in science and engineering

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  Closing the Gender Gap

  May 7, 2010

  Nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) are difficult mathematical problems to study. Notice it didn’t say "solve." Ph.D. students researching nonlinear PDEs aren't looking for solutions. They're analyzing the… more>

  categories: graduate, graduate research

  tags: award, earth sciences, fellowship, geology, math, mathematics, natural sciences, rocks, wise, women in science and engineering

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  Good Listener, Great Mentor

  February 16, 2010

  A decade ago, Hanna Reisler, professor of chemistry in USC College, started a monthly brownbag lunch for women in sciences across departments, providing a place to relax and air issues. The networking group thrives today,… more>

  categories: research

  tags: award, chemistry, female undergraduates educating and leading in science, hanna reisler, mentor, natural sciences, women in science and engineering