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Recognizing the Achievements of Women in Science,Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine

Student Leadership Gender Gap:
At the 50 colleges ranked highest by U.S. News & World Report, less than a third of student presidents are women.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

National Medal of Science
13.9% women
Nobel Prize in Medicine
11.5% women
ACE Priestly Medal
6.1% women
Fields Medal
3.1% women First Woman 2014

In The News
Women Needed in STEM Jobs for the Sake of Innovation
STEM employers are recognizing that having more female workers is better for business, according to UK's The Telegraph. As STEM companies find gender diversity in the workplace leads to increased profits and innovation, women are being shown how best to promote their talents to take advantage of this situation.» Link to the original article

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

National Medal of Science

Nobel Prize in Medicine

ACE Priestly Medal

Fields Medal

Women Needed in STEM Jobs for the Sake of Innovation