Ten factors that help liberal arts undergraduate students succeed could also increase the odds for student success in geoscience graduate programs.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
This bold mineralogist and feminist bucked norms that deemed geology unsuited for women. She contributed to meteoritics, science history, and petrology, including the analysis of Apollo Moon rocks.Read More »Education
A new report outlines how academic institutions create a culture in which sexual harassment can run rampant. Here are some questions, drawn from the report, to help gauge your institution’s culture.Read More »
New postage stamp features space shuttle astronaut Sally Ride, a role model for girls, women, and diversity in science. It puts “a stamp” on Ride’s accomplishments, her widow told Eos.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Taking the helm just as the museum is poised for a major renovation, new director Ellen Stofan told Eos she looks forward to taking the museum “to the next level” and exciting people about science.Read More »Education
Childhood recreational experiences help explain gender disparity and other differences in undergraduate students' spatial abilities, researchers found.Read More »Education
Early results of a program to foster the careers of women entering the geosciences demonstrate the effectiveness of several specific factors.Read More »
Witnesses testified about the culture that allows sexual harassment to persist, harassment’s impact on individuals and the scientific community, and what is being done to combat it.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Reduced program is one of several that usually support climate science postdoctoral research but have eliminated or suspended funding opportunities.Read More »
