Island Energy Inquiry graduates from across the state gathered to partake in several Refresher courses; a one-day workshop that includes a tour around a renewable energy space located in Hawaii and a hands-on workshops that helps to refresh and revitalize the joy of renewable energy and how it is used around the islands.
Read MoreOahu– March 16-17, 2016
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Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
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By Kailea Hieshima. Source: Teen Voices at Women’s eNews.
Here’s a list of hackathons that all girls should know about — whether you are clueless at coding or a pro at programming. The schedule spans the globe and starts on Jan. 9 with a program in Falcon Heights, Minn.
(WOMENSENEWS)—Educators and funders are highlighting the need to include female students in programs for science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. It’s part of a push to expand career opportunities for women, who as of 2011 represent only 24 percent of the STEM workforce. But many of the non-school based computer science competitions, called hackathons, are gender neutral. Here is a list of upcoming hackathons that all girls should know about; whether you are clueless at coding or a pro at programming.
Read MoreIsland Energy Inquiry™ (IEI) Professional Development Workshop Series: Grades K-12
Lana’i– March 22-23, 2016 (Download flyer)
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OAHU
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2016
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Location: Kapolei High School
Fee: $10 (secures registration)
Field Trip: Covanta HPOWER Tour – 9AM to 11AM (Approximate time)
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MAUI
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2016
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Location: Upcountry TBA
Fee: $10 (secures registration)
Field Trip: Sempra Auwahi Wind Energy Tour – 9AM to 11AM (Approximate time)
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Hawai’i Island
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Location: TBA
Fee: $10 (secures registration)
Field Trip: TBA (Check back soon!)
A new Harvard study affirms that women are given less credit than men in co-authored articles; helps explain gender bias in hiring and tenure.
Author of study: Heather Sarsons
“This paper explores whether bias arising from group work helps explain the gender promotion gap. Using data from economists’ CVs, I test whether coauthored publications matter differently for tenure by gender. While solo-authored papers send a clear signal about one’s ability, coauthored papers do not provide specific information about each contributor’s skills. I find that women incur a penalty when they coauthor that men do not experience. This is most pronounced for women coauthoring with men and less pronounced the more women there are on a paper. A model shows that the bias documented here departs from traditional discrimination models.”
Read MoreTwenty freshman and sophomores from Hilo High School got the opportunity to experience “the college life” through the STEMworks College Connections Program. Students visited the College of Pharmacy, Astronomy & Physics, Genetics, UAV/Remote Sensing and the Center for Active Volcanoes at UH Hilo. The students also heard from admissions and advising who gave them tips about classes they need in high school, what they need to do to apply, programs available for them to take now and scholarships opportunities.
Gallup released a recent study: “U.S. Girls Less Confident They Can Learn Computer Science.”
Excerpts from the online article (http://bit.ly/KenPopeComputerScienceAndGender) are included below:
“American girls in seventh through 12th grades express less confidence than boys do in their ability to learn computer science, according to a recent study by Gallup and Google. Less than half of female students (46%) say they are “very confident” they could learn computer science, compared with 62% of male students.
Read MoreSchools from around the state gathered on November 18, 2015 for a GIS Day Webcast hosted by the Women in Technology team.
Students participating in the interactive webcast were able to learn the various ways professionals use GIS in Hawaii that extended from the beaches to the forests across the state.
Read MoreOver 150 students from Castle High School, Waipahu High School, Mililani High School, Nanakuli High and Intermediate, and Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind gathered at the NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center to celebrate GIS Day on November 17, 2015 to learn the various ways GIS technologies in five interactive sessions.
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