Given the success of our PROGRESS program (Hernandez et al. 2018 Geosphere) we conducted a series of one day workshops in early Feb 2019 at Colorado State University and North Carolina A&T with supplemental funds from the National Science Foundation. Over the two weekends we ran five workshops – reaching …
This Spring semester I am on sabbatical. We are very lucky at Colorado College to get a junior sabbatical (1/2 teaching load following the completion of a successful 3rd yr review) and I am looking forward to the opportunities the extra time provides. Time that will let me finally get …
Block 1 ended yesterday and I was wowed by my students abilities to turn science into art, rewrite songs to convey important messages, create compelling infographics, and use humor to communicate science. For their final projects students were tasked with creating one static and one live action public service announcement …
Last weekend we held our 2nd workshop for undergraduate women interested in earth and environmental sciences #PROGRESS. More than 50 first and second year students from Colorado College, Metro State University, University of Colorado – Boulder, Colorado State University, and University of Wyoming joined us in the YMCA in Estes Park. …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting the ESWN Leadership Board this week! Come join us for many amazing events! If you can’t make it in person, you can still watch the webcast of the Weston Roundtable discussion. We look forward to seeing many of you in Madison! Thursday, November 20 …
In the United States, men outnumber women in many science and engineering fields by nearly 3 to 1. In fields like physics or the geosciences, the gender gap can be even wider. The Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) has been working to narrow this gap among early-career scientists since 2002. …
