Women & Engineering

America’s Best Employers For Diversity by Forbes

As the topic of diversity and inclusion has gained ever greater importance in the business world, Forbes has partnered with market research firm Statista to highlight America’s best employers for diversity. This year marks our third annual list.

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10 Influential Women in Engineering

One hundred and forty years ago, on February 16, 1880, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was founded by leading U.S. industrialists, educators, technical journalists, designers, shipbuilders, military engineers, and inventors. All men.

It wasn’t until 1918, when Kate Gleason …

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Women in Data Science: How to Build and Advance Your Career

What are the different paths toward a career in data science? What do you wish you had known earlier? How do you “own” your career? Data scientists from Uber, Facebook, and Reddit answered these and many other fascinating questions during …

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4 Things to Know if You’re a Woman Joining the Tech Industry

There’s an issue in the tech industry, and it’s one we’ve known about for quite some time. While many tech companies are trying to increase their female workforce, a majority of them still have a shockingly low number of women …

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Not into Research? These Abbott Alumna Have Advice for You

Alumnae Jodi Small and Nicole Joison have a great deal in common. Both earned bachelor’s degrees in biomedical engineering from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Both are members of the Chi Omega sorority. Both …

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