ISU ADVANCE Program

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ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

ISU ADVANCE Project Summary - Fall 2007 (PDF - 1MB)

The New Norm of Faculty Flexibility: Transforming the Culture in Science & Engineering - National Conference in Ames, Iowa October 10-11, 2008

To learn more about the conference and registration, visit the conference website.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Dr. France Córdova, President of Purdue University
  • Dr. Mary Ann Mason, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Joan Williams, UC Hastings College of the Law
  • Dr. Shirley Malcom, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

ISU ADVANCE/Provost Office Administrative Fellowship Applications due May 6, 2008

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ADVANCE Co-Sponsorships of visiting speakers

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or download the call for proposals (PDF)

The ISU ADVANCE Program is supported by the National Science Foundation through an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award. The ISU ADVANCE Program is funded for 5 years (2006-2011).

The goal of the ISU ADVANCE Program is to investigate the effectiveness of a multilevel collaborative effort to produce institutional transformation that results in the full participation of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math fields in the university. Our approach focuses on transforming departmental cultures (views, attitudes, norms and shared beliefs), practices (what people say and do), and structures (physical and social arrangements) as well as university policies through active participation of individuals at all levels of the university.

University Partners

Focal Departments

Opportunities for STEM faculty

Events

April 28: STEM Women's Lunchtime Discussion

April 24: Department of Kinesiology, Catherine Ennis, Pease Family Scholar lecture, co-sponsored by ISU ADVANCE

April 8: Chairs'  Workshop on  "Rising above Cognitive Errors"  with Applications to Search, Tenure Review and Other Evaluations

April 1: ADVANCE Collaborative Transformation Synthesis Report Workshop

March 13: ADVANCE Networking Event "Gender, Science & the Myths of Merit" a presentation by Marlene Zuk, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Equity & Diversity, and Professor of Biology from University of California, Riverside

Feb 25: ADVANCE Networking Event "Lessons from the BIG XII Faculty Development Conference"

Jan 15 & 16: ADVANCE External Evaluators: Dr. Irene Padavic, Dr. Lotte Bailyn, and Dr. Klod Kokini


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News

April 17, 2008 - Sharon Bird, ADVANCE Co-PI and Director of Research, was given the Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award

Feb 11, 2008 - ISU Professors Eve Wurtele and Steve Herrnstadt along with Associate Professors Julie Dickerson and Diane Bassham have produced a video game for the life sciences.

Feb 7, 2008 - ISU Associate Professor of Anthropology Jill Pruetz has been selected as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer for 2008.

Feb 1, 2008 - Mei Hong and Sarah Cady, two Iowa State University chemists, have discovered an anti-virus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells.

Nov 30, 2007 - Kristen Johansen's work on the cell spindle matrix is highlighted in Science, Nov 30, 2007. Click here for a link to the article. Johansen is a faculty member in Genetics, Development & Cell Biology. Link to Around LAS on-line Feb 11, 2008 news article.

Fall 2007 - University and College awards to STEM women faculty and ADVANCE participants

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Recent reports

July 2007: Year 1 Annual Report (PDF)
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