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2020: A Milestone Year
This year, we’re marking the anniversaries of two important events in the history of women’s rights in the United States: the birth of activist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony 200 years ago, and the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote 100 years ago. As part of a broader University of Rochester celebration, the Hajim School recognizes our first women engineering and computer science graduates, as well as the many women who have contributed to the success of our academic and research programs over the years. Read their profiles here.
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Reversing the under representation of women in STEM
As early as middle school, young women in the US begin to doubt their abilities in math and science. As a result, women remain severely underrepresented in STEM fields. In effect, half our population is not participating in confronting today’s most pressing challenges. Four women leaders in science and technology—Nobel laureate Donna Strickland, Ancestry CEO Margo Georgiadas, Facebook engineering director Aidymar Bigio, and Hajim School assistant dean Lisa Norwood—share how we can help reverse this trend in a panel discussion with Dean Wendi Heinzelman.
Continue ReadingTrailblazing Women
Rochester’s first women engineering graduates challenged long-held stereotypes by pursuing “unfeminine sounding subjects”. Read more...
Women Who Made a Difference
Discover the remarkable stories of women who have contributed to engineering and computer science at the University. Read more...
We've Come a Long Way
Enrollments of women engineering undergraduates have increased dramatically – but there’s still work to be done to achieve gender equity. Read more...
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Women comprised nearly one-third of full-time engineering undergraduates in fall 2018.
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In 2017, the Department of Computer Science’s graduating class was 34 percent female—double the national average.
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Half of the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering are women—well above the national average.