Obama and McCain Campaigns Weigh In on Issues Affecting Women in STEM

Earlier this summer, AWIS and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) submitted a list of questions to both the Obama and McCain campaigns regarding the candidates' positions on issues which affect women in STEM. Read a side-by-side comparison here. 

AWIS Signs On to Letter to Presidential Candidates

AWIS joins the AAAS and AAU by signing on to a letter urging both presidential candidates to appoint a Science Advisor by January 20 and to elevate the position of the advisor to Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and assign it a cabinet rank. Read the letter here

AWIS President, Phoebe Leboy, Speaks at National Academies' Workshop in Washington, DC

September 18, 2008

Dr. Leboy's presentation, "Roadblocks to an Academic Career in Medicine,"

is available on-line now.  To download a copy of the presentation, click here.