Matrajt: Quitting Time

Scientists are tenacious but everyone has a limit. Graciela Matrajt profiles a researcher who was directing a successful graduate program but quit because she couldn’t work with her supervisor. Graciela explains the circumstances and the outcome, in the...

Hu: Boys Club

In The Atlantic, Jane C. Hu scrutinizes the discipline that might have the most shatterproof glass ceiling of all: mathematics. Math professors are using their analytical skills to figure out why the field has so few women and what to do about it. For more from...

Matrajt: Science News Roundup

Need to catch up on local science news? Graciela Matrajt writes for and edits the newsletter for the Association for Women in Science, Seattle chapter. She gives us updates on developments at local biotech and pharma companies, reports on regional research...

Engel and Tompa: Hutch Stars

They’re not great female scientists, write Rachel Tompa and Mary Engel about six up-and-coming new investigators—they’re just plain great scientists. In a feature for Hutch Magazine, Rachel (@Rachel_Tompa) and Mary (@Engel140) talk to new women faculty members at Fred...

Matrajt + Weeks: Not for Women Only

Graciela Matrajt announces a updated newsletter for the Association for Women in Science, Seattle Chapter. NSWA member Reitha Weeks is the president of Seattle AWIS. The newsletter has researcher profiles, “Recent discoveries and achievements,” and an events calendar....